1st Edition
Encyclopedia of Ageism
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
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Learn more about age discrimination and how it affects us all The Encyclopedia of Ageism is a comprehensive review of over 125 aspects of ageism, alphabetically arranged for easy access. Written by 60 experts, the book examines topics such as anti-aging, stereotypes, and the media—with numerous references for further information. You'll find an alphabetical list of the entries, a detailed... Read more
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Foreword (Robert N. Butler)
- Preface
- List of Entries
- Abuse in nursing homes
- Abuse by elders in nursing homes
- Advertising
- African Americans
- Age conflict
- Age denial
- Age inequality
- Age norms
- Age segregation
- Age stratification
- Aged as a minority group
- Ageism in the Bible
- Ageism survey
- Age-specific public programs
- Alcoholism
- Antiaging medicine
- Architecture
- Art
- Arts
- Assisted living
- Attribution theory
- Benefits of aging
- Biological definitions of aging
- Blaming the aged
- Books
- Botox
- Cards
- Change strategies
- Changes in attitudes
- Children’s attitudes
- Children’s literature
- Churches
- Cohorts
- Consent to treatment
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Costs of ageism
- Criminal victimization
- Cross-cultural ageism
- Cultural lag
- Cultural sources of ageism
- Definitions
- Demographic trends
- Dentistry
- Disability
- Discounts
- Disengagement theory
- Driver’s license testing
- Education
- Employment discrimination
- Ethical issues
- Euphemisms
- Face-lifts
- Facts on Aging Quiz
- Facts on Aging and Mental Health Quiz
- Family
- Financial abuse
- Functional age
- Future of ageism
- Generational equity
- Geriatrics
- Gerontocracy
- Gerontology
- Health care
- Hispanics
- History
- HIV/AIDS
- Hollywood
- Housing
- Human rights of older persons
- Humor
- Hypertension
- Individual sources of ageism
- Intergenerational projects
- Isolation
- Japan
- Journalism
- Language
- Legal review program
- Legal system
- Literature
- Living wills
- Mandatory retirement of judges
- Measuring ageism in children
- Medical students
- Memory and cognitive function
- Memory stereotypes
- Mental illness
- Modernization theory
- Nursing
- Nursing homes
- Organizations opposing ageism
- Patronizing
- Pension bias
- Perpetual youth
- Physical therapy
- Politics
- Positive Aging Newsletter
- Public policy
- Reducing ageism
- Responses to ageism
- Retirement communities
- Role expectations
- Scapegoating
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
- Semantic differential scale
- Senior centers
- Sexism
- Sexuality
- Slogans
- Social psychology
- Social Security
- Societal ageism
- Songs
- Stage theory
- Stereotypes
- Subcultures
- Successful aging
- Suicide
- Tax breaks
- Television
- Terms preferred by older people
- Theories of aging
- Transportation
- Types of ageists
- Typologies
- Unconscious ageism
- Voice quality
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Erdman B. Palmore, Laurence Branch, Diane Harris
