Gerontology Arena

Fundamentals of Feminist Gerontology

• By J Dianne Garner.

Published September 1999

Explore feminist ideals and advocacy for aging women in health care, home life, work, and retirement! Fundamentals of Feminist Gerontology strives to increase women’s self-esteem and their overall quality of life by encouraging education and by putting a stop to age, sex, and race discrimination.…
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Losses in Later Life

A New Way of Walking with God, Second Edition

• By Richard L Dayringer, and R Scott Sullender.

Published June 1999

Achieve faith and understanding when dealing with the loss of a loved one or a major change in your life!Losses in Later Life: A New Way Of Walking with God, Second Edition, focuses on seven major losses: loss of youth, loss of family, loss of parents, loss of work, loss of spouse, loss of health,…
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Lesbian Epiphanies

Women Coming Out in Later Life

• By John Dececco, Phd, and Karol L Jensen.

Published June 1999

Exploring identity development and gender orientation, Lesbian Epiphanies: Women Coming Out in Later Life contains firsthand information about the experiences and difficulties of women who discover and reveal their newfound lesbian sexuality in later life. Psychologists, social workers, counselors,…
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Elder Abuse and Neglect in Residential Settings

Different National Backgrounds and Similar Responses

• By Frank Glendennina, and Paul Kingston.

Published June 1999

Elder Abuse and Neglect in Residential Settings: Different National Backgrounds and Similar Responses contains insights and examples from other countries where elder abuse and neglect have been recognized as an issue requiring social policy attention. Nursing home employees as well as professionals…
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Longtime Companions

Autobiographies of Gay Male Fidelity

• By John Dececco, Phd, Alfred Lees and Ronald Nelson.

Published May 1999

Longtime Companions: Autobiographies of Gay Male Fidelity provides a sophisticated alternative to “anything goes” gay literature. Challenging the stereotype that gay men are incapable of lasting and successful relationships, 15 long-term gay couples share slices of their own lives to…
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Dementia in Close-Up

• By Bere Miesen.
• Translated by Gemma Jones.

Published November 1998

Dementia in Close-Up is a clear and practical guide to dementia and the world of the dementia sufferer.Bere Miesen assumes no medical or specialist knowledge and uses first hand accounts and real-life examples to examiners on patterns of behaviour and responses of sufferers and their carers. He…
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Dignity and Old Age

• By Rose Dobrof, Robert Disch and Harry R Moody.

Published August 1998

Open up Dignity and Old Age, and you’ll find a wealth of thoughtful suggestions for how you and others can gain more respect and admiration for your relatives, neighbors, and patients who are in the latter stages of life. You’ll examine the word “dignity” as it relates to the world’s…
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Television in the Nursing Home

A Case Study of the Media Consumption Routines and Strategies of Nursing Home Residents

• By Wendy J Hajjar.

Published June 1998

Television in the Nursing Home: A Case Study of the Media Consumption Routines and Strategies of Nursing Home Residents is a three-stage ethnographic study of media use by the elderly in long-term care facilities. This research concludes that watching television is the most prevalent and pervasive…
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Mental Health Practice in Geriatric Health Care Settings

• By Terry Brink, and Peter A Lichtenberg.

Published December 1997

Mental Health Practice in Geriatric Health Care Settings emphasizes the major research and clinical findings realized in five years of research on mental health issues in older urban medical patients, many of whom represent minority groups. Chapters cover the high comorbidity of health and mental…
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Care-Giving In Dementia

Volume 2

• Edited by Gemma Jones, and Bere Miesen.

Published August 1997

Care-giving in dementia is a new speciality with its own rapidly growing body of knowledge. This second volume of contributions from leading practitioners and researchers around the world is a handbook for all those involved in 'hands on' caring, or in planning care, for persons with dementia.…
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