Gerontology

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Did You Just Call Me Old Lady? A 90-Year-Old Tells Why Aging Is Positive Fernwood Publishing	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 …	Lillian Zimmerman	116	2016	View
From the Inside Looking Out Competing Ideas about Growing Old 2nd Edition Fernwood Publishing	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. …	Brenda Wallace-Allen; Diane Tedford-Litle; Jeanette A. Auger	219	2018	View
Happily Ever Older Revolutionary Approaches to Long-Term Care ECW Press	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 …	Moira Welsh	253	2021	View
Losing me, While Losing You Caregivers Share Their Experiences of Supporting Friends and Family with Dementia Fernwood Publishing	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 …	Brenda Wallace-Allen; Diane Tedford-Litle; Jeanette A. Auger	224	2021	View
Social Perspectives on Death and Dying Third Edition Fernwood Publishing	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 …	Jeanette A. Auger	296	2019	View
Speculative Harvests Agrarian Change & Peasant Studies Financialization, Food, and Agriculture Fernwood Publishing	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 …	Jennifer Clapp; S. Ryan Isakson	196	2018	View
From Acknowledgements From: Social Perspectives on Death and Dying View Fernwood Publishing		Jeanette A. Auger	1	2019	$0.10 Add
From Introduction From: From the Inside Looking Out View Fernwood Publishing	How We Conducted Our Survey	Brenda Wallace-Allen; Diane Tedford-Litle; Jeanette A. Auger	14	2018	$1.40 Add
From Introduction From: Losing me, While Losing You View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter contextualizes the book by providing historical and demographic details about dementia.	Brenda Wallace-Allen; Diane Tedford-Litle; Jeanette A. Auger	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From Introduction From: Did You Just Call Me Old Lady? View Fernwood Publishing		Lillian Zimmerman	9	2016	$0.90 Add
From NEW! Prologue From: Happily Ever Older View ECW Press	Readings in this text explore a variety of case studies from around the world of approaches to long-term care.	Moira Welsh	18	2021	$1.80 Add
From NEW! The Problem From: Making a Home View Fernwood Publishing	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 …	Jen Powley	28	2023	$2.80 Add
From What is the Link Between Food and Finance? From: Speculative Harvests Agrarian Change & Peasant Studies View Fernwood Publishing		Jennifer Clapp; S. Ryan Isakson	28	2018	$2.80 Add
From Beginnings From: Social Perspectives on Death and Dying View Fernwood Publishing		Jeanette A. Auger	20	2019	$2.00 Add
From Kultural Kool Aid Boomers Beware From: Did You Just Call Me Old Lady? View Fernwood Publishing		Lillian Zimmerman	14	2016	$1.40 Add
From Noticing From: Losing me, While Losing You View Fernwood Publishing	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 …	Brenda Wallace-Allen; Diane Tedford-Litle; Jeanette A. Auger	54	2021	$5.40 Add