Policy Press, 2014. — 190 p. The abuse of older people in health and social care facilities is increasingly recognized as a serious problem, but most scandals about or inquiries into the abuse of elders fail to address?much less challenge?the social, economic, and cultural contexts in which such abuse is allowed to take place. Safeguarding Older People from Abuse provides this...
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007. – 603 p. This book began by a conversation between the two editors regarding the need for a comprehensive and readable gerontology handbook that could serve as a primary or secondary text for undergraduates and graduate students across disciplines, as well as a resource to practitioners. We conceptualized a book that would cover the current state...
Springer Publishing Company, 2007. — 307 p. Preserving a life of peace and dignity for the aging. This ground-breaking volume offers a new, collaborative approach geared to enhance case review, improve victim safety, raise abuser accountability, and promote system change. Sharing the common goal of promoting elder victim safety, experts in adult protective services, law...
Morgan James Publishing, 2015. — 210 p. — ISBN: 978-1630472498. Secure your financial and online assets with MemoryBanc Your Workbook For Organizing Life. Today, more than $58 billion is sitting with state and federal treasurers representing bank accounts, insurance, tax returns, and retirement accounts that were lost in the shuffle of a move, personal crisis, or death. Nearly...
SAGE Publications Ltd, 2010. — 713 p. — (Sage Handbooks). — ISBN10: 1412934648. — ISBN13: 978-1412934640. The Handbook is organized into five parts, each exploring different aspects of research into social aspects of ageing: Disciplinary overviews: summaries of findings from key disciplinary areas within social gerontology. Social relationships and social differences: explores...
Springer, 2016. — 685 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-03622-9 This groundbreaking resource presents a wealth of findings and perspectives previously unseen in the LGBT literature. Its focus on psychological, sociopolitical and care delivery issues affecting LGBT elders reveals both the nuanced interplay between diverse sources of identity and multiple sources of stigma and...
Routledge, 2017. — 191 p. — ISBN10: 1138640344, 13 978-1138640344. True PDF Grandparenting: Contemporary Perspectives is one of the first books of its kind to offer a dedicated account of the social and psychological research on this important life stage. Reflecting the contemporary positive approach to ageing, it covers many of the issues that impact the grandparent experience...
Springer, 2016. — 283 p. — ISBN10: 9811016534. — ISBN13: 978-9811016530. This volume intends to re-establish social gerontology as a discipline that has pragmatic links to policy and practice. Collectively, the chapters enrich public debates about the moral, cultural and economic questions surrounding aging, thereby ameliorating the "problems" associated with aging societies....
Que Publishing, 2016. — 332 p. — ISBN: 978-0789754868. This is not science fiction. This is your future. Right now, pioneering scientists and technologists are transforming what it means to be human by overcoming biological limits that have existed since our ancestors swung out of the trees…and into the suburbs. With incredible inspiration and perseverance, these visionaries...
Que Publishing, 2016. — 332 p. — ISBN: 978-0789754868. This is not science fiction. This is your future. Right now, pioneering scientists and technologists are transforming what it means to be human by overcoming biological limits that have existed since our ancestors swung out of the trees…and into the suburbs. With incredible inspiration and perseverance, these visionaries...
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