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Ageism: Stereotyping and Prejudice against Older Persons
By Todd Nelson. 2017
Current research and theory from a range of disciplines on ageism, discussing issues from elder abuse to age discrimination against…
workers, revised and updated.People commonly use age to categorize and stereotype others–even though those who stereotype the elderly are eventually bound to become elderly themselves. Ageism is found cross-culturally, but it is especially prevalent in the United States, where most people regard growing older with depression, fear, and anxiety. Older people in the United States are stigmatized and marginalized, with often devastating consequences. This volume collects the latest theory and research on prejudice against older people, offering perspectives from psychology, nursing, medicine, social work, and other fields. The second edition has been completely updated, with new or extensively revised contributions. The contributors, all experts in their fields, consider issues that range from elder abuse to age discrimination against workers. There has been a relative dearth of research on ageism, perhaps because age prejudice is still considered socially acceptable. This book is still the only one that examines ageism in such detail, from such diverse scholarly perspectives. The contributors discuss the origins and effects of ageism and offer suggestions for how to reduce ageism as the wave of baby boomers heads for old age.Catland: The Soft Power Of Cat Culture In Japan
By Sarah Archer. 2020
An irresistible and colorful celebration of Japan’s thriving cat culture. In Japan, cats rule. And the country’s feline love affair…
is now a worldwide phenomenon. From cat cafés and Hello Kitty to the familiar sight of a maneki neko (“beckoning cat”) waving its paw from a shop window, cat lovers all over the world are more immersed in Japan’s cat culture than they may realize. With charming storytelling, Catland will introduce you to cats practicing to become monks, a designer who makes cat costumes inspired by the fashions of 18th-century France, and skilled craftsmen who build pieces of fine furniture precisely scaled down to suit feline customers. Packed with photographs, works of art, pop culture and folklore, Catland is the perfect gift for the cat lover in your life.Aging with Agency: Building Resilience, Confronting Challenges, and Navigating Eldercare
By Sandi Peters. 2020
An experiential guide to re-orienting our understanding of late adulthood as one of life's most meaningful and transformative stagesAging can…
bring new fears, challenges, and concerns. Loss of career, loved ones, or changing physical and cognitive abilities can leave us feeling isolated and scared. Sandi Peters shows us that growing older need not mean the end of personal growth. In fact, late adulthood can prove to be the most meaningful and transformative period of one's life. The key, says Peters, is the development of one's inner life, and with it a shift in one's relation to the aging process. The book draws on history, philosophy, psychology, gerontology, and spirituality to deepen and expand our understanding of what it means to grow old in the twenty-first century. Peters shares time-tested contemplative practices such as meditation, active imagination, dream work, and creative writing designed to enhance one's inner worlds and enable us to face life's inevitable changes with equanimity and insight. She offers practical advice on issues such as assisted living and home care, and a refreshingly new perspective on matters of memory and cognitive change.This book introduces undergraduates to library research in the field of gerontology and focuses on the wide variety of sources…
available for research. It covers physiological and psychological aspects of aging; social aspects of aging; and environmental aspects of aging.Tokyo Guida di viaggio: Guida tascabile di Tokyo e non solo
By Adidas Wilson. 2020
Tokyo è senza dubbio una delle destinazioni turistiche più famose del Giappone. Offre attrazioni per ogni stagione e vorrete sempre…
tornare a visitarla. In primavera si può ammirare lo spettacolo mozzafiato dei ciliegi in fiore e i colori dell’autunno presentano una vista meravigliosa. E in estate? Tokyo dovrebbe essere sulla vostra lista dei desideri se state cercando una destinazione magica dove trascorrere l’estate da soli o con gli amici e la famiglia. Oltre ai festival estivi abbondano le attrattive e i luoghi di interesse e divertimento, tra cui musei, vie dello shopping, cibo, giardini tradizionali giapponesi e verdi parchi lussureggianti. Nonostante tutti questi aspetti straordinari Tokyo può presentare qualche difficoltà per i visitatori durante l’estate per via del clima caldo-umido. Per vostra fortuna, i consigli contenuti in questa guida vi aiuteranno a orientarvi in questa grande città e a vivere un’esperienza straordinaria.Guia de Viagem de Tóquio: O Guia de Bolso Essencial em Tóquio
By Adidas Wilson. 2020
Tóquio é, sem dúvida, um dos destinos turísticos mais famosos do Japão. Tem atrações para todas as estações e você…
sempre desejará voltar. Na primavera, você pode apreciar as flores de cerejeira de tirar o fôlego e no outono, as cores da folhagem são uma visão impressionante. Então, e no verão? Tóquio deve estar na sua lista de desejos se você estiver procurando por um lugar mágico para passar o verão sozinho ou com amigos / família. Além dos festivais de verão, coisas para se divertir, incluindo museus, ruas comerciais, restaurantes, jardins tradicionais japoneses e parques verdejantes. Apesar de todas estas coisas incríveis, Tóquio pode ser um desafio para os estrangeiros durante o verão por causa do clima quente e úmido. Felizmente para você, as dicas deste guia ajudarão você a navegar pela grande cidade e a ter uma experiência incrível.Tailândia: Volume 1 (Como se faz... #30)
By Owen Jones. 2020
Tailândia 1 Olá e obrigado por comprar este e-book chamado 'Tailândia: Volume I Espero que você ache as informações úteis,…
práticas e lucrativas. As informações contidas neste e-book, sobre os vários aspectos da Tailândia e da vida na Tailândia estão organizadas em 15 capítulos, com cerca de 500 a 600 palavras cada. Espero que interesse aos que visitaram a Tailândia, conheçam alguém que o tenha feito ou pretenda fazê-lo. Como um bônus adicional, concedo a você permissão para usar o conteúdo em seu próprio site, blogs e newsletters, embora seja melhor que você primeiro reescreva as informações em suas próprias palavras. Você também pode dividir o livro e revender os artigos. De fato, o único direito que você não tem é o de revender ou doar o livro na forma em que ele foi entregue a você. Se você tiver algum comentário, deixe-o com a empresa onde comprou este livro. Agradeço novamente por você adquirir este e-book, Atenciosamente, Owen JonesCelebrando a las abuelas: Las abuelas hablan acerca de sus vidas
By Ann Richardson. 2020
Convertirte en abuela es tanto emocionante como desafiante. En Celebrando a las Abuelas, 27 mujeres describen, en sus propias palabras,…
cómo ellas han respondido a los muchos placeres y demandas de su papel. Ellas también analizan cómo ha cambiado la imagen de sí mismas y la estructura de sus vidas. ¿Cómo te sentiste al cargar a tu primer nieto? ¿El tiempo con tus nietos se pasa volando? ¿Hay una nueva intensidad o una nueva complejidad en tus relaciones familiares? Estas historias te hablarán. Frecuentemente recomendado como un regalo original para una abuela nueva. “Confirma de una manera directa lo encantadora que la relación entre abuela y nieto es….. Muy interesante y conmovedora” Jane Fearnley Whittingstall, autora de La guía de la buena abuelita “Un fascinante análisis sobre qué se siente ser una abuela el día de hoy, desde el gozo y la plenitud a las decepciones y ansiedades” Virginia Ironside, consultora sentimental y novelistaAn Essay on India (Routledge Revivals)
By Robert Byron. 1931
First published in 1931, Robert Byron’s Essay on India evaluates the state of colonial rule in India and analyses the…
contemporary problems facing the country. Based upon Byron’s travelling experiences within India in 1929 as a correspondent for the Daily Express, the work explores political factors more fully than in Byron's earlier writings, evaluating the successes and failures of British colonialism in the region.Revival: Travel Scenes and Reflections (Routledge Revivals)
By Heinrich Hackmann. 1914
In 1910., Dr Hackmann started on a lengthy tour throughout Mongolia, China, Japan, Cambodia, Siam, and India, studying Buddhism and…
other Eastern Religions, Shintoism and Taoism. He returned to London in the spring of 1911, and published this book.On the Shores of Welcome Home (American Poets Continuum #176)
By Bruce Weigl. 2019
In this Isabella Gardner Award-winning collection of poems, Bruce Weigl meditates on the ghosts and the grace one encounters in…
life’s second act. A celebrated poet and veteran of the Vietnam War, Weigl offers a nuanced sense of aging as a departure and death as a returning home. With a sage’s eye for mindfulness and a soldier’s longing for the country where he served, Weigl’s poems reveal the long scars left by Vietnam and the new possibilities one encounters in the wake of life-altering experiences.Biological Clocks
By Susan Binkley. 1998
Biological Clocks introduces the subject of human chronobiology. It describes biological clocks; why we have clocks; how biological clocks relate…
to sleep disorders, depression, and jet lag; and how the reader can measure his/her own rhythms.The Merck Manual of Health and Aging
By Mark H. Beers, Thomas V Jones. 2004
This book intends to help people navigate the health care system and find useful information on health and disease.It also…
gives in-depth information about most of the disorders that affect older people and about differences in how disorders may affect older people.Providing Home Care for Older Adults: A Professional Guide for Mental Health Practitioners
By Danielle L. Terry. 2021
A practical guide to providing home-based mental health services, Providing Home Care for Older Adults teaches readers how to handle…
the unique aspects of home-based care and apply and adapt evidence-based assessment and treatment within the home-based setting. Featuring contributions from experienced, board-certified home care psychologists, social workers, and psychiatrists, the book explains the multifaceted role of a home-based provider, offers concrete and practical considerations for working within the home, and highlights adaptations to specific evidence-based methods used in treating homebound older adults. Also covered are special topics related to hoarding, safety, capacity evaluations, caregivers, case management, and use of technology. Each chapter includes engaging case examples with practical tips that illustrate what it is like to work in this new and exciting frontier. Psychologists, counselors, and other mental health practitioners in home settings will be able to use this guide to provide effective home-based care to older adults.Families and Social Change in the Gulf Region
By Jennifer E. Lansford, Anis Ben Brik, Abdallah M. Badahdah. 2021
This timely volume explores the impact of dramatic social change that has disrupted established patterns of family life and human…
development in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. It addresses several major deficits in knowledge regarding family issues in the Gulf countries, bringing a critical perspective to the emerging challenges facing families in this region. Lansford, Ben Brik, and Badahdah examine the role of urbanization, educational progress, emigration, globalization, and changes in the status of women on social change, as well as tackling issues related to marriage, fertility and parenthood, and family well-being. This book explores how family relationships and social policies can promote physical health, psychological well-being, social relationships, safety, cognitive development, and economic security in the Gulf countries, placing a unique emphasis on contemporary families in this region. Families and Social Change in the Gulf Region is essential reading for scholars from psychology, sociology, education, law, and public policy. It will also be of interest to graduate students in these disciplines.Teen Spirit: How Adolescence Transformed the Adult World
By Paul Howe. 2020
Teen Spirit offers a novel and provocative perspective on how we came to be living in an age of political…
immaturity and social turmoil. Award-winning author Paul Howe argues it's because a teenage mentality has slowly gripped the adult world.Howe contends that many features of how we live today—some regrettable, others beneficial—can be traced to the emergence of a more defined adolescent stage of life in the early twentieth century, when young people started spending their formative, developmental years with peers, particularly in formal school settings. He shows how adolescent qualities have slowly seeped upward, where they have gradually reshaped the norms and habits of adulthood. The effects over the long haul, Howe contends, have been profound, in both the private realm and in the public arena of political, economic, and social interaction. Our teenage traits remain part of us as we move into adulthood, so much so that some now need instruction manuals for adulting.Teen Spirit challenges our assumptions about the boundaries between adolescence and adulthood. Yet despite a cultural system that seems to be built on the ethos of Generation Me, it's not all bad. In fact, there has been an equally impressive rise in creativity, diversity, and tolerance within society: all traits stemming from core components of the adolescent character. Howe's bold and suggestive approach to analyzing the teen in all of us helps make sense of the impulsivity driving society and encourages us to think anew about civic reengagement.Surgical Decision Making in Geriatrics: A Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Approach
By Rifat Latifi. 2020
This book is designed to present a comprehensive and state-of the-art approach to all aspects of geriatric surgery within the…
broad confines of surgery in geriatrics including general surgery, neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, cardiac surgery, surgical oncology, hepatobiliary and transplant surgery, plastic, colorectal, orthopedic, gynecologic, and urologic surgery. The text is split into four parts. The first part is organized under general considerations on the geriatric surgical patient and includes current trends in geriatric surgery, and a number of important general issues such as practical approaches to reversal of bleeding/anticoagulation, role of anesthetic concerns in advanced age, frailty index and measurements of physiological reserves, nutritional support in the elderly, quality of life in the elderly, drug use, and family involvement. Part two of the book focuses on surgery specific system-based problems in geriatric surgical patients. The third part addresses many other important aspects of geriatric surgery including palliative and end of life care for the elderly, religious issues and the elderly care surgery, elderly with mental health issues, and nursing care of elderly patients. The fourth and final part describes the need for geriatric surgical care education and the components that are essential for the curriculum of current and future generations of students. Written by experts in the field, Surgical Decision Making in Geriatrics addresses patient selection, pre-operative considerations, technical conduct of the most common operations, and avoiding complications.Girovagando per il Laos: avventura nella terra dei mille elefanti
By Erik Lorenz. 2020
Il Laos è un paese che incanta di continuo i suoi visitatori: Erik Lorenz è uno di questi. Egli si…
spinge nella profondità delle foreste sulle montagne del Laos del Nord e visita i villaggi Akha tradizionali. Nell’antica città reale di Luang Prabang si trova di fronte alle testimonianze di un passato molto lontano, che respirano la storia di un intero paese. Sul possente Mekong assapora il gusto dell’immensità. Esplora il Laos da Nord a Sud ed impara ad apprezzare un territorio povero, ma ricco di uomini che hanno spesso un sorriso sulle labbra. Voglia di scoperta, sete di avventura e una sana dose di umorismo: »Girovagando per il Laos« offre tutto ciò che rende un diario di viaggio divertente e informativo.In Praise of Ageing: Awakening to Old Age with Wisdom and Compassion
By Carmel Shalev. 2020
'In this moving and tender meditation on the process of growing old, Carmel Shalev reveals ageing as a new beginning…
rather than a shameful ending of life.'' -- Stephen BatchelorDrawing on the insights of Buddhism, In Praise of Ageing invites the reader to meet the challenges of growing older with an open mind in order to age with grace, understanding and wisdom. Written by an Israeli human rights lawyer who specialized in bio-ethics, including end-of-life care, the book looks at the current cultural context of youth versus age, and weaves the author's personal experiences of her own and her parents' ageing with ancient Buddhist wisdom that accepts growing older as a natural process. All phenomena appear, fade and disappear. So, too, our lives proceed from birth to death. The four parts of the book address reality, vulnerability, identity and meaning. We can acknowledge reality, see the impermanence of the weakening body, and accept that we are subject to ageing, sickness and death. But we also must deal with the social prejudices against ageing that bring new vulnerabilities, such as the questions of identity that arise when we retire from the workforce. This book shows that it is nonetheless in our hands to shape our place in the world and find meaning as elders with love, compassion, joy and equanimity. Ageing, indeed, has its hardships. Yet we have a choice how to relate to our experience - with animosity or friendliness. If we open our minds to ageing with a compassionate, curious and courageous heart, we can find treasures of wisdom to share as our heritage to future generations.Sem Filtros: Compreender e Celebrar as Avós
By Ann Richardson. 2020
Ser avó é uma alegria, mas também um desafio. Em “Sem Filtros: Compreender e Celebrar as Avós”, 27 mulheres descrevem…
–com as suas próprias palavras – a maneira como reagiram às imensas alegrias e exigências do seu novo papel como avós. Revelam, também, como mudou a visão sobre si mesmas e a textura das suas vidas. O que sentimos quando abraçamos o primeiro neto? O tempo voa quando estamos com os netos? As relações familiares tornam-se mais profundas, ou mais complexas? Nestas histórias, os leitores vão encontrar muitas respostas, mas também muitas questões em aberto. Este livro é altamente recomendado como um presente original para alguém que se tornou avó recentemente. “Vem confirmar, de uma maneira simples e deliciosa, que a relação avós-netos é muito especial…Muito interessante e reconfortante.”--Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, autora of “The Good Granny Guide” “Uma análise fascinante do que é ser avó hoje em dia: a alegria e o sentimento de realização pessoal contrastando com as desilusões e ansiedades.” --Virginia Ironside, conselheira sentimental e novelista