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    A Handbook

    This definitive handbook assembles the most recent advances in knowledge about dementia, Alzheimer Disease, and related disorders as they affect persons with intellectual disabilities. Diagnosis, assessment, treatment, and management and care practices are detailed in a practical manner making this a useful tool to both students and trained professionals. After an introduction to the subject, the ... Leer más

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  • Audiolibro

    Walking Wild

    Hiking the length of the Kruger National Park

    de Jose A Neves ...
    Narrado por Matthew Dalton ...

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    9 hora 39 minutos

    "A must-read for anyone who loves Kruger and adventure." - Tony ParkWALKING WILD is not your typical safari - no game drives, no cool sundowners and definitely no fences. Instead, it's 605 km of dust, sweat and unforgettable moments as an unlikely group of strangers sets out to walk the entire length of Kruger National Park. Over six stages and three years, they walked from Crooks' Corner in the ... Leer más

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  • A Place Called Canterbury

    Tales of the New Old Age in America

    An "affectionate, touchingly empathetic" (Janet Maslin, The New York Times) look at old age in America today Welcome to Canterbury Tower , an apartment building in Florida, where the residents are busy with friendships, love, sex, money, and gossip-and the average age is eightysix. Journalist Dudley Clendinen's mother moved to Canterbury in 1994, planning-like most the inhabitants-to spend her ... Leer más

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  • The Longevity Revolution

    The Benefits and Challenges of Living a Long Life

    Pulitzer-prize winning author Dr. Robert Butler coined the term "ageism" and made "Alzheimer's" a familiar word. Now he brings his formidable knowledge and experience in aging issues to a recent and unprecedented achievement: the extension of human life expectancy by thirty years. As Butler shows, our society had not yet adapted to this change.The U.S. has not made a research investment in aging. ... Leer más

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  • Contesting Elder Abuse and Neglect

    Ageism, Risk, and the Rhetoric of Rights in the Mistreatment of Older People

    The mistreatment of older people is categorized in many societies as “elder abuse and neglect,” yet the concept has not been subjected to rigorous critical inquiry. Instead, it has most often represented the interests of professionals, academics, and governments, while policy makers and researchers frequently overlook or disregard the complexity of issues that fall under this designation ... Leer más

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  • Learning to Be Old

    Gender, Culture, and Aging

    Margaret Cruikshank’s Learning to Be Old examines what it means to grow old in America today. The book questions social myths and fears about aging, sickness, and the other social roles of the elderly, the over-medicalization of many older people, and ageism. In this book, Cruikshank proposes alternatives to the ways aging is usually understood in both popular culture and mainstream gerontology. ... Leer más

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  • Evaluation in Dementia Care

    Edición de Anthea Innes, Louise McCabe ...
    This authoritative collection sets out the critical role and application of evaluation in identifying and developing good practice in a range of dementia care settings.The contributors discuss the evaluation of care at different levels and in various settings, particularly long stay care, covering evaluation methods, ethics, use of technology and the user's role in the evaluation process itself. ... Leer más

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  • Mindfulness-Based Elder Care

    A CAM Model for Frail Elders and Their Caregivers

    "She shares with us her gold - the conception, trial and error implementation, and initial scientific investigation of a new, educationally-oriented treatment approach that she has named mindfulness-based elder care (MBEC)."-from the Foreword by Saki Santorelli, EdD, MA, Associate Professor of Medicine,Executive Director, Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and SocietyUniversity of ... Leer más

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  • Active Ageing

    Perspectives from Europe on a vaunted topic

    Authors from across Europe consider the diverse theoretical and conceptual issues in understanding ageing in late modern society with an emphasis on active ageing. Integrated approaches are emphasised, without privilege one theoretical conception above others. The examples used will act as examples of positive contributions to ageing, even when physical and cognitive frailty looms large ... Leer más

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  • 101 Careers in Gerontology

    Wanted: Gerontology Workers, Gerontological Specialists, and Gerontologists for careers now and into the future.As our population of persons aged 65 and over grows and lives longer through these ages, the need for more practitioners with gerontology-specific training is growing as well. Opportunities for careers in gerontology are everywhere and more are appearing every day, however the increasing ... Leer más

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  • Public Health and Aging

    Maximizing Function and Well-Being

    Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!"The new edition has the balance of breadth and depth and should appeal to practitioners, academics and students alike. The second edition of Public Health and Aging is a must-read book in the developing field of public health and aging."--American Public Health Association"[This] book provides an understanding of the physical, mental, and social functioning domains ... Leer más

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  • Qualitative Gerontology

    A Contemporary Perspective, Second Edition

    The authors provide a contemporary perspective on the status of qualitative research in gerontology. The second edition examines recent trends in the application of qualitative methodologies and the emergence of new qualitative techniques such as focus groups, studies of personal histories, and the use of photography. Chapters include discussions of critical and feminist perspectives, practice ... Leer más

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