Age groups and generations

The Upside of Aging: How Long Life Is Changing the World of Health, Work, Innovation, Policy and Purpose explores a titanic shift that will alter every aspect of human existence, from the jobs we hold to the products we buy to the medical care we receive - an aging revolution underway across America and the world.

Written by a former Olympic consultant, this book examines youth sports in America today, from institutions that dominate organized youth sports to high-profile controversies ranging from burnout and out-of-control parents to the health risks of youth football.

Macciomei and Ruben provide the first compendium entirely devoted to the exigency and pathology of serious teen aggression, including homicidal and combative problems.

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Using Evidence to Advance Research, Practice, Policy, and Prevention defines ACEs, provides a summary of the past 20 years of ACEs research, as well as provides guidance for the future directions for the field.

Maintaining a connection to nature is increasingly recognised as an important component of caring for a person with dementia.

Euro-Austerity and Welfare States analyses the political economy of welfare state reform in the first episode of Euro-austerity during the 1990s.

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.

The East Asian economic miracle of the twentieth century is now a fond memory.

Dieses Buch richtet sich an Wissenschaftler, Studierende und in der Praxis Tätige, die im Begriff sind, eine qualitative Interview-Studie mit Jugendlichen durchzuführen.

This volume presents innovative research on issues of importance to the well-being of older persons: labor market behavior, health care, housing and living arrangements, and saving and wealth.

In this highly original text-a collaboration between a college professor, a playwright, and an artist-graphic storytelling offers an emotionally resonant way for readers to understand and engage with feminism and resistance.

Accessible and instructive,APalliative CareAguides and inspires health social workers to incorporate palliative care principles into their current clinical practice.

Mealtimes are about much more than just re-fuelling, and the importance of mealtimes in the care of people with dementia cannot be overestimated.

Ninety percent of the world's youth live in Africa, Latin America and the developing countries of Asia.

This lively and revealing study explores a sociologically invisible but important social relationship: girls' friendships.

Ceryl Teleri Davies' research in female-only spaces informs this illuminating guide to young women's experiences of intimate relationships.

This book innovatively re-envisions the possibilities of sexuality education.

This dictionary, encyclopaedic in nature is unique among the existing literature.

Who analyses children's screen content and media use in Arab countries, and with what results?

For children ages 10-12, transition is the name of the game.

This fully revised and updated second edition provides a complete introduction to aging and mental health for psychology students taking courses in aging as well as for academics and practitioners working in the field of gerontology.

Educating students with disabilities is a team process.

International adoptions are both high-profile and controversial, with the celebrity adoptions and critically acclaimed movies such as Casa de los babys of recent years increasing media coverage and influencing public opinion.

In a society where youthfulness and vitality are highly valued, the quest for anti-aging solutions has become increasingly popularized in bio-medical gerontology.

Thousands of children participate in community sports every year, enjoying recreation time with their peers, getting healthy exercise, and learning a variety of personal and group skills.

Explores how global youth push the boundaries of standard language and exploit the potential of their multilingual repertoires online.

State-of-the-art developments in multiple new technologies for older adult careGrounded in a unique team-based geriatrics perspective, this book delivers a broad range of current, evidence-based knowledge about innovative technology that has the potential to advance the care and well being of older adults.

This book analyses articles that appeared in popular periodicals from the 1920s to the present, each revealing the panic that parents and adults have expressed about media including radio, television, video games and the Internet for the last century.

The mythical ''demographic timebomb'' can be defused through policies that reduce inequalities between and within generations.

Wie nehmen Kinder ihre Beteiligungsrechte in Umweltfragen wahr?

This book draws on posthumanist critique and post qualitative approaches to research to examine the pedagogies offered by imaginaries of the future.

"e;This is an invaluable, nuanced, and deeply needed guide to parenting diverse children as we move, together, toward a future in which all brains and bodies are supported-and belong.

Karin Ahmad kam durch ihr Kunsttherapie-Studium vor mehr als zwanzig Jahren zur Seniorenarbeit.

This book comprehensively examines children''s ideas about death, both biological and religious.

Many parents, politicians, and activists agree that there's too much violence and not enough education on children's television.

Das Buch liefert erstmals einen systematischen Überblick über die theoretischen und forschungsmethodischen Zugänge in der deutschen Kindheitsforschung und diskutiert auf der Basis neuerer Forschungsbefunde die Lebensbedingungen und Lebenslagen von Kindern in Deutschland.

Teenage parenthood is recognised as a significant disadvantage in western industrialised nations.

This book presents a critical analysis and examination of the major theories and social issues in the social construction of aging and death.

This unique text is an accessible and practical guide addressing legal and related issues stemming from the deprivation of liberty of children and young people.

"e;This volume represents a major step forward in the literature by placing its focus squarely on the caregiving context, its dimensions and how it shapes the process and outcomes of family care.

Die zunehmende Technisierung von Alter und Pflege ist nicht nur mit Chancen, sondern auch mit zahlreichen Gefahren verbunden.

Adding to the contributions made by Soul Searching and Souls in Transition--two books which revolutionized our understanding of the religious lives of young Americans--Lisa Pearce and Melinda Lundquist Denton here offer a new portrait of teenage faith.

Undeniably, growing old is challenging; the physical pain and emotional angst are unrelenting.

Genius!

Life for emerging adults is vastly different today than it was for their counterparts even a generation ago.