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New Dynamics in Old Age - Individual, Environmental and Societal Perspectives (Hardcover, illustrated edition) Loot Price: R4,635
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New Dynamics in Old Age - Individual, Environmental and Societal Perspectives (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Jon Hendricks,...

New Dynamics in Old Age - Individual, Environmental and Societal Perspectives (Hardcover, illustrated edition)

Jon Hendricks, Hans-Werner Wahl, Clemens Tesch-Romer, Andreas Hoff

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This book was nurtured by the belief that the new dynamics of today's and tomorrow's aging has not yet been treated well in the gerontology literature. Several questions drove the choice of substance for the book: What kind of new dynamics of aging deserves consideration? What kinds of theories and fields are at the core of treating such a new dynamics? And what kind of empirical evidence should be considered? The master hypothesis on which the book is based maintains that the new dynamics of old age is best observed in a range of everyday aging contexts that have been undergoing major change since the second half of the 20th century. In particular, five areas of new and persistent dynamics are treated in depth: the social environment, with a focus on cohort effects in social relations and the consideration of family relations and elders as care redelivers; the home environment, with emphasis on housing and quality of life, relocation and urban aging issues; the outdoor environment, with consideration of out-of-home activity patterns, car-driving behaviour and the leisure world of aging; the technological environment, with treatments of the role of the Internet and the potential of technology for aging outcomes and; and the societal environment with a focus on global aging, the new politics of old age and older persons as market consumers. The book's main purpose is to provide the scholarly gerontology community with a comprehensive and critical discussion of these new trends related to old age. The book will be of interest for the scholarly community of gerontology in a variety of disciplines; sociology, psychology, demography, epidemiology, humanities, social policy and geriatrics; students in gerontology education and in the disciplines named above who have an interest in aging issues (graduate level); professionals in practical and applied fields related to aging such as community and urban planners, health and care providers and policymakers; people involved in senior citizens' organizations and those in industry who wish to serve older people with new products.

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Imprint: Baywood Publishing Company Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: May 2006
First published: 2007
Authors: Jon Hendricks • Hans-Werner Wahl • Clemens Tesch-Romer • Andreas Hoff
Dimensions: 234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Edition: illustrated edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-89503-322-2
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Care of the elderly
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adults > Elderly
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LSN: 0-89503-322-4
Barcode: 9780895033222

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