Psychology of ageing

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

Explains the most effective ways to discuss the legal and financial responsibilities that come with the end of life and tools for managing them-such as wills, trusts, estate planning, and cash management-in the context of financial psychology.

Life and Death considers ageing and mortality from a psychoanalytic perspective and from the point of view of the individual, the couple, and the family.

Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents proposes an entirely unique approach to the field of gerontology, giving dependent care receivers a voice.

This exceptional collection draws on the most recent demographic data and combines classic research with cutting-edge approaches to provide an invaluable overview of the developmental psychology of the adult years.

This pioneering volume taps the resources and skills of top rehabilitation professionals and applies them to the person with Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias.

The number of people working in the field of clinical psychology has expanded significantly in recent years.

Adult cognitive development is one of the most important yet most neglected aspects in the study of human psychology.

The New Sociology of Ageing explores the challenges and opportunities of ageing as a global force.

Dementia is the most significant health issue facing our aging population.

Due to improvements in health and healthcare, the elderly population is expanding rapidly within the developed world.

Handbook of Social Media in Education, Consumer Behavior and Politics explores the impact of social media within these systems.

Here is a unique and important volume that pays tribute to the contributions of the National Mental Health Association to the field of prevention.

This book deals with the narrative discourse--specifically lifestories--of 16 patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD).

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

This book provides readers with a compelling case for the inclusion of contextual therapy in comprehensive healthcare settings by presenting its applications to individual and family health across the lifespan.

Selected for Reading Well for Dementia 2024: endorsed by health experts, charities and people affected by dementia.

Aging and Work in the 21st Century, 2nd edition, reviews, summarizes, and integrates existing literature from various disciplines with regard to aging and work, but with a focus on recent advances in the field.

*THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*'Naomi Watts has gathered stories of her experiences around menopause into a book that imparts the much-needed facts, from one woman to another.

First published in 1987.

Grandparenting: Contemporary Perspectives is one of the first books of its kind to offer a dedicated account of the social and psychological research on this important life stage.

This is the second volume based on the annual University of Miami Symposia on Stress and Coping.

The New Sociology of Ageing explores the challenges and opportunities of ageing as a global force.

Prior to publication, it had only recently been appreciated that psychology had a great deal to offer in therapeutic terms to a wide range of patients, and was not merely concerned with assessing and identifying problems.

Amal Awad's life changed when her father was diagnosed with kidney failure.

WINNER OF THE AUDIENCE CHOICE IRISH BOOK AWARD 2021Once you've got a few decades on the clock, life can seem sort of cross-roadsy.

Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) has made a huge global, clinical impact since its inception, and this landmark book is the first to draw all the published research together in one place.

Retirement is about change, not age.

In the 1990s providing mental health services to the elderly and particularly to elderly Native Americans had been an issue of some concern for the last several decades.

Research Design in Aging and Social Gerontology provides a review of methodological approaches and data-collection methods commonly used with older adults in real-life settings.

As the oldest members of the baby boomer generation head into their retirement years, this demographic shift is having a substantial influence on uses of mass media, as well as the images portrayed in these media.

Focussing on end-of-life care for people who use, or have used, substances, this book explores their social and health care needs and the multiple disadvantages they have often experienced, discussing the complexities around access to care that result.

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

This special issue highlights how social psychology can further the understanding of important social, health, interpersonal, and intergenerational issues facing people as they age.

Can ageing really be a positive experience?

The Biennial Jake Harwood Outstanding Book Award 2024National Communication Association Communication and Ageing Division, Outstanding Book Award 2023This essential volume explores the vital role of communication in the aging process and how this varies for different social groups and cultural communities.

This book presents the latest research that shows how design thinking, making, and acting contribute to the co-designing and development of products, spaces, and services with people living with dementia.

This book presents a kaleidoscopic view of the positive layers of ageing as well as key interventions that can help generate and maintain positivity and well-being among the elderly.

Traditional training in counseling and psychotherapy makes minimal distinctions on the ages of the client and therapist in the treatment process.

This second edition of the Handbook of Communication and Aging Research captures the ever-changing and expanding domain of aging research.

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.

Development of Adult Thinking is a timely synthesis and evaluation of the current knowledge and emerging issues relating to adult cognitive development and learning.

Topically organized, Adult Development and Aging: Growth, Longevity and Challenges provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the aging process in adulthood from multiple perspectives.

Introduction to Senior Transportation focuses on an issue that is a growing concern-the community mobility needs of older adults.

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.

Originally published in 1995, within the previous decade there had been significant developments in our understanding of the learning and motivation, together with the conceptual and cognitive development, of older adults.

Sigmund Freud believed that psychoanalysis (and other forms of therapy) was not suitable for people over 50 years of age.

Awarded the book prize for 2012 by the Australasian Journal on Ageing!

As our global demographic shifts towards an increasingly aging population, we have an opportunity to transform how we experience and think about getting older and embrace the diversity and contribution that this population can bring to society.