This book bridges the gap in research on elders in long-term polyamorous relationships and allows these unusual elders to tell the stories of the unique challenges and significant advantages of their relationships in their own words.
This book bridges the gap in research on elders in long-term polyamorous relationships and allows these unusual elders to tell the stories of the unique challenges and significant advantages of their relationships in their own words.
We all forget some things, sometimes. But as we age, those moments seem to happen more and more often. Preventing Senior Moments is the first book that identifies the brain processes that cause senior moments and suggests prevention strategies that anyone can use.
The economic downturn that began in 2008, the most severe in decades, has hit older Americans hard. In Reconsidering Retirement, economists Courtney Coile and Phillip Levine go beyond the headlines to explain how the economic crisis will affect the future plans and well-being of older Americans.
Drawing on the Pathways to Life Quality longitudinal research study, Krout (director, Gerontology Institute, Ithaca College) and Wethington (co-director, Cornell Gerontology Research Institute) explore the ways in which older adults' residential choices impact their health and well-being, in setting
Based on a study of a diverse group of 51 older widowers, this book sets widowhood within the context of life experience and identifies characteristics and patterns of behaviour that contribute to widowers' success, or lack of it, in adjusting satisfactorily to their circumstances.
Reviews, summarizes, and integrates a diverse literature on the topic of retirement. Organized around three phases of the retirement process - pre-retirement, retirement decision-making, and post-retirement - the chapters examine economic, sociological, gerontological, and psychological theory and research.
"]Offers insight, encouragement, and hope to older adults getting back on the dating scene ]Includes the author's own experiences as well as those of other gray love seekers and finders ]Features sidebars that list insider tips gleaned from experts the author interviewed ]Covers both same-sex and opposite-sex relationships"--
Operations Management and Marketing for Assisted Living, Memory Care, In
The essential guide to managing senior living communities--now updated! Senior Living Communities has long been considered the most comprehensive guide to revolutionizing the management practices of communities catering to seniors. Now in its third edition, Benjamin W. Pearce's updated book lays out the latest operational guidelines, assessment ......
