Pensions, Politics and the Elderly: Historic Social by Daniel J. B. Mitchell

Faces of Aging: The Lived Experiences of the Elderly in Japan

The undeniable fact of Japan's swiftly getting older inhabitants has been identified for a while. yet past data and implications for the longer term, we don't recognize a lot in regards to the real getting older strategy. Senior electorate and their various reviews have, for the main half, been obscured through stereotypes. This attention-grabbing new selection of study at the aged works to place a human face on getting older by way of contemplating a number of dimensions of the getting older adventure in Japan.

Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Wellbeing in Later Life: Volume IV (Wiley Clinical Psychology Handbooks)

Health in Later existence makes use of the most recent learn from quite a few disciplines to deal with and proper universal myths and misconceptions approximately getting older. Covers subject matters starting from organic mechanisms that impact getting older to way of life, attitudes, and social elements Examines the demanding situations of humanity’s expanding lifestyles expectancy and contains strategies for conserving and embellishing wellness in later existence Makes significant connections among learn and perform to hyperlink elements of getting older that have formerly been thought of separate a part of the six-volume well being: an entire Reference consultant, which brings jointly prime study from around the social sciences

Men Still at Work: Professionals Over Sixty and On the Job

Males nonetheless at paintings explores the explanations why many males are carrying on with to paintings way past the normal retirement age. In today’s tough economic climate, they're the second-fastest turning out to be personnel (just at the back of older women). packed with profiles of older operating males, in addition to dynamic interview costs, males nonetheless at paintings explores thorny matters comparable to masculinity and the “need to provide,” in addition to fiscal matters, activity pride, and extra.

Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie des Alters (Urban-Taschenbücher) (German Edition)

Psychische Störungen sind in allen Altersgruppen weit verbreitet. In diesem Buch werden die Besonderheiten der Klinischen Psychologie des Alters erläutert, im historischen Kontext Deutschlands reflektiert und die wichtigsten psychischen Störungen vorgestellt. Psychodynamische und kognitiv-behaviorale Behandlungsansätze, deren Effektivität auch bei älteren Menschen wissenschaftlich belegt ist, werden beschrieben sowie Aspekte der Versorgung erörtert.