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Free Download Martha Doyle, "The politics of old age: Older people’s interest organisations and collective action in Ireland"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0719090474 | EPUB | pages: 128 | 0.4 mb
The politics of old age in the twenty first century is contentious, encompassing ideological debates about the rights and welfare entitlements of individuals in later life. An important aspect is the manner in which older people and their representative groups are given the opportunity to articulate their interests in the policy-making process. Drawing upon key literature in political science, social gerontology and cultural sociology, The politics of old age explores the relationship between ageing, politics and representation. It reveals the complexity of older people’s representation and how the power the organisations exercise, their legitimacy and existence remain highly contingent on government policy design, political opportunity structures and the prevailing cultural and socioeconomic milieu.

Free Download John Harris, "Working with Older People"
English | 2007 | pages: 285 | ISBN: 0415354218 | PDF | 1,2 mb
Working with older people has become an increasingly important part of social work education and practice. Whether studying community care, adult services, human growth and development, or social work processes and interventions, this book will be a vital source of information and help.

Free Download Nancy Orel, "The Lives of LGBT Older Adults: Understanding Challenges and Resilience"
English | ISBN: 1433817632 | 2014 | 256 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) older adults have unique and varying physical and mental health needs. Yet their experiences have often been ignored in gerontological and LGBT studies.

Free Download Living Longer and Healthier at Older Ages:
A Longitudinal Analysis of Chinese Oldest Old’s Health and Its Determinants
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031697723 | 236 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 26 MB

Free Download Fostering Development in Midlife and Older Age: A Positive Psychology Perspective by Irina Catrinel Crăciun
English | February 23, 2023 | ISBN: 3031244486 | 517 pages | MOBI | 1.40 Mb
This handbook integrates and discusses a growing evidence base concerning individual development across middle and late adulthood. The book includes a comprehensive analysis of what growth implies within midlife and older age and considers how different developmental areas are intertwined (i.e., physical, cognitive, social and emotional development as well as personality growth). As the gap between theory and practice still constitutes an issue in developmental research, the handbook also aims to provide illustrative examples of prevention and intervention from a positive psychology perspective. These were selected to represent a variety of topics, relevant for individual development where research informs practice, ranging from happiness, grandparenthood, love and sexuality to loneliness, depression, anxiety, suicide prevention and coping with death.

Free Download Deborah Stone, "The Essential Family Guide to Caring for Older People"
English | ISBN: 1472965434 | 2020 | 288 pages | EPUB | 1211 KB
No one wants to think about getting older. It’s true. At any age, when things are moving along normally day to day and everyone seems fit and well, there seems no reason to think about future problems that your friends and relatives might (and probably will) come across as they age. In fact, it might even seem a little morbid to think such thoughts, or possibly even tempting fate?

Free Download Older People with Visual Impairment: Clinical Management and Care By Susan Watkinson
2014 | 176 Pages | ISBN: 1905539452 | PDF | 9 MB
In the context of an ageing population, visual impairment is having an increasing social and economic impact. This timely book will enable healthcare professionals in a diverse range of settings to enhance their expertise in assessing the ophthalmic conditions of the elderly, adopt a holistic approach to patient care, and improve their ability to deal with organisational challenges involving visually impaired elderly people. Sue Watkinson and her co-authors have used their broad professional and academic knowledge to analyse issues relating to the major ocular diseases affecting the elderly. These include cataract, age-related macular degeneration, chronic open-angle glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, herpes zoster ophthalmicus and dementia. In addition to describing the pathogenesis, clinical features and risk factors for each disease, they highlight the role of specialist ophthalmic nurses in informing and educating patients, managing ophthalmic treatment procedures, promoting safe environments and maintaining quality of life for elderly individuals suffering from age-related ophthalmic conditions. Above all, the authors show that providing the right care for this vulnerable group of people in our society will help reduce the economic and psychological burden of sight loss and re-establish a good quality of life for the older person with visual impairment. Contents Ageing and the needs of older people Older people with visual Clinical management and care an overview Current perspectives on managing older people with cataract Older people with age-related macular degeneration Older people with chronic open-angle glaucoma Older people with diabetic retinopathy Common external eye disorders in older people The older person with herpes zoster ophthalmicus Managing depression in visually impaired older people Dementia and visually impaired older people

Free Download World Health Organization, "Older People in Emergencies: Considerations for Action and Policy Development"
English | 2008 | pages: 44 | ISBN: 9241547391 | PDF | 6,6 mb
Older people have often been overlooked in disasters and conflicts, and their concerns have rarely been addressed by emergency programs or planners. This analysis seeks to highlight factors that particularly affect older people in emergencies, especially health-related concerns, propose a strategy to raise awareness about older people in emergencies and recommend policies and practices to address these considerations.

Free Download Catherine Sexton, "Becoming Apostolic: Conversations with Older Roman Catholic Sisters "
English | ISBN: 9004696253 | 2024 | 218 pages | PDF | 4 MB
This book explores the experience and understanding of Roman Catholic sisters of their vocation to the apostolic form of religious life as they age.Based on interviews with twelve religious women, it draws on the practice of Lectio Divina to explore how these women describe their call to service and activity at a time in life when these might be curtailed by physical diminishment and increasingly reduced social interaction and influence.As the very institutions of religious life are themselves under threat, the book identifies new emerging forms of ministry through presence, to each other and to their carers.

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by Frank Columbus
English | 2024 | ISBN: 9798891137318 | 190 pages | True PDF | 23.01 MB