This book sheds critical light on the routinely debated issue of how to create sustainable, equitable and meaningful partnerships between visual art organisations and youth organisations.
This edited volume traverses the spectrum of experiences that take place after children leave the family home and parents find themselves in the "e;empty nest"e; stage of life.
Our lives are full of disruptions, from the minor-a flat tire, an unexpected phone call-to the fateful-a diagnosis of infertility, an illness, the death of a loved one.
Menschen mit Demenz sind in den letzten Jahren ihres Lebens von vielfältigen Abschieden und Verlusten betroffen, wobei ihr dementierendes Verhalten und Erleben und die gesellschaftliche Reaktion darauf für sie selbst und ihre Zugehörigen eine wesentliche Quelle von Trauer sind.
This book provides the research, education, and structure required for conceptualizing the therapeutic treatment of children ages twelve and under who present with a range of problematic sexual behaviors.
Giving voice to the lived experiences of people with dementia across the globe, including Australia, Canada, Sweden and the UK, this critical and evidence-based collection engages with the realities of life for people living with dementia at home and within their neighbourhoods.
The "e;third age"e; is described as the period in the life course that occurs after retirement but prior to the onset of disability, revealing a period in which individuals have the capacity to remain actively engaged.
This book examines the experiences of those dedicated drinkers at the forefront of the new night-time leisure industries that revolutionized the way we think about our city centres.
Based on research from more than 10,000 surveys from children and parents of divorce, Collateral Damage presents parents with an overview of the negative impact that divorce has on their children and offers ways to better serve their needs at this critical time.
This book tells the story of what happens when the "e;adventure"e; of living in Spain turns complicated due to the emergence of care needs derived from loss of autonomy.
Since the publication of the first edition of Technology and Society: A Canadian Perspective in 1997, awareness of the pervasive effects of new and emerging technologies on our lives is, if anything, even more pronounced.
This book investigates a paradox of creative yet scripted play-how LEGO invites players to build 'freely' with and within its highly structured, ideologically-laden toy system.
This gripping book considers the history, techniques, and goals of child-targeted consumer campaigns and examines children's changing perceptions of what commodities they "e;need"e; to be valued and value themselves.
This book engages non-digital role-playing games-such as table-top RPGs and live-action role-plays-in and from Japan, to sketch their possibilities and fluidities in a global context.
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.
Western thought traditionally divides the human being into a body-mind dualism, a divide realized in the divergent research fields of geriatrics and gerontology; the first examines the physical body, and the second focuses instead upon psychological and social aspects of aging.
Drawing on empirical research with older South Asian migrant women, this book puts forth new understandings on how older, settled, migrant women construct and understand age through recollections of key life course events that are structured around gendered positions.
Through the autobiographical perspectives of 16 preeminent researchers and scholars of Environmental Gerontology, this state-of-the-art Annual Review critically examines the broad range of topics that comprise this interdisciplinary field.
In diesem Buch finden Übungsleiter und Trainer alles, was sie für die Umsetzung eines ambulanten Sturzprophylaxe-Trainings im Turn- und Sportverein, in der Kommune oder in einer Senioreneinrichtung wissen müssen: wissenschaftliche Hintergründe, Zielgruppen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen, Stundenaufbau und jede Menge praktische Anregungen, Tipps und Ideen.
This book examines service-learning - a valuable means of promoting civic engagement and youth leadership in students by enabling them to apply their knowledge to needy people in the community.
Focusing on the broad but practical notions of how to care for the patient, The Encyclopedia of Elder Care, a state-of-the-art resource features nearly 300 articles, written by experts in the field.
