Age groups and generations

This book is a series of twelve profound conversations with some of the foremost elder changemakers in the fields of aging and longevity, and it captures the essence of their wisdom and perspectives.

Exploring the potential of poetry and poetic language as a means of conveying perspectives on later life, this book examines questions such as 'how can we understand ageing and later life?

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

Lothar Abicht verknüpft die demografische Entwicklung in Deutschland mit den Veränderungen in der Arbeitswelt und der Herausforderung des Lebenslangen Lernens für Arbeitnehmer und Arbeitgeber.

This book provides new theoretic and applied material with focus on quantitative methods and data analysis techniques applied in demography, population studies, health issues and statistics.

Age at Work explores the myriad ways in which 'age' is at 'work' across society, organizations and workplaces, with special focus on organizations, their boundaries, and marginalizing processes around age and ageism in and across these spaces.

Die zunehmende Individualisierung wird voraussichtlich zu einem deutlichen Anstieg von Singles im mittleren und höheren Lebensalter führen.

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.

There's a dearth of information on the everyday lives of the active and so-called ';nearly elderly'those sixty years of age and older.

This book studies healthy aging in China based on analyses of the datasets of eight waves of longitudinal survey in 1998-2018 with worldwide largest sample of oldest-old.

Approximately 1 in 54 children in the U.

Intended for young readers interested in creating and maintaining physically and emotionally healthy relationships, this book answers common questions and offers practical guidance on navigating such everyday issues as conflict resolution and jealousy.

Helping the Struggling Adolescent is your first resource to turn to when a teen you know is in trouble.

Research skills are as critical to social work practitioners as skills in individual and group counselling, policy analysis, and community development.

This volume explores the recent 'adolescent turn' in contemporary Latin American cinema, challenging many of the underlying assumptions about the nature of youth and distinguishing adolescence as a distinct and vital area of study.

The condition of childhood and youth in different socio-cultural contexts is an area that is yet to be fully uncovered.

Wenn Jungs nicht mehr rausgehen, sich isolieren und den Kontakt zu anderen verlieren, können Eltern stabilisierende Schritte einleiten, um ihrem Sohn zu einem bewussteren Selbstbild zu verhelfen.

A mismatch between the federal government's revenues and spending, now and in the foreseeable future, requires heavy borrowing, leading to a large and increasing federal debt.

Mindful Therapeutic Care for Children is an accessible guide to using mindfulness and reflection to improve the quality of care for vulnerable children.

In How to Be Childless: A History and Philosophy of Life Without Children, Rachel Chrastil explores the long and fascinating history of childlessness, putting this often-overlooked legacy in conversation with the issues that childless women and men face in the twenty-first century.

Americans today live with conflicting ideas about day care.

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

The Victorian Baby in Print: Infancy, Infant Care, and Nineteenth-Century Popular Culture explores the representation of babyhood in Victorian Britain.

Now in its fourth edition, this is the classic assessment of the state of child well-being in the United Kingdom.

Going through a divorce is always tough, but when a child with special needs is involved it can be especially challenging.

How do political regimes respond to the challenges emanating from youth mobilization?

This book presents the latest evidence-based approach in diagnosis and management of the aging of both individuals and society from a gerontology perspective.

A Powerful Lesson on Unconditional Love and How to Raise Happy ChildrenA must for every family library.

Celebrated trainer and the Today show fitness expert Kathy Kaehler is one of Hollywood's most sought-after fitness trainers.

Übergewicht ist ein viel diskutiertes Thema in Medien und Wissenschaft.

Since the birth of their nation, Americans have acted on the belief that theirs was a land of youth, a place destined to offer a fresh start to an aging world.

Empirische entwicklungspsychologische Erkenntnisse werden in diesem Band auf die Anwendung in Familien, Kitas und Grundschulen übertragen.

This book brings together a collection of critical essays that challenge the existing dogma of leisure as an unmitigated social good, in order to examine the commodification and marketisation of leisure across a number of key sites.

EMDR Therapy is a psychotherapy approach based on standard procedures and protocols.

In einer qualitativen Studie wird untersucht, wie sich die mit einer chronischen Krankheit verbundenen Umstellungen, Vorsichtsmaßnahmen und Verhaltensregeln auf den Prozess der Identitätsbildung in der Adoleszenzkrise auswirken.

Geriatric psychiatry is a relatively young discipline within the field of North American psychiatry.

Written specifically for siblings of children with Tourette Syndrome (TS), Why Do You Do That?

Small children are regularly captivated by programmes made especially for them - ranging from classics like Sesame Street to more recent arrivals such as Blues Clues and Teletubbies .

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.

WRITE YOUR LEGACYVisit a museum, a national park, a castle in Europe, or even the local zoo these days, and youll likely be directed to exit through the gift shop.

Near the end of World War II and after, a small-town Nebraska youth, Jimmy Kugler, drew more than a hundred double-sided sheets of comic strip stories.

Recent debates surrounding children in State care, parental rights, and abuse in Ireland's industrial schools, concern issues that are rooted in the historical record.

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.