Gerontology

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...

Living Through Loss is the first book to identify the many ways in which people experience loss over the course of life and to discuss the interventions mo...

The Budget Battles Of Recent Years Have Amplified The Warnings Of Demographic Doomsayers Who Predicted That A Wave Of Baby Boomers Would Bleed America Dry, ...

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...

From The New York Times Bestselling Author Of Reviving Ophelia, A Guide To Wisdom, Authenticity, And Bliss For Women As They Age. Women Growing Older Conten...

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...

Full Circle Is A How-to Book That Will Prove You Can Trigger Emotional Responses In An Individual Or Group Therapy Session Using The Right Spiritual Cues. Y...

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. ...

Includes Information On Adverse Affects, Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Arthritis Treatments, Buddhism, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease & Health, Cognitive ...

The most comprehensive study of the sociology of aging, featuring coverage of the latest issues in the field, recent research and data, and real-world examp...

Papalia’s Adult Development and Aging delivers the most current research findings in the field while providing a clear and concise writing style praised b...

Preface To The Extended Version -- Preface To The First Edition -- 1. Introduction: A Historical Note On The Outerworld -- 2. Psychosexuality And The Cycle ...