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Wie steht die Medizin zum Tod? Wie hat sich dieses Verhaltnis uber die Jahrhunderte hinweg verandert? Daniel Schafer zeichnet die spannende Geschichte einer langen Annaherung nach. Sein Buch ist im Kern medizinhistorisch, entfaltet aber mit vielfaltigen Bezugen zu Kulturgeschichte, Literatur, Ethnologie, Archaologie und Kunstgeschichte ein breites Panorama. Der zeitliche Bogen reicht von der klassischen Antike bis ins 21. Jahrhundert, der Schwerpunkt liegt auf der europaischen Gedankenwelt. Im...

Let's face it: almost everyone fears growing older. We worry about losing our looks, our health, our jobs, our self-esteem - and being supplanted in work and love by younger people. It feels like the natural, inevitable consequence of the passing years, but what if it's not? What if nearly everything that we think of as the 'natural' process of aging is anything but? In "Agewise", renowned cultural critic Margaret Morganroth Gullette reveals that much of what we dread about aging is actually the...

From Betty White to Toni Morrison, we're surrounded by examples of women working well past the traditional retirement age. In fact, the fastest growing segment of the workforce is women age sixty-five and older. Women Still at Work tells the everyday stories of hard-working women and the reasons they're still on the job, with a focus on women in the professional workforce. The book is filled with profiles of real women, working in settings from academia to drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers...

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 help women break through the negative stereotypes of old age and find personal fulfillment through the stages of maturity. Full of warmth and support, Women and Aging strongly enables women to take and remain in control of their lives instead of passively letting others make life-changing--and possibly harmful--decisions for them. This...

Die Themen der Sucht und des Alter(n)s sind in unserer heutigen, nach Jugend und Gesundheit strebenden Gesellschaft weitgehend tabuisiert. Dennoch leben wir in einer alternden Bevölkerungsstruktur, in der der Umgang mit Suchtmitteln häufig früh erlernt und als Hilfsmittel zur Befindlichkeitsregulierung eingesetzt wird. Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Themengebiet der Sucht im Alter und mit Möglichkeiten der Intervention aus der Perspektive der Sozialen Arbeit. Neben der Erläuteru...

The prevailing wisdom in gerontology is that people routinely adjust to old age just as they adjust to earlier life stages. But aging presents unusual circumstances, and the transition processes that typify earlier passages fail to operate in the customary way. The reasons for this are the subject of this book. Its basic thesis is clear: unlike other status changes in American life, people are not effectively socialized to old age. Irving Rosow shows that there is virtually no role for the e...

Can traditional arts improve an older adult's quality of life? Are arts interventions more effective when they align with an elder's cultural identity? In The Expressive Lives of Elders, Jon Kay and contributors from a diverse range of public institutions argue that such mediations work best when they are culturally, socially, and personally relevant to the participants. From quilting and canning to weaving and woodworking, this book explores the role of traditional arts and folklore in the li...

Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. In his political speeches especially and in his correspondence we see the excitement, tension and intrigue of politics and the part he played in the turmoil of the time. Of about 106 speeches, delivered before the Roman people or the Senate if they w...

This book examines the processes by which older people make housing decisions and the impact such decisions have on the construction of their lives. Evidence is included from a major three-year research study, where older people told stories of their lives. The authors argue that housing decisions are not necessarily the result of rational, analytical and objective thinking. The contribution of other ways of decision-making is often hidden, as when people think intuitively, act impulsively, or f...

This edition, first published by Macmillan in 1943, has the straightforward utilitarian aims of all those prepared by H.E. Gould and J.L. Whiteley: a basic introduction, reliable text, suitable illustrations, and a vocabulary that gives only those meanings that are required. Last and perhaps most important of all, adequate assistance is provided in the notes, so that the student may feel capable of translating with confidence and accuracy.

This touching diary reveals a year in the life of the author James Roose-Evans. Older is a vivid and illuminating portrait of growing old. This 'thought diary' was written through James Roose-Evans's ninety-first year. The result is a cornucopia of delights that touches on everything from the profound to the minutiae of daily life. Throughout Roose-Evans writes with wit, sensitivity and an eye for detail - and his reflections will teach us much about how we should approach the process of age...