Gerontology

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Did You Just Call Me Old Lady?

A 90-Year-Old Tells Why Aging Is Positive

Did You Just Call Me Old Lady? is an upbeat look at aging and the impacts of Canada’s increasingly aged population through the eyes of a ninety-year-old woman. Far from seeing older … 116 View

From the Inside Looking Out

Competing Ideas about Growing Old 2nd Edition

In From The Inside Looking Out, Auger, Tedford-Litle and Wallace-Allen seek to overcome the “us” and “them” dichotomy that characterizes much of the literature on aging. … ; ; 219 View

Happily Ever Older

Revolutionary Approaches to Long-Term Care

While Being Mortal (Atul Gawande) helped us understand disease and death, and Successful Aging (Daniel J. Levitin) showed us older years can be a time of joy and resilience, Happily Ever Older … 253 View

Losing me, While Losing You

Caregivers Share Their Experiences of Supporting Friends and Family with Dementia

Losing Me, While Losing You is a long-needed resource to those providing care for people living with dementia — and for those providing care to the caregivers. In this book, caregivers … ; ; 224 View

Social Perspectives on Death and Dying

Third Edition

Death is inevitable, but our perspectives about death and dying are socially constructed. This updated third edition takes us through the maze of issues, both social and personal, which surround … 296 View

Speculative Harvests Agrarian Change & Peasant Studies

Financialization, Food, and Agriculture

In Speculative Harvests, Clapp and Isakson investigate the evolving relationship between the agrifood and financial sectors, paying particular attention to how the contemporary process of … ; 196 View
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Introduction

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Introduction

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Introduction

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Prologue

From: Happily Ever Older

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Readings in this text explore a variety of case studies from around the world of approaches to long-term care. 18 $1.80 Add
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The Problem

From: Making a Home

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In this chapter, Powley discusses the many young people with disabilities who are placed in aged care facilities and how this impacts their mental health and social needs. Powley discusses the … 28 $2.80 Add
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What is the Link Between Food and Finance?

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Beginnings

From: Social Perspectives on Death and Dying

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Kultural Kool Aid

Boomers Beware

From: Did You Just Call Me Old Lady?

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Noticing

From: Losing me, While Losing You

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In this chapter, caregivers share stories about noticing – or refusing to notice – the onset of a loved one’s dementia. Since stigma surrounds Alzheimer’s disease and … ; ; 54 $5.40 Add