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Old Age
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Author : John Vincent
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-12-08
Old Age written by John Vincent and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-08 with Social Science categories.
Recent decades have seen a fundamental change in the age structure of many western societies. In these societies it is now common for a fifth to a quarter of the population to be retired, for fewer babies to be born than is required to sustain the size of the population and for life expectancy to exceed eighty years old. This book provides an overview of the key issues arising from this demographic change.
A History Of Old Age
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Author : Pat Thane
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2005
A History Of Old Age written by Pat Thane and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Family & Relationships categories.
Seven contributors examine how the best thinkers and artists of each historical epoch in the West have treated old age. Full of surprising and fascinating facts, this is an uplifting companion for those who, like it or not, are beginning to understand the inevitability of their own aging process.
Dignity And Old Age
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Author : Rose Dobrof
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-12-19
Dignity And Old Age written by Rose Dobrof and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-19 with Psychology categories.
Open up Dignity and Old Age, and you’ll find a wealth of thoughtful suggestions for how you and others can gain more respect and admiration for your relatives, neighbors, and patients who are in the latter stages of life. You’ll examine the word “dignity” as it relates to the world’s elderly population to the fullest and most challenging extent, taking into account cross-cultural, religious, and even literary influences. Throughout this provoking and thorough examination, you’ll tackle some tough questions, all of which will equip you with the theoretical and practical know-how needed to evoke change and preserve honorable relations with the elderly persons in your professional and personal relationships. The manner in which Dignity and Old Age will help you grow in your relationships with elderly people is twofold--ideally and practically. You’ll begin with a revitalizing discussion of concepts that revolve around dignity and the elderly, and from there you’ll move into the sphere of active practice, gleaning a wide variety of ways you can enhance your affairs with the elderly in health care, social services, government, and retirement entitlements and benefits. Specifically, you’ll find positive approaches in these and other areas: the dignity in old age the true meaning of “Quality of Life” in old age achieving respect for ethnic elders as a health care provider bringing spirituality and community together in the last stage of life forming a philanthropic, caring partnership between government and the elderly In this insightful volume, you’ll take an important step forward in creating a more dignified quality of life for the world’s elderly--today’s and tomorrow’s. Overall, you’ll gain the variety of perspectives necessary to ensure that everyone you come in contact with in casual, legal, leisure, and professional spheres will see you care enough to be concerned with the ideas and practices contained in Dignity and Old Age.
Vital Involvement In Old Age
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Author : Erik H. Erikson
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 1994-12-17
Vital Involvement In Old Age written by Erik H. Erikson and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-12-17 with Family & Relationships categories.
Erikson's now-famous concept of the life cycle delineates eight stages of psychological development through which each of us progresses. The last stage, old age, challenges the individual to rework the past while remaining involved in the present. The authors begin this work with their theory of life's stages through old age. In Part two, they discuss their interviews with twenty-nine octogenarians, on whom life history data has been collected for over fifty years. Part three is a discussion of the life history of the protagonist in Ingmar Bergman's film Wild Strawberries. In Part four, "Old age in our society", the authors offer suggestions for "vital involvement." Erik H. Erikson is winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
Old Age
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Author : Michael Kinsley
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2017-03-02
Old Age written by Michael Kinsley and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-02 with Self-Help categories.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A witty, elegant and unsentimental meditation on the business of getting old' THE TIMES The notorious baby boomers are approaching the end and starting to plan their final moves in the game of life. ‘What was that all about?’ they’re asking. ‘Was it about acquiring things or changing the world? Was it about keeping all your marbles? Or is the only thing that counts after you’re gone the reputation you leave behind?’ In Old Age: a beginner’s guide, Michael Kinsley answers the questions we are all forced to confront sooner or later.
Socialization To Old Age
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Author : Irving Rosow
language : en
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date : 2018-09-04
Socialization To Old Age written by Irving Rosow and has been published by University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-04 with Social Science categories.
The prevailing wisdom in gerontology is that people routinely adjust to old age just as they adjust to earlier life stages. But aging presents unusual circumstances, and the transition processes that typify earlier passages fail to operate in the customary way. The reasons for this are the subject of this book. Its basic thesis is clear: unlike other status changes in American life, people are not effectively socialized to old age. Irving Rosow shows that there is virtually no role for the elderly, the norms for them are weak, and they are subject to negligible socializing forces. He argues that America has only a minor stake in older people and their place in society, almost certainly because of the reduced responsibilities of the elderly and the limited consequences of their actions. Rosow considers solutions in the form of alternatives for socialization within our present institutional structure. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.
Aging And Old Age
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Author : Richard A. Posner
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1995
Aging And Old Age written by Richard A. Posner and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Family & Relationships categories.
Observing that people change both physically and cognitively as they age, Posner suggests that each of us has, in succession, two separate selves - younger and older - with different abilities, interests, and behaviors, an insight that helps clarify a number of issues concerning the elderly.
Quality Of Life In Old Age
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Author : Heidrun Mollenkopf
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-06-13
Quality Of Life In Old Age written by Heidrun Mollenkopf and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-13 with Social Science categories.
This volume brings together leading researchers on quality of life in old age to focus on one of the most important issues in both gerontology and quality of life studies. There are very few texts available on this topic and none of an international and multi-disciplinary nature. For these reasons and the high quality of the authors we have assembled, this will be a seminal text for both gerontology and quality of life researchers.
Old Age In Modern Society
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Author : Christina R. Victor
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-11-11
Old Age In Modern Society written by Christina R. Victor and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-11 with Social Science categories.
Old age is a part of the lifecycle about which there are numerous myths and stereotypes. To present an overstatement of commonly held beliefs, the old are portrayed as dependent individuals, characterized by a lack of social autonomy, unloved and neglected by both their immediate family and friends; and posing a threat to the living standards of younger age groups by being a 'burden' that consumes without producing. Older people are perceived as a single homogeneous group, and the experiment of ageing characterized as being the same for all individuals, irrespective of the diversity of their circumstances before the onset of old age. In this book, detailed statistical material is used to portray the circum stances of older people in modern society in an attempt to evaluate the appropriateness (or otherwise) of the major stereotypes of later life. This volume does not address ageing from a psychological or micro-social per spective. In particular, we do not explore major issues relating to old age. Rather we feel that, from the extensive collection of surveys concerned with the elderly, we can provide a context within which individual eld erly people can be studied from more anthropological or biographical perspectives.
Old Age In The New Land
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Author : W. Andrew Achenbaum
language : en
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press
Release Date : 1978-12-21
Old Age In The New Land written by W. Andrew Achenbaum and has been published by Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978-12-21 with History categories.
Originally published in 1978. Drawing on a wide range of sources from social, intellectual, and political history, Old Age in the New Land analyzes the changing fates and fortunes of America's elderly in the course of its history. By providing a historical perspective on society's conceptions of aging—and its effects on human lives—Achenbaum's work offers valuable insights for historians, sociologists, gerontologists, and others interested in the "graying" of America.