Beyond Gender Differences

Laurie Russell Hatch

• Paperback | Engels | Society and Aging
• Putting gender in a lifespan context, Hatch (sociology, U. of Kentucky) atypically accents the gains as well as losses of aging and sex differences in... Lees meer

Aging, Globalization and Inequality

• Paperback | Engels | Society and Aging
• This book is a major reassessment of work in the field of critical gerontology, providing a comprehensive survey of issues by a team of contributors d... Lees meer

Later-Life Social Support and Service Provision in Diverse and Vulnerable Populations

• Paperback | Engels | Society and Aging
• Later-Life Social Support and Service Provision in Diverse and Vulnerable Populations offers current, multi-disciplinary perspectives on social suppor... Lees meer

Lives in Time and Place

R a Settersten

• Hardcover | Engels | Society and Aging
• Time and place are of the greatest significance for scientific inquiry about human lives. As we seek to better understand the nature and rhythm of the... Lees meer

Life-Course Implications of Us Public Policy

• Hardcover | Engels | Society and Aging
• There is a complex set of public policies and associated programs that constitute the social safety net in the United States. In Life-Course Implicati... Lees meer

Invitation to the Life Course

Richard Settersten

• Paperback | Engels | Society and Aging
• Invitation to the Life Course: Toward New Understandings of Later Life discusses in depth the challenges of age, time, and social contexts for the stu... Lees meer

Lives in Time and Place

R a Settersten

• Paperback | Engels | Society and Aging
• Time and place are of the greatest significance for scientific inquiry about human lives. As we seek to better understand the nature and rhythm of the... Lees meer

Life-Course Implications of Us Public Policy

• Paperback | Engels | Society and Aging
• There is a complex set of public policies and associated programs that constitute the social safety net in the United States. In Life-Course Implicati... Lees meer

New Dynamics in Old Age

Hans-Werner Wahl, Clemens Tesch-Romer, Hoff

• Hardcover | Engels | Society and Aging
• Based on the hypothesis that the new dynamics of old age is best observed in a range of everyday aging contexts that have been undergoing major change... Lees meer

Aging Public Policy

Theodore H Hoff, Richard W Park

• Hardcover | Engels | Society and Aging
• "Aging Public Policy: Bonding the Generations" is presented in three parts. Part One describes the policy process as a response to human needs through... Lees meer

Aging Families in Chinese Society

• Paperback | Engels | Society and Aging
• Aging Families in Chinese Society focuses on the accelerated social and demographic changes in China and examines their implications for family care a... Lees meer

Staying Put

Susan Lanspery, Joan Hyde

• Paperback | Engels | Society and Aging
• Most existing housing offers a poor fit for older people and people with disabilities, and new construction adds less than 2 per cent to the housing e... Lees meer

Aging Families in Chinese Society

• Hardcover | Engels | Society and Aging
• Declining fertility rates and increased life expectancies over the last few decades have conspired to make China one of the more rapidly aging societi... Lees meer

Rural Health and Aging Research

Wilbert Gesler, Donna Rabiner, Gordon Defriese

• Paperback | Engels | Society and Aging
• This book describes a wide-ranging set of research approaches which have been used to study the health care problems of adults living in rural areas. ... Lees meer

Aging and Time

• Hardcover | Engels | Society and Aging
• The aim of this volume is to revitalise the debate about the concepts of time implicit in the study of aging. The many problems related to aging and t... Lees meer

The Gerontological Prism

Jeffrey Michael Clair, Richard Allman

• Paperback | Engels | Society and Aging
• "The Gerontological Prism" promotes disciplinary cooperation in aging research and practice. To some extent, each chapter explores a unified objective... Lees meer

Soul Pain

Helen Black

• Paperback | Engels | Society and Aging
• This book explores the multifaceted experience of suffering in old age. Older adults suffer from a variety of causes such as illness, loss, and life d... Lees meer

The Need for Theory

Simon Biggs, Jon Hendricks, Ariela Lowenstein

• Paperback | Engels | Society and Aging
• The "Need for Theory" speaks to the burgeoning need for critical thinking in social gerontology. The editors have brought together some of the foremos... Lees meer

Invitation to the Life Course

Richard Settersten

• Hardcover | Engels | Society and Aging
• Discusses the challenges of age, time, and social contexts for the study of aging and later life. Understanding aging (as a process) and later life (a... Lees meer

Aging, Globalization and Inequality

• Hardcover | Engels | Society and Aging
• This book is a major reassessment of work in the field of critical gerontology, providing a comprehensive survey of issues by a team of contributors d... Lees meer

Later-Life Social Support and Service Provision in Diverse and Vulnerable Populations

• Hardcover | Engels | Society and Aging
• Later-Life Social Support and Service Provision in Diverse and Vulnerable Populations offers current, multidisciplinary perspectives on social support... Lees meer

Lessons on Aging from Three Nations

Sara Carmel, Carol A Morse, Fernando M Torres-Gil, Jon Hendricks

• Paperback | Engels | Society and Aging
• The global phenomenon of the aging of societies during a period of outstanding scientific, economic, and technological advancements is a blessing for ... Lees meer

Older Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Claire Lavin, Kenneth Doka

• Hardcover | Engels | Society and Aging
• Assesses the needs and lives of the first generation of people with developmental disabilities who have survived into later life. Describes the challe... Lees meer

Aging Public Policy

Theodore H Hoff, Richard W Park

• Paperback | Engels | Society and Aging
• "Aging Public Policy: Bonding the Generations" is presented in three parts. Part One describes the policy process as a response to human needs through... Lees meer