Psychology of ageing

New Developments in Dementia Prevention Research addresses a dearth of knowledge about dementia prevention and shows the importance of considering the broader social impact of certain risk factors, including the role we each play in our own cognitive health throughout the lifespan.

New Developments in Dementia Prevention Research addresses a dearth of knowledge about dementia prevention and shows the importance of considering the broader social impact of certain risk factors, including the role we each play in our own cognitive health throughout the lifespan.

The Aging Mind offers an accessible introduction to what research has revealed about how our bodies and brains age, and how these changes affect our everyday experiences and lives.

The Aging Mind offers an accessible introduction to what research has revealed about how our bodies and brains age, and how these changes affect our everyday experiences and lives.

The Living Well with Dementia Course: A Workbook for Facilitators will be an indispensable guide to providing support to people after they have received a dementia diagnosis.

The Living Well with Dementia Course: A Workbook for Facilitators will be an indispensable guide to providing support to people after they have received a dementia diagnosis.

From the teenage years to retirement, each phase of life presents different challenges and new experiences.

Focusing on the contemporary period, this book brings together critical age studies and contemporary science fiction to establish the centrality of age and ageing in dystopian, speculative and science-fiction imaginaries.

Focusing on the contemporary period, this book brings together critical age studies and contemporary science fiction to establish the centrality of age and ageing in dystopian, speculative and science-fiction imaginaries.

This comprehensive book provides a review across methodological approaches and data-collection methods commonly used with older adults in real-life settings.

Since the 1971 White House Conference on Aging in the United States, the need to move from religiosity into new areas such as Spiritual Assessment and Spirituality has emerged.

Since the 1971 White House Conference on Aging in the United States, the need to move from religiosity into new areas such as Spiritual Assessment and Spirituality has emerged.

As the country's workforce ages, the changing labor market must address unique challenges as well as surprising opportunities.

As the country's workforce ages, the changing labor market must address unique challenges as well as surprising opportunities.

Here is a unique text that examines the lives of middle-aged and old women.

Here is a unique text that examines the lives of middle-aged and old women.

In the past decade, evidence based practice (EBP) has emerged as one of the most important movements to improve the effectiveness of clinical care.

In the past decade, evidence based practice (EBP) has emerged as one of the most important movements to improve the effectiveness of clinical care.

It is a well known fact that our population of persons aged 65 and over are growing at a faster rate than any other demographic.

It is a well known fact that our population of persons aged 65 and over are growing at a faster rate than any other demographic.

LGBT older adults experience issues and challenges that are unique, including institutional heteronormativity, heterosexism in organizations, and homophobia among caregivers and social service providers.

LGBT older adults experience issues and challenges that are unique, including institutional heteronormativity, heterosexism in organizations, and homophobia among caregivers and social service providers.

What is distinct about the last third of life, about women, that makes psychotherapy different?

What is distinct about the last third of life, about women, that makes psychotherapy different?

Environmental gerontology - the research on aging and environment - evolved during the late 1960s, when the domain became a relevant topic due to societal concerns with the problems of housing for elderly people.

Environmental gerontology - the research on aging and environment - evolved during the late 1960s, when the domain became a relevant topic due to societal concerns with the problems of housing for elderly people.

When you read Full Circle: Spiritual Therapy for the Elderly, you'll discover a brand new therapeutic approachspiritual therapyto treating elderly patients with cognitive disorders.

When you read Full Circle: Spiritual Therapy for the Elderly, you'll discover a brand new therapeutic approachspiritual therapyto treating elderly patients with cognitive disorders.

Here is detailed, practical advice for the administrator or practitioner of long-term and senior care services.

Here is detailed, practical advice for the administrator or practitioner of long-term and senior care services.

In Revolutionary Change and Democratic Religion, Celucien Joseph provides a fresh and careful reexamination of Haiti's intellectual history by focusing on the ideas and writings of five prominent thinkers and public intellectuals: Toussaint Louverture, Joseph Antenor Firmin, Jacques Roumain, Dantes Bellegarde, and Jean Price-Mars.

What does it mean to provide justice for undocumented workers who have been living among us without proper legal documentation?

What does it mean to provide justice for undocumented workers who have been living among us without proper legal documentation?

This book argues that the standard arguments for and against the claim that certain Hindu texts and traditions attribute direct moral standing to animals and plants are unconvincing.

This book argues that the standard arguments for and against the claim that certain Hindu texts and traditions attribute direct moral standing to animals and plants are unconvincing.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and most westernized nations.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and most westernized nations.

This volume takes the positive view that conversation between persons with dementia and their interlocutors is a privileged site for ongoing cognitive engagement.

This volume takes the positive view that conversation between persons with dementia and their interlocutors is a privileged site for ongoing cognitive engagement.

A negative effect of the ageing population is that more individuals are experiencing cognitive decline and some form of neurodegenerative disease.

A negative effect of the ageing population is that more individuals are experiencing cognitive decline and some form of neurodegenerative disease.

For undergraduate courses in sociology and psychology which examine ageing adulthood.

For undergraduate courses in sociology and psychology which examine ageing adulthood.

Care-giving in dementia is a new speciality with its own rapidly growing body of knowledge.

Care-giving in dementia is a new speciality with its own rapidly growing body of knowledge.

Renowned specialists on aging explore the meaning of prevention and provide practical information about programs and services for the elderly.

Renowned specialists on aging explore the meaning of prevention and provide practical information about programs and services for the elderly.

Concrete directions for programming and reasons for developing and refining such programs.

Concrete directions for programming and reasons for developing and refining such programs.

Help families of institutionalized elders with this compassionate and practical manual.