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The Forgotten Aged

Ethnic, Psychiatric, and Societal Minorities

By Terry Brink

This helpful book explores mental health issues relating to elders who do not fit into the “usual” mold for research--white, married or widowed, urban or…

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1994 | Hardback: 978-1-56024-572-8 (Routledge)

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Women and Healthy Aging

Living Productively in Spite of It All

By J Dianne Garner, Alice A. Young

This book explores what is known about healthy living among older women, emphasizing overcoming illness and adversity. Women and Healthy Aging focuses on common age-related…

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1994 | Paperback: 978-1-56023-049-6 (Routledge)

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International Perspectives on State and Family Support for the Elderly

By Scott Bass, Jill Norton, Robert Morris *Deceased*

Within the context of long-range planning, this book examines the changing responsibilities of the state and family toward elders in different societies around the world.…

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1993 | Hardback: 978-1-56024-480-6 (Routledge)

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Care-Giving in Dementia

Volume 1: Research and Applications

Edited by Gemma M. M. Jones, Bere M. L. Miesen

A practical book for practical people,Care-Giving in Dementia integrates neurobiological information about dementia with specific developments in care-giving. Multi-disciplinary and multi-professional in its approach, it…

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1993 | Paperback: 978-0-415-10168-4 (Routledge)

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Personal Response Systems

An International Report of a New Home Care Service

By Andrew S. Dibner

This important new book describes the origins, developments, and current status of personal response systems, a new means for persons at risk who live alone…

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1993 | Hardback: 978-1-56024-272-7 (Routledge)

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Neuropsychology and The Dementias

By Siobhan Hart, James M. Semple

Dementia is one of the most pressing problems that currently faces planners and providers of health care today. This has resulted in an explosion in…

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1993 | Paperback: 978-0-86377-197-2 (Psychology Press)

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Religion and Prevention in Mental Health

Research, Vision, and Action

By Robert E. Hess, Kenneth I. Maton, Kenneth Pargament

Here is the first book which highlights the unique resource of religion in the field of prevention. Until now, religious systems have been a largely…

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1992 | Paperback: 978-1-56024-226-0 (Routledge)

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The Thanatology Community and the Needs of the Movement

Here is an excellent new book packed with state-of-the-art information on thanatology. It presents valuable insights on the history, current issues, and future directions for…

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1992 | Hardback: 978-1-56024-218-5 (Routledge)

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Women and Aging

Celebrating Ourselves

By Ellen Cole, Esther D. Rothblum, Ruth R. Thone

In our youth-oriented, patriarchal society, aging and older women often find themselves either ignored, pitied, or feared. Women and Aging is a valuable guide to…

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1992 | Paperback: 978-1-56023-005-2 (Routledge)

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Gerontological Social Work Supervision

By Carlton Munson, Ann Burack Weiss, Frances C. Brennan

This unique book clearly depicts a need for supervision in gerontological social work settings and provides a framework for approaching supervision. Grounded in two distinct…

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1991 | Paperback: 978-1-56024-182-9 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

The Aging Intellect
By Douglas Powell
To be published May 1st 2010

The Aging Consumer: Perspectives From Psychology and Economics
Edited by Aimee Drolet, Norbert Schwarz, Carolyn Yoon
To be published May 3rd 2010

Mental Health and Later Life: Delivering an Holistic Model for Practice
Edited by John Keady, Sue Watts
To be published June 28th 2010

Psychotherapy with Older Men
By Tammi Vacha-Haase, Stephen R. Wester, Heidi Fowell Christianson
To be published July 1st 2010

Counseling Older Adults
By John Blando
To be published September 1st 2010