Book Description
This volume provides a broad overview of advances in the field for researchers, professionals, and graduate students."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Robert L. Rubinstein
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 26,69 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Medical
ISBN :
This volume provides a broad overview of advances in the field for researchers, professionals, and graduate students."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Waneen Wyrick Spirduso
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 26,75 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Aging
ISBN :
1. An introduction to aging. 2. Energy, work, and efficiency. 3. Motor control, coordination, and skill. 4. Physical-psychosocial relationships. 5. Physical performance and achievement.
Author : Mark Novak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1093 pages
File Size : 20,97 MB
Release : 2015-07-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317347080
Opportunities and optimism in Aging. Issues in Aging, 3rd edition takes an optimistic view of aging and human potential in later life. This book presents the most up-to-date facts on aging today, the issues raised by these facts, and the societal and individual responses that will create a successful old age for us all. Mark Novak presents the full picture of aging--exhibiting both the problems and the opportunities that accompany older age. The text illustrates how generations are dependent on one another and how social conditions affect both the individual and social institutions. Learning Goals -Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: -Understand how large-scale social issues--social attitudes, the study of aging, and demographic issues--affect individuals and social institutions -Identify the political responses to aging and how individuals can create a better old age for themselves and the people they know -Separate the myths from the realities of aging -Recognize the human side of aging -Trace the transformation of pension plans, health, and opportunities for personal expression and social engagement to the new ecology of aging today
Author : Waneen Wyrick Spirduso
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN :
1. An introduction to aging. 2. Energy, work, and efficiency. 3. Motor control, coordination, and skill. 4. Physical-psychosocial relationships. 5. Physical performance and achievement.
Author : Joseph Esposito
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,53 MB
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520335856
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1987.
Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,57 MB
Release : 2019-05-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1855845059
'And that is one thing we need to relearn, that all of life brings its gifts – not only the first two or three decades.' – Rudolf SteinerWhen are we actually old? What happens as we age? How will we cope with old age? Growing old is an art, and to grow old in the right way we need spiritual understanding. In this enlightening anthology – compiled by a director of care homes for the elderly – wide-ranging cosmological perspectives alternate with detailed observations of the phenomena of ageing. Rudolf Steiner sees ageing within the context of the earthly and spiritual evolution that encompasses all forms of existence. The book thus begins with the primary meaning that ageing has in developmental terms and ends with a consideration of the human being as co-creator in cosmic processes – and with our capacity to become increasingly conscious of the tasks this implies.These key texts by Rudolf Steiner show how spiritual knowledge can broaden the current debate on the study of old age, the process of ageing, and the particular problems faced by older people. Concerns about our 'ageing population' can be seen in a broader context that recognizes the fruits of old age. The productive relationship between childhood and old age – a running theme throughout this volume – is one example. If we grow old consciously, viewing ageing not only as a period of physical decline but as a time when we can actively participate in shaping life, then we can begin to find greater meaning in it.Chapters include: 'The Core Messages of Ageing'; 'Fundamental Principles of Gerontology'; 'Ageing as a Developmental Process'; 'Ageing: the Risks and Opportunities'; The Art of Growing Old'; 'Old Age and Death'; 'Growing Old – A Challenge for Education'; 'The Cosmological Dimensions of Ageing'.
Author : Leslie A. Morgan
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 12,11 MB
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0826119379
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Author : John Wallis Rowe
Publisher : Random House Large Print Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,78 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Aging
ISBN : 9780375701795
Presents the results of the MacArthur Foundation Study of Aging in America, which show how to maintain optimum physical and mental strength throughout later life.
Author : Jon Hendricks
Publisher :
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 27,39 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : Aleksander Kobylarek
Publisher : Aleksander Kobylarek
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 35,64 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Aging
ISBN : 8360425787