Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public WelfarePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Age distribution (Demography)
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Studies of the Aged and Aging: Research, demonstration, and training
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public WelfarePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Age distribution (Demography)
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Studies of the Aged and Aging
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public WelfarePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old age assistance
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
Successful Aging
Author: John Wallis RowePublisher: Random House Large Print Publishing
ISBN: 9780375701795
Category : Aging
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents the results of the MacArthur Foundation Study of Aging in America, which show how to maintain optimum physical and mental strength throughout later life.
The Oldest Old
Author: Richard M. SuzmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9780195097573
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
More than 2.3 million Americans are now age 85 and older, and the population total in this age group is steadily expanding. This book brings together leading researchers to review current knowledge about the demography, health, epidemiology and social status of the oldest old. From discussions of the impact of Alzheimer's disease to an examination of changing social and medical policies, this book provides much needed information about this often neglected but growing group.The special problems attendant to information gathering among the oldest old, such as interviews and research, are also addressed. Special intercultural perspectives inform chapters on "The Black Oldest Old", and "Institutional Long-term Care from an International Perspective". This is essential reading for gerontologists, public health professionals, epidemiologists, and policy makers. The book's broad scope enlarges our understanding of the current needs of the oldest old, and indicates areas of public concern.
Bulletin
Author: United States. Office of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Education on the Aging
Author: Betty Arnett WardPublisher: [Washington] : U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education
ISBN:
Category : Aged
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Handbook of Interview Research
Author: Jaber F. GubriumPublisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761919513
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 1002
Book Description
Aimed at professionals in market research and journalism as well as researchers, academics and students, this handbook is both an encyclopedia providing discussions of methodological issues and a story of a particular tale of interviewing.
Process of Aging
Author: Richard H. WilliamsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351496514
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 1191
Book Description
Processes of Aging: Social and Psychological Perspectives is based on a monumental series of studies on the psychological and social aspects of aging in relation to mental health. This effort gives scientists from North America and Europe an opportunity to explore the concepts, methodological problems, and conclusions of their researches in the rapidly growing field of gerontology. Much work has been done in an attempt to present this material in sequential and systematic fashion. Original work of sixty-six research workers from twelve countries is represented in this two-volume set. They offer an inventory of principal fields of gerontological research, in advanced countries. Human aging, in its many ramifications, is becoming one of the major areas of research interest among an increasing number of students in the biological, behavioral, and social sciences. Although the phenomena of aging were largely overlooked as subject matter for research during the early stages in the development of all basic sciences, it was inevitable that students would eventually become curious about the final processes of maturation. Events of recent years have hastened the need for social action on behalf of older people and, consequently, the need for scientific knowledge about their characteristics, circumstances, and requirements. Processes of Aging: Social and Psychological Perspectives will be of interest to research workers, teachers, and advanced students concerned with the psychological, psychiatric, psychosocial, and socioeconomic aspects of aging. Many of the theoretical and analytical discussions and the specific studies offer guidance for top-level planners and policy administrators in public agencies and voluntary organizations. This volume is highly sensitive to older people as such: how they feel about themselves and the world, and in the way they behave in relation to others. It is must reading in the health and welfare of aging.
Methodological Problems in Cross-national Studies in Aging
Author: Ethel ShanasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Old and Alone
Author: Jeremy TunstallPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040008380
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
What is it like to be an isolated old widow, living alone on the bare old-age pension? In the 1960s, the question had become a standard refrain. Originally published in 1966, this was the first full-length study by a sociologist of isolation in old age. Although the majority of old people were in no sense a problem group at the time, a substantial minority of the elderly were ‘alone’ in one or more ways. About 1.3 million people aged sixty-five and over in Britain lived alone; a large number admitted to feeling lonely, at least sometime. About a million were actually socially isolated in terms of low level and frequency of social contact. Mr Tunstall also uses a fourth category of aloneness – namely anomie (as developed by Durkheim, Merton, and Srole). This report uses careful and statistical analysis of the four types of aloneness and of specially affected groups such as the single, the recently widowed, and the housebound. But it also includes details of interviews with ten highly individual old people from suburban Harrow, booming Northampton, industrial revolution Oldham, and rural South Norfolk. The book contains a discussion of the problem of personality in isolation, and a commentary on the inadequacies of social theory about old age. Finally, the concluding chapter suggests a wide variety of policy measures which might help to alleviate social isolation in old age.