15,800円 This book proposes a way to radically renew medicine by extending to medicine the concepts of evolutionary biology. The book considers diseases not as unpredictable harmful events but as logical consequences of evolutionary mechanisms. In particular, a large part of the most widespread diseases t...

4,006円 The COVID-19 pandemic took many by surprise when it arrived in Britain in early 2020. Daily lives changed dramatically from March with the introduction of unprecedented restrictions and lockdowns. How did people react? This book draws on the diaries of 68 men and women aged 70 and above, capturin...

3,400円 Für Rentnerinnen und Rentner in Deutschland ist im Ruhestand die Rente der Rentenversicherung oft geringer als das Einkommen während ihres Erwerbslebens. Das Rentenniveau, also das Verhältnis der Standardrente zum durchschnittlichen Bruttoeinkommen, liegt aktuell bei etwa 48 Prozent. Dies bedeute...

0円 Ageing and Urban Planning provides a critical analysis of urban planning in the face of demographic change. It emphasises the importance of international approaches and practices to address age-friendly planning. This process requires collaboration between professionals and the community, going b...

1,989円 A Retirement Gift for Women Who are Solo Agers "When it comes to aging, you can't count on your children, especially if you don't have any. But help is on the way.” ーHarry R. Moody, Ph.D., retired Vice President for Academic Affairs, AARP Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2018 on Aging Well #1 B...

4,222円 This book provides a fresh and even-handed account of the newly modernized AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons)ーthe 40-million member insurance giant and political lobby that continues to set the national agenda for Medicare and Social Security. Frederick R. Lynch addresse...

4,927円 As today’s baby boomers reach retirement and old age, this timely study looks back at the first generation who aged in the British welfare state. Using innovative research methods, Charlotte Greenhalgh sheds light on the experiences of elderly people in twentieth-century Britain. She adds further...

15,800円 From the vantage point of rural grandparents’ mediated structure of feelings, this book explores changing family intimacy and dynamics in contemporary rural China in relation to media. Based on a 10-month ethnography involving 18 rural families (live-in studies with 11), it explores how media tec...

3,517円 Older adults want to exercise a sense of control over their relationships, structures and surroundings as they navigate the later life course. Through detailed ethnographic case studies, this book examines the dynamic lifeworlds of a hundred and seven community-dwelling older adults in Europe bef...

2,067円 高昂收費，美好承諾 然而失能長者與機構員工，只是這家企業不擇手段榨取暴利的免洗用具 ★法國新聞界最高榮譽★ 2022****年阿爾貝．隆徳爾獎 Prix Albert Londres 每個月收費超過三十萬臺幣的頂級老人長照機構，卻持續發生失能長者被刻意關在房內、任由住戶長時間躺在便溺之中不更換尿布、營養不良、醫療及看護人手嚴重不...

3,805円 What can the lived experiences of Czechoslovak Cold War refugee children tell us about the lifetime impact of childhood forced migration? This is the story of author Miriam Potocky Rafaidus and more than thirty other Czechoslovak Cold War refugee children. Miriam shares her lived experience, as w...

3,800円 Stell dir vor, du wirst Großmutter und hast andere Pläne. Als Mona erfährt, dass sie Großmutter wird, bricht sie nicht vor Freude in Tränen aus – sie bekommt eine mittelschwere Panikattacke. Mona ist fünfundsechzig und seit Jahren geschieden. Kurz vor der Rente liegt ein ganz neues Kapitel ihres ...