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  • In an era when people live longer and want (or need) to work past the traditional retirement age, the Vita Needle Company of Needham, Massachusetts, provides inspiration and important lessons about…
    Retirement on the Line

    Retirement on the Line - Age, Work, and Value in an American Factory

    By Caitrin Lynch Cornell University Press, April 2012 ISBN: 9780801464560 Career Planning & Job Hunting, Labor Language:  English
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  • Marc Freedman, hailed by the New York Times as the voice of aging baby boomers [seeking] meaningful and sustaining work later in life,” offers a recipe for how we can transform America’s coming…
    The Big Shift

    The Big Shift - Navigating the New Stage Beyond Midlife

    By Marc Freedman rating of short cover   ( 33 customer ratings) PublicAffairs, April 2012 ISBN: 9781610392082 Social Science, Volunteer Work Language:  English
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  • "Designated a Doody's Core Title! The sixth edition of Nursing Home Administration contains essential information to prepare an individual for licensure and employment as a nursing home administrator…
    Nursing Home Administration, Sixth Edition

    Nursing Home Administration, Sixth Edition

    By James E. Allen, MSPH, PhD, CNHA Springer Publishing Company, February 2011 ISBN: 9780826107053 Nursing, Nursing Home Care Language:  English
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  • "This fifth edition of Health Promotion and Aging has been substantially revised and updated with multiple new sub-sections, topics, and terms in each chapter. This book presents a wide scope of…
    Health Promotion and Aging

    Health Promotion and Aging - Practical Applications for Health Professionals, Fifth…

    By David Haber, PhD Springer Publishing Company, May 2010 ISBN: 9780826105998 Nursing, Gerontology Language:  English
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  • As people live longer, we face the challenges that come with caring for, and living as, an aging population. This collection focuses on the sad, funny, mundane reality of life in a nursing home. In…
    The Hands of Strangers

    The Hands of Strangers - Poems from the Nursing Home

    American Poets Continuum By Janice N. Harrington BOA Editions Ltd., September 2011 ISBN: 9781934414675 Social Science, Gerontology Language:  English
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  • Due to population explosion and a global increase in average life expectancies, an unprecedentedly high percentage of the world’s population is aging. By the middle of this century there will be up to…
    Aging Social Policies

    Aging Social Policies - An International Perspective

    By Professor Karen A. Roberto, Professor… SAGE Publications, December 2010 ISBN: 9781452235738 Social Science, Gerontology Language:  English
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  • For a shockingly high number of older people, growing older is not the media's soft-focus vision of fun times and fond grandchildren but a journey of loss: loss of work and opportunity to contribute…
    Unequal ageing

    Unequal ageing

    By Paul Cann, Malcolm Dean The Policy Press, January 2012 ISBN: 9781447300595 Social Science, Gerontology Language:  English
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  • What is age? How old do you feel? Bill Bytheway, a researcher with a long career in gerontology and social research, draws on his extensive experience in addressing these seemingly simple questions…
    Unmasking age

    Unmasking age

    By Bill Bytheway The Policy Press, January 2012 ISBN: 9781447306795 Social Science, Gerontology Language:  English
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  • The ageing of the population has enormous policy implications for the provision of, and access to, healthcare. People aged 65+ are the major consumers of the healthcare system accounting for about…
    Ageing, health and care

    Ageing, health and care

    By Christina R. Victor The Policy Press, August 2012 ISBN: 9781447308744 Social Science, Gerontology Language:  English
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  • Healthy Aging in Sociocultural Context examines two emerging trends facing countries throughout the world: population aging and population diversity. It makes a unique contribution to our…
    Healthy Aging in Sociocultural Context

    Healthy Aging in Sociocultural Context

    Routledge Advances in Sociology Taylor and Francis, December 2012 ISBN: 9781136198977 Social Science, Sociology Language:  English
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