Gerontology
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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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 … | Lillian Zimmerman | 116 | 2016 | View |
![]() From the Inside Looking OutCompeting 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. … | Brenda Wallace-Allen; Diane Tedford-Litle; Jeanette A. Auger | 219 | 2018 | View |
![]() Happily Ever OlderRevolutionary 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 … | Moira Welsh | 253 | 2021 | View |
![]() Losing me, While Losing YouCaregivers 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 … | Brenda Wallace-Allen; Diane Tedford-Litle; Jeanette A. Auger | 224 | 2021 | View |
![]() Social Perspectives on Death and DyingThird 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 … | Jeanette A. Auger | 296 | 2019 | View |
![]() Speculative Harvests Agrarian Change & Peasant StudiesFinancialization, 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 … | Jennifer Clapp; S. Ryan Isakson | 196 | 2018 | View |
From ![]() Acknowledgements |
- | Jeanette A. Auger | 1 | 2019 | $0.10 Add |
From ![]() Introduction |
- | Lillian Zimmerman | 9 | 2016 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() Introduction |
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 |
How We Conducted Our Survey | Brenda Wallace-Allen; Diane Tedford-Litle; Jeanette A. Auger | 14 | 2018 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() NEW! PrologueFrom: Happily Ever Older |
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 ![]() What is the Link Between Food and Finance?From: Speculative Harvests Agrarian Change & Peasant Studies |
- | Jennifer Clapp; S. Ryan Isakson | 28 | 2018 | $2.80 Add |
From ![]() Beginnings |
- | Jeanette A. Auger | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
From ![]() Kultural Kool AidBoomers Beware |
- | Lillian Zimmerman | 14 | 2016 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() Noticing |
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 |
From ![]() Scientific Constructions of Old Age |
- | Brenda Wallace-Allen; Diane Tedford-Litle; Jeanette A. Auger | 22 | 2018 | $2.20 Add |