Psychology of ageing

The phenomenon of age-related cognitive decline has long been controversial, both in terms of mere existence, and with respect to how it is explained.

Victimology, Tenth Edition, covers the scope of crime victims' suffering in the US, offering a history of victims and the measurement of victimization, an explanation of the victim's role in the criminal justice process, and a recounting of the issues crime victims face as a result of crime and involvement in the criminal justice process.

Presents the first study on aging hippies and offers many new insights about wellbeing in later life.

The psychology of aging usually focuses upon cognitive changes, with a particular focus on dementia and other forms of cognitive decline.

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.

This book explores the connections between sound and memory across all electronic media, with a particular focus on radio.

Here is the first book which highlights the unique resource of religion in the field of prevention.

Get the vital clinical information you need with this comprehensive handbook!

A comprehensive overview of cognitive aging through the lens of a life course perspective, considering both behavioral and neural changes.

In this compelling text, choreographer and psychotherapist Beatrice Allegranti invites the reader into the transdisciplinary Moving Kinship project.

Do we become better or worse drivers as we age?

One of the most pressing questions facing society today is how to care for its burgeoning elderly population.

This book explores what is known about healthy living among older women, emphasizing overcoming illness and adversity.

Discover the latest research on the mental health concerns of older womenWomen are the primary consumers of mental health services, however, there is a paucity of research on their specific needs.

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

Provide effective services to ethnic elders with culturally competent training!

How to Live Well with Dementia: Expert Help for People Living with Dementia and their Family, Friends, and Care Partners provides an array of essential guidance about the different aspects of dementia for all whose lives are touched by dementia, including people living with dementia and their support network.

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.

The essential guide to making sure you have a fabulous later life.

The study of grandparents raising grandchildren, now almost two decades old, has tended to have a negative bias, emphasizing the difficulties such people face and the negative impact that grandparent caregiving has on them physically, socially, and emotionally.

The complexity and diversity of families and aging has generated the necessity for research, policy, and program agendas that address emerging issues and needs for elderly Americans and their families.

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

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

This book's main goal is to examine the concept of residential care from a psychological perspective.

Volume 4 of Care-Giving in Dementia builds on previous volumes to continue to make a significant contribution to establishing a knowledge base for the developing field of care-giving in dementia.

A wide-ranging and multidisciplinary introduction to the key topics in ageing, for students of gerontology.

From the moment of conception we are in the business of surviving.

Growing older can be a time of great joy and satisfaction for men as they look back on their accomplishments and gain more free time, but it can also be a challenging and distressing experience, especially for those men raised with the very traditional notions of what it means to be a "e;real man.

Winner of the 2022 Textbook & Academic Authors Association's The McGuffey Longevity Award Aging: Concepts and Controversies is structured to encourage a style of teaching and learning that goes beyond conveying facts and methods.

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

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

This important new book describes the origins, developments, and current status of personal response systems, a new means for persons at risk who live alone to get help in case of emergency.

Here is an informative overview of the causes and consequences of elder abuse in countries around the world.

This important book shares insights derived from surveys, interviews, and focus groups conducted with a diverse group of first-wave Baby Boomer female professionals (born 1946-1956).

Integrates multidisciplinary knowledge of dementia and essential societal topics to improve quality of life for persons with dementia.

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

The qualitative analysis of naturally occurring discourse in neurogenic communication disorders, specifically in dementia studies, has experienced recent burgeoning interest from wide-ranging disciplines.

Spousal bereavement seems to be one of the most devastating things a person can suffer through during the course of his or her life and it can result in adverse bio-psycho-social consequences for the left behind spouse.

This book, the third in a series on the life course, has significance in today's world of research, professional practice, and public policy because it symbolizes the gradual reemergence of power in the social sciences.

The idea of one's memory "e;filling up"e; is a humorous misconception of how memory in general is thought to work; it actually has no capacity limit.

In the 1960s and 1970s doctors were increasingly trained to apply science to the eradication of disease, the accent being on the treatment of disease rather than the true welfare of the patient.

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

The concept of compensation in psychology refers to processes through which a gap or mismatch between current accessible skills and environmental demands is reduced or closed.

As the 21st Century unfolds, the traditional welfare state that evolved during the 20th Century faces serious threats to the solidarity that social programs were meant to strengthen.

This volume presents a systematic examination of the impact of social structures on individual behaviors and on their development in adulthood and old age.

How can positive psychology approaches help us to understand the process of adjustment to, and living well with dementia?

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

Memory, Attention, and Aging is a collection of some of the most influential journal articles previously published by Fergus Craik and his collaborators, with new introductory material unifying the research of this noted cognitive psychologist.

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

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