The Evolution Of British Gerontology
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| Author | : Bernard, Miriam |
| Publisher | : Policy Press |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2020-04-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1447343107 |
Half a century of UK gerontology research, theory, policy and practice are under the spotlight in this landmark critical review of the subject that places the country’s achievements in an international context. Drawing on the archives of the British Society of Gerontology and interviews with dozens of the most influential figures in the field, it provides a comprehensive picture of key developments and issues and looks to the future to plot new directions in thinking. This is the story of the remarkable progress of gerontology, told through the eyes of those who have led it.
| Author | : British Society of Gerontology. Conference |
| Publisher | : Gower Publishing Company, Limited |
| Total Pages | : 230 |
| Release | : 1982 |
| Genre | : Gerontology |
| ISBN | : 9780566004957 |
| Author | : Lynn Botelho |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 261 |
| Release | : 2014-07-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 131788115X |
Women have always made up the majority of older people: this examination of the lives of elderly women in Britain in the period 1500 to the present reveals attitudes towards the ageing process. It sheds light on household structures as well as wider issues - including the history of the family, the process of industrialisation, the poor law, and welfare provision - and questions many common beliefs about elderly women, particularly that female old age was a time of poverty and want. An important book for students of history and sociology alike.
| Author | : de Medeiros, Kate |
| Publisher | : Policy Press |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2016-11-09 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1447328396 |
As the field of aging and gerontology grows worldwide, this exciting guide introduces students to key issues and concepts. It covers topics related to the phenomena of advancing aging, including how older age has been defined historically, cultural myths related to advanced age, health and function in later life, how older age is financed throughout the world, and other key questions. Taking a multiple-perspective approach (including humanities, social and behavioral sciences and policy studies), the book's features include further reading for each chapter, a glossary of key terms, and tables that provide easy reference points.
| Author | : British Council for Ageing |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 1976 |
| Genre | : Aging |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Mark W. Skinner |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 306 |
| Release | : 2017-11-27 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1315281198 |
Understanding where ageing occurs, how it is experienced by different people in different places, and in what ways it is transforming our communities, economies and societies at all levels has become crucial for the development of informed research, policy and programmes. This book focuses on the interdisciplinary field of study – geographical gerontology – that addresses these issues. With contributions from more than 30 leading geographers and gerontologists, the book examines the scope and depth of geographical perspectives, concepts and approaches applied to the study of ageing, old age and older populations. The book features 25 chapters organized into five parts that cover the field’s theoretical traditions and intellectual evolution; the contributions of key disciplinary perspectives from population geography, social and cultural geography, health geography, urban planning and environmental studies; the scales of inquiry within geographical gerontology from the global to the embodied; the thematic breadth of contemporary issues of interest that define the field (places, spaces and landscapes of ageing); and a discussion about challenges, opportunities and agendas for future developments in geography and gerontology. This book provides the first comprehensive foundation of knowledge about the state of the art of geographical gerontology that will be of interest to scholars of ageing around the world.
| Author | : Hyung Wook Park |
| Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Total Pages | : 299 |
| Release | : 2016-03-09 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 082298136X |
Between 1870 and 1940, life expectancy in the United States skyrocketed while the percentage of senior citizens age sixty-five and older more than doubled—a phenomenon owed largely to innovations in medicine and public health. At the same time, the Great Depression was a major tipping point for age discrimination and poverty in the West: seniors were living longer and retiring earlier, but without adequate means to support themselves and their families. The economic disaster of the 1930s alerted scientists, who were actively researching the processes of aging, to the profound social implications of their work—and by the end of the 1950s, the field of gerontology emerged. Old Age, New Science explores how a group of American and British life scientists contributed to gerontology's development as a multidisciplinary field. It examines the foundational "biosocial visions" they shared, a byproduct of both their research and the social problems they encountered. Hyung Wook Park shows how these visions shaped popular discourses on aging, directly influenced the institutionalization of gerontology, and also reflected the class, gender, and race biases of their founders.
| Author | : David G. Troyansky |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 2015-10-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1317381416 |
In Aging in World History, David G. Troyansky presents the first global history of aging. At a time when demographic aging has become a source of worldwide concern, and more people are reaching an advanced age than ever before, the history of old age helps us understand how we arrived at the treatment of aging in the modern world. This concise volume expands that history beyond the West to show how attitudes toward aging, the experiences of the aged, and relevant demographic patterns have varied and coalesced over time and across the world. From the ancient world to the present, this book introduces students and general readers to the history of aging on two levels: the experience of individual men and women, and the transformation of populations. With its attention to cultural traditions, medicalization, decades of historical scholarship, and current gerontology, Aging in World History is the perfect starting point for an exploration of this increasingly universal aspect of human experience.
| Author | : Joseph T. Freeman |
| Publisher | : New York : Human Sciences Press |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 1979 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : |
A bibliography of the historians of aging, a listing of the one hundred most authoritative books on aging, and a classified list of journals on old age accompany a brief history of gerontology and geriatrics.
| Author | : Giacinto Libertini |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 413 |
| Release | : 2021-05-25 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 3030737748 |
This book provides concrete scientific basis that we can conceive the possibility of modifying or even completely canceling aging process, despite the fact that aging is commonly regarded as the result of the overall effects of many uncontrollable degenerative phenomena. The authors illustrate in detail the mechanisms by which cells and the whole organism age. Actions by which it is possible, or will be possible within a limited time, to operate for modifying aging are also debated. The discussion is conducted within the frame and the concepts of evolutionary medicine, which is also indispensable for distinguishing between the manifestations of aging and: (i) diseases that worsen with age, and (ii) acceleration of normal aging rates, caused by unhealthy lifestyle habits and other avoidable factors. The book also discusses the impact of aging on overall mortality and the strange situation that, according to official statistics, aging does not exist as cause of death. This book is a turning point between a gerontology and geriatrics conceived as the study and vain treatment of an incurable condition and one in which these disciplines examine the how and why of a physiological phenomenon that can be modified up to a possible total control. This means transforming the medical prevention and treatment of physiological aging from the greatest failure to the greatest success of medicine.
