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This important book examines how nursing homes experienced the COVID-19 pandemic, the impacts on its residents and staff, and how the industry can be reformed to better meet the …
What is it like to be an isolated old widow, living alone on the bare old-age pension? In the 1960s, the question had become a standard refrain. Originally published in 1966, this …
Originally published in 1989, Day Brought Back My Night explores the lives of people who have lost sight in late life as a result of age-related visual disorders. As …
In the 1980s the need for long-term care for elderly people in Western societies was quite obvious from the increasing numbers of old and very old people in the population. …
A Story of a Marriage Through Dementia and Beyond is the extraordinary, unflinching account from sociologist Laurel Richardson of her love and caregiving through the last period of …
This thought-provoking book exposes the values, judgements, and hierarchies that underlie ageism in care settings. Destabilizing the assumption that biases like ageism are always …
This book explores the implications and significant ethical, social, economic and health challenges that an ageing world population presents. It provides valuable insights on …
The fifth edition of this widely used book by caregivers brings to you updated and revised content, built on the basic understanding that medicine does not work in a vacuum, but …
This innovative book provides a new conceptual analysis of loneliness – a condition associated with severe health consequences, including increased morbidity and early …
How to Live Well with Dementia: Expert Help for People Living with Dementia and their Family, Friends, and Carer Partners provides an array of essential guidance about the …