Gerontology category: 668 books
The new age of ageing
How society needs to change
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
As we age, society’s negative assumptions mean we become a burden, a problem and the excluded ‘other’. With a convincing call to embrace all that is positive about ageing comes this timely book from the authors of Retiring with Attitude. Debunking the myth of the ageing time bomb it presents...
Disrupt Aging
A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Every Age
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Discover the inspiring national bestseller about aging and health that "will help us all live each year to the fullest" (Sheryl Sandberg).
We've all seen the ads on TV and in magazines--"50 is the new 30!" or "60 is the new 40!" A nice sentiment to be sure, but...
by Sandy Burgener, Prudence Twigg
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
Memory loss can create problems in every aspect of a person's life. The challenge of communicating thoughts and feelings can be made even harder by other people's negative perceptions of dementia.
This book provides practical guidance for coping with progressive memory loss, and includes examples...
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging
Research and Clinical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2006
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging brings together cutting-edge research, practical information, and innovative thinking regarding the characteristics and processes of aging among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. Written by experts in the field, the book covers a range...
At Eighty-Two
A Journal
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
The New York Times–bestselling author of At Seventy returns with a memoir about advancing age, including her experience with a series of strokes.
In this poignant and fearless account, Sarton chronicles the struggles of life at eighty-two. She juxtaposes the quotidian details of life—battling...
by Herbert C. Northcott, Donna M. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Dying and Death in Canada offers a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of dying, death, and bereavement from a Canadian perspective.
The third edition includes two new chapters that highlight trends and provide assessments of end-of-life care in Canada. Several new topics are covered, including...
Dying
A Transition
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
This book introduces a process-based, patient-centered approach to palliative care that substantiates an indication-oriented treatment and radical reconsideration of our transition to death. Drawing on decades of work with terminally ill cancer patients and a trove of research on near-death experiences,...
The Beginner's Book of Senior Activities
36 Fun Events for TODAY'S Senior Adults
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
About 13 percent of Americans are sixty-five or older, according to the most recent census. As baby boomers continue to age, retirement communities and senior living centers will need to expand to meet their needs. Today’s modern seniors are looking for social events and challenging educational...
Connecting through Music with People with Dementia
A Guide for Caregivers
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2009
For people with dementia, the world can become a lonely and isolated place. Music has long been a vital instrument in transcending cognitive issues; bringing people together, and allowing a person to live in the moment. Connecting through Music with People with Dementia explains how a caregiver can...
Dear Life
On Caring for the Elderly
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
In this short, powerful book, Karen Hitchcock shines a light on ageism in our society. Through some unforgettable case studies, she shows what care for the elderly and dying is really like – both the good and the bad. With honesty and deep experience, she looks at end-of-life decisions and over-treatment,...
Curing Medicare
A Doctor's View on How Our Health Care System Is Failing Older Americans and How We Can Fix It
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Andy Lazris, MD, is a practicing primary care physician who experiences the effects of Medicare policy on a daily basis. As a result, he believes that the way we care for our elderly has taken a wrong turn and that Medicare is complicit in creating the very problems it seeks to solve. Aging is not...
Spring Chicken
Stay Young Forever (or Die Trying)
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
From acclaimed journalist Bill Gifford comes a roaring journey into the world of anti-aging science in search of answers to a universal obsession: what can be done about getting old?
SPRING CHICKEN:
Stay Young Forever (or Die Trying)
SPRING CHICKEN is a full-throttle, high-energy ride...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2004
This book provides nurses with practical information on the most frequently encountered gastrointestinal disorders and problems found in the elderly ó from constipation, hemorrhoids, and diverticulosis to cancers of the GI tract. It was developed to provide greater depth of information than can be...
End of Life
Nursing Solutions for Death with Dignity
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
2011 AJN Book of the Year Winner in both Gerontologic Nursing and Hospice and Palliative Care!
"The book is easy to read and is essential to all who work and care for those at the end of life."
--David Shields, RN, MSN, QTTT
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Capital University
"The...