6,963円 Originally published in 1987, this volume, and the working conference that preceded it, broke new ground in addressing the complex topic of aging, health, and behavior. Taking a bio-behavioral approach to a range of topics, contributors to this book advanced their disciplines. This volume as well...

7,959円 In the late 1980s, the relationship between physical activity or exercise and aging was one of great contemporary interest. On the one hand there was a growing elderly population in industrialized societies seeking an active rather than a passive retirement, while on the other hand there was much...

6,963円 Of all the problems associated with a rapidly growing aging population, health care demands top priority. Research on health care for older people requires an understanding of the basic principles of aging and its related social processes, while popular assumptions on the subject are often ill-in...

6,963円 In The Generation Jigsaw, originally published in 1976, Irene Gore explores some of the problems which face older people in the family and the community. Her attitude, differing from many attitudes and practices at the time, was that people in old age are capable of expanding their interests and ...

7,959円 What is it like to be an isolated old widow, living alone on the bare old-age pension? In the 1960s, the question had become a standard refrain. Originally published in 1966, this was the first full-length study by a sociologist of isolation in old age. Although the majority of old people were in...

6,963円 By the early 1970s the psychology of age had become an extremely important topic in the field. In the present book, originally published in 1973, the authors are particularly concerned with the subject of intellectual functioning. The assessment of intellect in the aged has many important theoret...

6,360円 Im Rahmen dieses Buches wird erforscht, inwiefern sich das Alter(n) von queeren Menschen von dem der heteronormativen Mehrheit unterscheidet und wie ein gelingendes Alter(n) dieser spezifischen Minderheitengruppe gewährleistet werden kann. Die mittels themenzentrierter Interviews erhobenen und an...

1,989円 Live Long and Prosper “Super Ager is manual for living well, aging with grace and keeping that youthful bounce in your step.” ─Darren Main, author of Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic #1 New Release in Diets & Nutrition, Gerontology, and Aging One of America's top yoga and embodied mindfulnes...

16,067円 Arts in Healthy Aging examines public policies and professional practices that effectively use the arts to support health and well-being outcomes in older adults. It offers a comprehensive study of why and how purposefully-designed programs that engage the visual, performing, and literary arts ca...

720円 Este livro é um convite a pensarmos e a sabermos mais sobre esse processo que define nossas vidas e que, se visto à luz da ciência e da cultura, pode nos ajudar a amadurecer e a viver. A cada ano, mais pessoas despertam para as questões atinentes ao processo de envelhecimento humano, também chama...

9,285円 Long Lives Are for the Rich is the title of a silent ominous program that affects the lives of millions of people. In all developed countries disadvantaged and, especially, poor people die much earlier than the most advantaged. During these shorter lives they suffer ten to twenty years longer fro...

24,309円 This handbook offers a comprehensive survey of the growing field of literary age studies and points to new directions in scholarly research. Divided into four sections, the volume reflects the current conversations in the field: intersections and intersectionalities, traveling concepts, methodolo...