(Not in The Gerontology Arena provides professionals, researchers, instructors and students with information on the range of Gerontology books produced by Routledge, Psychology Press, and also by Guilford Press.
Subjects covered by this Arena include: Gerontology, Aging, and Dementia.
Gerontology News:
Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect Appoints New Editorial Leadership in 2012
The Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, the official journal of the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (NCPEA), welcomes Karen Stein, Ph.D., as its new Editor-in-Chief in 2012.
Dr. Stein is Associate Professor of Leadership at the School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware. In 1986, she founded the Clearinghouse on Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly (CANE), and from 1988-2011, she served as Project Supervisor for the University of Delaware component of the National Center on Elder Abuse.
Dr. Stein will be supported by incoming Associate Editor, Sharon Merriman-Nai, M.C., Project Director of CANE and former co-manager of the National Center on Elder Abuse.
Free 30 Days Access to Special Issue on ‘Loneliness’ from The Journal of Psychology
In this new special issue from The Journal of Psychology, Ami Rokach focuses on ‘Loneliness’, a term which carries an undesirable social stigma and unfavorable perception of one’s self and of others.
This comprehensive special double issue from The Journal of Psychology includes a wide variety of interesting, creative, enlightening, and even groundbreaking research on loneliness and its relationships to other human conditions. Amongst the various articles are those that explore loneliness of married and divorced couples; children's loneliness; loneliness of the sick and disabled; loneliness and suicidality; and loneliness and eating disorders.
For a limited time only, Routledge is offering this special issue for FREE access online. Every article from this issue is available for download for FREE for 30 days.
To visit the Table of Contents, visit: www.tandfonline.com/VJRL
Memory and Aging: Current Issues and Future Directions
This volume takes a contemporary look at the impact of aging on short-term and working memory, and on long-term explicit and implicit memory.
World-renowned researchers present the latest neuroscientific data on the physiological and health perspectives, as well as the social, cultural, and cross-cultural consequences.