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Aging of the Organs and Systems
Richard Aspinall
Hardcover - $251.70
During the last 40 years, the study of the biological basis of aging has progressed tremendously, and it has now become an independent and respectable field of study and research. This volume on "Aging of Organs and Systems," is an attempt to bring...
Activities for Older People : A Practical Workbook of Art and Craft Projects
Brian W. Banks
Paperback - $81.10
* Specially designed to meet the needs of the elderly in residential care it provides a whole range of activities in the creative field. * The first book of its type, it builds upon the vast experience of the author and only those activities shown to...
Alcohol Problems in Older Adults : Prevention and Management
Kristen Lawton Barry
Paperback - $76.20
This manual provides state-of-the-art, practical materials to detect, prevent, and intervene with older adults who are at-risk and problem drinkers. It provides the first systematic, practical approach for working with the growing vulnerable population...
Losing Clive to Younger Onset Dementia : One Family's Story
Helen Beaumont
Paperback - $32.70
Clive Beaumont was diagnosed with Younger Onset Dementia at age 45, when his children were aged just 3 and 4. He had become less and less able to do his job properly and had been made redundant from the Army the year before. Clive's wife, Helen, tells...
Adulthood and Aging : Research on Continuities & Discontinuities
Vern L. Bengston
Hardcover - $87.10
In this volume distinguished scholars explore and apply the theoretical models of continuity and discontinuity to their research in adult development. The chapters address the different ways in which continuity is affected by change over the life...
Women & Aging
Harriet T. Benninghouse
Hardcover - $179.10
In the past 20 years, the number of women over 65 has grown enormously. A woman alive at the end of the 20th century can expect to live 27 years longer than her 19th century ancestor. And among the "oldest old" - those aged 85 and over - women outnumber...
The Second Fifty Years : Promoting Health and Preventing Disability
Robert L. Berg
Paperback - $31.50
Taking its title from the second 50 years of the human life span of about 100 years, this book presents wide ranging and practical recommendations for health care providers, policymakers, and other sectors of society. These recommendations range from...