Age groups and generations

Der Jugendforscher Philipp Ikrath versucht das Phänomen der Hipster gesamtgesellschaftlich zu fassen und geht der mysteriösesten Spezies im artenreichen Biotop jugendlicher Lebensstile auf den Grund.

Ältere Menschen werden häufig anders - meist schlechter - behandelt als junge Erwachsene.

This book investigates young children's everyday digital practices, embodied digital play, and digital media products - such as mobile applications, digital games, and software tools.

A society that does not tend to the welfare of its children, its future generations, hastens its own demise.

"e;If there's one place to go for everything you need to know about housing and aging, it's Stephen Golant.

The concept of time in childhood and youth is discussed in two contradictory ways; first romanticized, as a time of play, innocence, and exploration - of learning through trial and error, and second, as a time restricted by tight societal and generational structures, such as chains of care, institutional and family timetables.

Children s Moral Lives makes use of case studies, observation, interviews and questionnaires to offer a fascinating, behind-the-scenes view of children s school lives and the complex moral issues and disputes they routinely negotiate The first ethnography of childhood to focus on children s morality in the peer group Case studies shed light on the psychological, social and cultural processes by which children and adults reach starkly different moral judgments of the same situations Combines qualitative insights and quantitative data into recommendations for practice

Separating truth from hype, this book introduces readers to the topic of life extension in a holistic manner that provides scientific, historical, and cultural perspectives.

This book applies environmental, social and governance (ESG) to issues of sustainable development in healthcare.

The second, expanded edition of this acclaimed memoir by an Alzheimer's caregiver living with his father during his final year includes a new introduction that illustrates the immense toll of the disease, important lessons from the author's experience, and a readers' guide.

This book focuses on Shine, a musical performance about how energy, humanity, and climate are interrelated.

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2018The Wizard of Oz brought many now-iconic tropes into popular culture: the yellow brick road, ruby slippers and Oz.

Provides original data and theoretical analyses that address the formation, nature, and significance of romantic relationships in emerging adults.

From the co–author of the New York Times bestseller When Elephants Weep comes a book that uses true stories backed by scientific research to explore the way young animals discover their worlds and learn how to survive.

This book studies the role of youth movements in the Arab uprisings of 2010 and 2011, and the regime''s responses to these movements.

This book explores what identity is, what factors contribute to it, how it develops, and the impacts that a strong or weak sense of self can have on a person's health, happiness, and future.

Youth delinquency, involving behaviours such as smoking, drinking, and premature sexual misconduct, is an ongoing issue in Southeast Asia.

The tools and answers you need to help your parents receive the care they deserve.

We are said to be living in the age of entitlement.

++ Nominiert für den Deutschen Sachbuchpreis 2025 ++Die alternde Gesellschaft ist weder kindergerecht noch ist sie gerecht zu Kindern.

Well-known authors in the field of ageing and spirituality present their considered contributions to current understandings in this fast-changing field.

Metro Vancouver is a diverse city where half the residents identify as people of colour, but only one percent of the population is racialized as Black.

This book investigates young children's everyday digital practices, embodied digital play, and digital media products - such as mobile applications, digital games, and software tools.

The restraint of older people is a pressing issue for health and social care practice.

A year-long journey by the renowned psychiatrist and his writer wife after her terminal diagnosis, as they reflect on how to love and live without regret.

This book proposes a way to radically renew medicine by extending to medicine the concepts of evolutionary biology.

Since 1900, the average life expectancy in the developed world has almost doubled, from 45 to 80.

The transition to adulthood is a longer and more complex process than it was just a few decades ago, and a growing number of youth and young adults experience significant challenges in the establishment of an autonomous and independent lifestyle when compared to previous generations.

This examination of the history, development, activities, successes, and limitations of the largest membership organization in the country will be of interest to anyone who belongs to or is curious about this sometimes-controversial group.

Este manual es el resultado de un trabajo exhaustivo de documentación y reflexión en el campo de la resiliencia, que nace a raíz de la experiencia formativa acumulada por los autores a lo largo de los últimos años.

If societies, like institutions, are built to endure, then the bond that exists between generations must be considered.

Praise for the First Edition:'A warm feeling of positive reassurance and guidance runs throughout the book.

Over the next 40 years the number of people aged 60+ in the world, many of whom live in developing regions, will grow by 1 billion.

Baudrillard and Aging seeks to delve into the intricate relationship between age and society, drawing on the influential theories of French philosopher Jean Baudrillard.

Dieses Buch stellt ein umfassendes Kompendium relevanter Aspekte in der Arbeit mit älteren Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung dar.

Kreative Begegnungsrunden verbessern die Lebensqualität von Pflegebedürftigen in Senioreneinrichtungen.

Grounded in extensive interviews, longitudinal methods, historical analysis, and archival work, Mikaela Luttrell-Rowland shows how two distinct groups of working young people in Lima, Peru have become political protagonists, resisting and critiquing the daily inequality and injustice they face.

This book gathers peer-review contributions to the 4th International Workshop on Gerontechnology, IWoG 2021, held on November 23-24, 2021, in Evora, Portugal.

In diesem Buch wird versucht, die Theorieansätze der Technikgenerationen mit jenen der sozialen Ungleichheit auf eine Weise zu verbinden, dass Rückschlüsse auf die Technikakzeptanz, die Technikkompetenz und die Techniknutzung im höheren Lebensalter abgeleitet werden können.

In Reducing Stress-Related Behaviours in people with Dementia, Chris Bonner has written a thoroughly entertaining, yet highly instructive, manual for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

Phil Chalmers has spent more than a decade visiting high security prisons to interview young offenders, his mission is to attempt to answer the questions we all are asking: Why do the crimes continue to happen?

'Lying in the prison of my bed, his dark silhouette closes in, a pillow in his hands.

Concepts of who and what children are and what childhood consists of have changed over time.

This book gathers peer-review contributions to the 7th International Workshop on Gerontechnology, IWoG 2024, held on November 28, 2024, in Évora, Portugal.