Psychology of ageing

Therapy with Men after Sixty is a breakthrough book for professionals that helps them open their clients' minds to new ways of thinking, behaving, and feeling about the aging process.

Therapy with Men after Sixty is a breakthrough book for professionals that helps them open their clients' minds to new ways of thinking, behaving, and feeling about the aging process.

This book fosters a deeper understanding of the growing Latino elderly population and the implications on society.

This book fosters a deeper understanding of the growing Latino elderly population and the implications on society.

The majority of research on eyewitness memory has traditionally studied children and young adults.

Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia explores spirituality in those with dementia to enrich our understanding of the neurological and psychological aspects of hope, prayer, and the power of belief.

Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia explores spirituality in those with dementia to enrich our understanding of the neurological and psychological aspects of hope, prayer, and the power of belief.

Longtime Companions: Autobiographies of Gay Male Fidelity provides a sophisticated alternative to "e;anything goes"e; gay literature.

Longtime Companions: Autobiographies of Gay Male Fidelity provides a sophisticated alternative to "e;anything goes"e; gay literature.

This serial publication continues to review life-span research and theory in the behavioral and social sciences, particularly work done by psychologists and sociologists conducting programmatic research on current problems and refining theoretical positions.

This serial publication continues to review life-span research and theory in the behavioral and social sciences, particularly work done by psychologists and sociologists conducting programmatic research on current problems and refining theoretical positions.

The papers presented in this volume seek to illuminate relationships among the cognitive style of field dependence- independence and biological, psychological, and sociocultural aspects of human functioning across the life span.

The papers presented in this volume seek to illuminate relationships among the cognitive style of field dependence- independence and biological, psychological, and sociocultural aspects of human functioning across the life span.

This volume seeks to identify and define the parameters of a relatively new problem area -- parental development.

This volume seeks to identify and define the parameters of a relatively new problem area -- parental development.

This unique text presents a systematic study of a proven method for increasing the memory and reading comprehension of older adults by using a program based on discourse processing.

This unique text presents a systematic study of a proven method for increasing the memory and reading comprehension of older adults by using a program based on discourse processing.

This book presents, for the first time, a full range of perspectives on emotions and the family from the radical behaviorist to the intrapsychic.

This book presents, for the first time, a full range of perspectives on emotions and the family from the radical behaviorist to the intrapsychic.

Here is a one-of-a-kind resource for professionals who prepare and lead group activities for impaired older adults.

Here is a one-of-a-kind resource for professionals who prepare and lead group activities for impaired older adults.

The term "e;skill"e; encompasses an array of topics and issues.

The term "e;skill"e; encompasses an array of topics and issues.

Here is an excellent "e;how-to"e; guide for initiating pet-facilitated therapy programs with the elderly.

Here is an excellent "e;how-to"e; guide for initiating pet-facilitated therapy programs with the elderly.

Planning is defined as formulating an organized method for action in advance.

Planning is defined as formulating an organized method for action in advance.

In this fascinating book, leading international experts in gerontology and social work examine the conditions of older people in their respective native lands--Australia, Canada, West Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, and Sweden.

In this fascinating book, leading international experts in gerontology and social work examine the conditions of older people in their respective native lands--Australia, Canada, West Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, and Sweden.

First published in 1987.

First published in 1987.

First published in 1987.

First published in 1987.

A practical book for practical people,Care-Giving in Dementia integrates neurobiological information about dementia with specific developments in care-giving.

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.

In our youth-oriented, patriarchal society, aging and older women often find themselves either ignored, pitied, or feared.

In our youth-oriented, patriarchal society, aging and older women often find themselves either ignored, pitied, or feared.

What are the changes we see over the life-span?

What are the changes we see over the life-span?

Dealing with the methodological and data analytic problems in developmental research, this book presents solutions advanced from the disciplinary perspectives of psychology, behavior analysis and behavioral systems, sociology, and anthropology.

Dealing with the methodological and data analytic problems in developmental research, this book presents solutions advanced from the disciplinary perspectives of psychology, behavior analysis and behavioral systems, sociology, and anthropology.

The final volume in this significant series, this publication mirrors the broad scientific attention given to ideas and issues associated with the life-span perspective: constancy and change in human development; opportunities for and constraints on plasticity in structure and function across life; the potential for intervention across the entire life course (and thus for the creation of an applied developmental science); individual differences (diversity) in life paths, in contexts (or the ecology) of human development, and in changing relations between people and contexts; interconnections and discontinuities across age levels and developmental periods; and the importance of integrating biological, psychological, social, cultural, and historical levels of organization in order to understand human development.

The final volume in this significant series, this publication mirrors the broad scientific attention given to ideas and issues associated with the life-span perspective: constancy and change in human development; opportunities for and constraints on plasticity in structure and function across life; the potential for intervention across the entire life course (and thus for the creation of an applied developmental science); individual differences (diversity) in life paths, in contexts (or the ecology) of human development, and in changing relations between people and contexts; interconnections and discontinuities across age levels and developmental periods; and the importance of integrating biological, psychological, social, cultural, and historical levels of organization in order to understand human development.

Caregiving has emerged as a critical issue in the second half of the life cycle.

Caregiving has emerged as a critical issue in the second half of the life cycle.

Based on the proceedings of the twelfth biennial conference on life-span developmental psychology, most of the contributions in this volume deal with the mechanisms of everyday cognition.

Based on the proceedings of the twelfth biennial conference on life-span developmental psychology, most of the contributions in this volume deal with the mechanisms of everyday cognition.

Dementia in Close-Up is a clear and practical guide to dementia and the world of the dementia sufferer.

Dementia in Close-Up is a clear and practical guide to dementia and the world of the dementia sufferer.