Tous les ebooks de la collection "International Perspectives on Aging" - Springer

39 Livre(s)
Télécharger le livre : Current Perspectives on Centenarians
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Current Perspectives on Centenarians
Raya Elfadel Kheirbek , Maria D. Llorente
This book explores various aspects related to human longevity and aging beyond 100 years old. It examines all domains of health and well-being of this elite group including the current demographics, genetics and epigenetics of exceptional longevity, cardiovascular risk...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2023-09-21
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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105,49 €
Télécharger le livre : Age into Race
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Age into Race
Haim Hazan
Age into Race is a socio-anthropological essay on the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic on the cultural status of the old. As the worldwide horrors of the Corona era have since been publicly repressed, the text is geared to revisit and relive the tenor of that time...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2023-09-01
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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116,04 €
Télécharger le livre : The Longevity Dividend
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The Longevity Dividend
Satya Brink
This book offers global evidence about the increasing longevity, its consequences and its potential for societal benefits. Based on statistics, academic literature, policy initiatives and numerous country experiences, it explains the interconnected effects of a longer...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2023-08-14
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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126,59 €
Télécharger le livre : Elder Abuse in the LGBTQ2SA+ Community
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Elder Abuse in the LGBTQ2SA+ Community
Gloria Gutman , Jen Marchbank , Makaela Prentice , Claire Robson
This book describes and analyzes the lived experience of elder abuse from the queer community. It discusses the experiences by transwomen, gay men and lesbians of financial abuse, physical and sexual abuse, homophobic abuse, and neglect within partner relationships,...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2023-06-05
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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94,94 €
Télécharger le livre : Sociology of Aging and Death
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Sociology of Aging and Death
Jason Powell
This book presents a critical analysis and examination of the major theories and social issues in the social construction of aging and death. It is concerned with the impact of death and places how our experiences of death are transformed by the roles that truth and...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2022-11-25
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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68,56 €
Télécharger le livre : Subjective Views of Aging
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Subjective Views of Aging
Manfred Diehl , Yuval Palgi , Amit Shrira
This book focuses on the concept of subjective views of aging.This concept refers to the way individuals conceptualize and perceive the aging process. Social and cultural perceptions regarding older adults are incorporated and internalized into views people hold...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2022-08-26
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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105,49 €
Télécharger le livre : Opening up the Debate on the Aging Society
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Opening up the Debate on the Aging Society
Alejandro Klein
This book documents, verifies and brings to life the issues and debates that are created around the aging society. It carefully offers a series of opinions that attempt to illuminate the fact that the aging society goes beyond aging and includes a series of changes in...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2022-08-03
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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116,04 €
Télécharger le livre : A Multidisciplinary Approach to Capability in Age and Ageing
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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Capability in Age and Ageing
Hanna Falk Erhag , Ulrika Lagerlöf Nilsson , Therese Rydberg Sterner , Ingmar Skoog
This open access book provides insight on how to interpret capability in ageing – one’s individual ability to perform actions in order to reach goals one has reason to value – from a multidisciplinary approach. With for the first time in history there being more people...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2022-01-10
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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Télécharger le livre : Ageing Issues in India
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Ageing Issues in India
Mala Kapur Shankardass
This book explores various practices and policies related to ageing issues in India. It addresses ageing concerns from a theoretical and empirical viewpoint with in-depth analyses of existential dimensions of ageing. It provides deep insights into ageing in India by...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2021-12-01
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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126,59 €
Télécharger le livre : Paths to Leadership in the Senior Living Industry
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Paths to Leadership in the Senior Living Industry
Edward L. Schneider , Matthew Lifschultz , Edward L. Schneider
This book assembles many of the great leaders of the senior living and care industry to discuss their paths to and views on leadership. Each chapter provides readers with ideas, information, and inspiration on how to achieve leadership in this dynamic, mission-focused...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2021-06-07
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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68,56 €
Télécharger le livre : Social Exclusion in Later Life
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Social Exclusion in Later Life
Thomas Scharf , Sofie Van Regenmortel , Kieran Walsh , Anna Wanka
Drawing on interdisciplinary, cross-national perspectives, this open access book contributes to the development of a coherent scientific discourse on social exclusion of older people. The book considers five domains of exclusion (services; economic; social relations;...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2021-03-30
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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Télécharger le livre : Fulfilling Ageing
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Fulfilling Ageing
Marisa Cordella , Aldo Poiani
This book explores the reality of ageing and old age from the perspectives of the individual and society. It emphasizes cross-cultural aspects of ageing and communication issues both within and across generations. The authors approach the understanding of ageing from a...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2021-01-04
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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220,49 €
Télécharger le livre : Personality and Healthy Aging in Adulthood
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Personality and Healthy Aging in Adulthood
Mathias Allemand , Patrick L. Hill
This book highlights international efforts to better understand the role of individual differences in healthy aging by exploring new directions, methods, and questions within the field. The book considers how to measure personality and personality change during...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-02-28
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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168,79 €
Télécharger le livre : Retirement Migration from the U.S. to Latin American Colonial Cities
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Retirement Migration from the U.S. to Latin American Colonial Cities
Johanna Silbersack , Philip D. Sloane , Sheryl Zimmerman
This book provides a comprehensive overview of a growing phenomenon in migration: retired Americans moving to Latin America. Through in-depth profiles of two of the most popular destinations – Cuenca, Ecuador and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, the book provides a unique...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-01-14
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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94,94 €
Télécharger le livre : Aging and Human Nature
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Aging and Human Nature
Claudia Bozzaro , Michael Coors , Mark Schweda
This book focuses on ageing as a topic of philosophical, theological, and historical anthropology. It provides a systematic inventory of fundamental theoretical questions and assumptions involved in the discussion of ageing and old age. What does it mean for human...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-01-11
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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126,59 €
Télécharger le livre : Advances in Elder Abuse Research
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Advances in Elder Abuse Research
Amanda Phelan
This book provides an insight into advances in elder abuse in the areas of research, policy, practice and legislation. It provides readers with a broad understanding of the topic and considers the progress in elder abuse knowledge. The book explores the nexus of ageism...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-01-01
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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137,14 €
Télécharger le livre : New Challenges to Ageing in the Rural North
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New Challenges to Ageing in the Rural North
Shahnaj Begum , Joan R. Harbison , Päivi Naskali
This book provides an underexplored view of ageing, one that conceives older people as valuable resources in their communities, as active citizens with both voice, and an agency that includes the capacity for resistance. It acknowledges that becoming old with dignity...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2019-08-26
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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89,66 €
Télécharger le livre : The University of the Third Age and Active Ageing
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The University of the Third Age and Active Ageing
Marvin Formosa
This comparative resource charts the interface between the University of the Third Age (U3A) movement and active ageing, and in doing so, offers a comprehensive and thorough understanding of what U3A means in different geographical and sociocultural contexts. After...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2019-07-01
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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126,59 €
Télécharger le livre : Positive Aging and Precarity
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Positive Aging and Precarity
Irina Catrinel Craciun
This book explores positive aging through the lens of precarity, aiming to ground positive aging theories in current social contexts. In recent years, research on aging has been branded by growing disagreements between supporters of the successful aging model and...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2019-05-10
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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94,94 €
Télécharger le livre : Aging Welfare and Social Policy
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Aging Welfare and Social Policy
Sheying Chen , Tian-Kui Jing , Stein Kuhnle , Yi Pan
This perceptive volume presents conceptual, theoretical, and empirical approaches to social policy analysis comparing China and Nordic countries in their treatment of the elderly. An international panel of experts offers valuable policy insights into issues of housing,...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2019-04-16
Collection : International Perspectives on Aging
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126,59 €
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