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  • The Meaning of Reminiscence and Life Review
    Jon Hendricks
    Robert Butler’s call for life reviews has exerted a key influence on the way gerontologists have looked at reminiscence and remembering. This work brings together both research and application pieces covering the range of possibilities. It examines controversies and asks: ''Does it work?'' and ''What is the evidence? ...
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    268,14 €

  • Being and Becoming Old
    Jon Hendricks
    How does aging affect interaction between people and their social environment? This book examines that question from various perspectives exploring social and psychological dimensions of aging process. It investigates such issues as subjectively evaluated age, facts influencing adjustment, and attitudes, projections, and perceptions of competence. ...
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    268,44 €

  • Health and Health Care Utilization in Later Life
    Jon Hendricks
    The debate over national health insurance has renewed attention on the health and health care utilization of the elderly. This work spans the range of health concerns the elderly face daily, and brings the facts to the fore. It also looks at the central questions facing the elderly into bold relief. ...
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    268,12 €

  • In the Country of the Old
    Jon Hendricks
    Aging is a universal experience, and an individual one. But it is also a cultural phenomenon. This collection draws on research from around the world to explore how cultural context shapes and defines aging process. It examines differing ethnic groups in United States. ...
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    214,33 €

  • The Ties of Later Life
    Jon Hendricks
    Helps you recognise the continuity that runs across the generations from grandparents to grandchildren. This work provides a clear perspective on the actual experiences of the lives of our family and friends. ...
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    71,96 €

  • Institutionalization and Alternative Futures
    Jon Hendricks
    Offers a variety of insights into ways of maximizing choice, independence, and well-being, and minimizing the emotional stunting often associated with institutionalization. This book examines both imaginative institutional programs and such alternatives as community maintenance. ...
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    315,79 €

  • The Welfare State in Post-Industrial Society
    Jason L. Powell / Jon Hendricks
    In recent years, major social forces such as: ageing populations, social trends, migration patterns, and the globalization of economies, have reshaped social welfare policies and practices across the globe. Multinational corporations, NGOs, and other international organizations have begun to influence social policy at a national and local level. Among the many ramifications of ...
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    207,25 €

  • The Welfare State in Post-Industrial Society
    Jason L. Powell / Jon Hendricks
    In recent years, major social forces such as: ageing populations, social trends, migration patterns, and the globalization of economies, have reshaped social welfare policies and practices across the globe. Multinational corporations, NGOs, and other international organizations have begun to influence social policy at a national and local level. Among...
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    205,90 €

  • The Need for Theory
    Ariela Lowenstein / Jon Hendricks / Simon Biggs
    Brings together contributors to theoretical advances in social gerontology field. This volume incorporates advanced theorizing with a focus on selected topical areas facing gerontologists around the world. Using their keen insights into substantive issues, it examines personal and structural changes affecting individuals over the life course. ...
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    228,71 €

  • The Ties of Later Life
    Jon Hendricks
    Helps you recognise the continuity that runs across the generations from grandparents to grandchildren. This work provides a clear perspective on the actual experiences of the lives of our family and friends. ...
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    162,57 €

  • Being and Becoming Old
    Jon Hendricks
    How does aging affect interaction between people and their social environment? This book examines that question from various perspectives exploring social and psychological dimensions of aging process. It investigates such issues as subjectively evaluated age, facts influencing adjustment, and attitudes, projections, and perceptions of competence. ...
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    118,29 €