Gerontology

Peter Laslett. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 204-209.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesGerontology

Ernie Zelinski could change your view of the world forever. He has already taught more than 150,000 people what THE JOY OF NOT WORKING is all about: learnin...

"Alternately lyrical and laugh-out-loud funny."—New York Times “Deliciously readable . . . Donald Hall, if abandoned by the muse of poetry, has wrought...

Are We Ready For The Opportunities And Challenges Facing The Aging Church? Now Is The Time For The Church To Offer Ministry To Its Increasing Number Of Seni...

Sixteen chapters by scholars of social work relate the well-being of older adults to social work practice and the current model of service delivery. Chapter...

It's time to celebrate the end of an era - and the start of a whole new one! Ah, retirement - from here on out it's all lazy lie-ins, pleasant afternoons ...

The Future of Aging book presents answers and opportunities to rich and provocative questions related to aging. Each of the books 5 chapters highlights a ke...

Women Growing Older Contend With Ageism, Misogyny, And Loss. Yet As Mary Pipher Shows, Most Older Women Are Deeply Happy And Filled With Gratitude For The G...

We are all aging. We are each a spoke on the great wheel of life, part of the ongoing cycle of growth. In Aging, Henri J.M. Nouwen and Walter J. Gaffney sh...

The majority of the world's population is religious or believes in supernatural phenomena. In the United States, nine out of every ten adults believe in Go...

This State-of-the-art Handbook Will Keep Researchers And Practitioners In Gerontology Abreast Of The Newest Theories And Models Of Aging. With Virtually All...

Pt. 1. The Research Sites. 1. Botswana. 2. Ireland. 3. United States. 4. Hong Kong -- Pt. 2. Cross-cultural Comparisons. 5. Age And Well-being. 6. Age And T...

Today's economic realities have reset our expectations of what retirement is, yet there's still the promise for what it can be: a life stage filled with mo...

Ernie Zelinski could change your view of the world forever. He has already taught more than 150,000 people what THE JOY OF NOT WORKING is all about: learnin...

Author, Activist, And Ted Speaker Ashton Applewhite Has Written A Rousing Manifesto Calling For An End To Discrimination And Prejudice On The Basis Of Age. ...

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