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Gerontology: The Basics
The Basics
The Basics Series
Authors: Sasser Jennifer, Moody Harry
Language: English
Subjects for Gerontology: The Basics:
Keywords
Defined Benefit Pension Plan; Aging; Flashbulb Memories; Gerontology; Hayflick Limit; adult development; Work Life Extension; life-course stages; Gerontological Knowledge; mid-life; Adult Aging; later-life; Silver Industries; human aging; Humanistic Gerontology; biophysical; Road Scholar; psychological; Ageist Stereotypes; emotional; Gerontological Inquiry; spiritual; Successful Aging; historical; Positive Aging; political; Gompertz Law; economic; DNA Repair Rate; social-cultural; Public Pension Programs; psychology; Medical Alert Device; sociology; Defined Benefit Plans; anthropology; Defined Contribution Pension Plan; political sciences; Positive Subjective Attitude; Nursing; Young Man; Medicine; Public Pension Systems; Senescence; Narrative Gerontology; Modernization; Public Pension; Disengagement; Irish Longitudinal Study; Activity; Continuity; Critical Gerontology; Feminist Gerontology; Political Economy of Aging; Gero-Transcendence; grounded theories; local theories; integrative theories; post-modern Gerontology; Aging Studies; Environment and Aging; Diversity and Aging; Globalization and Global Aging; cultural hegemony; Jennifer R; Sasser; Harry R; Moody
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Publication date: 04-2018
· 12.9x19.8 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 04-2018
· 12.9x19.8 cm · Hardback
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Human aging is a complex, multi-faceted experience that unfolds over an entire lifetime. While human aging is universal, it is also wildly variable, shaped by individual, social, cultural, political, geographic and historical contexts. Gerontology: The basics explores the field of research, education and practice which takes on the complex and multi-faceted questions, issues and problems of adult aging and old age.
Intended for anyone interested in understanding the origins of gerontology and its unique purview, we invite the reader to join us in a critical examination of what we think we know about becoming and being old and, perhaps, be inspired to engage more deeply in their own travels through the life-course.
Preface 1. Introduction to the Field of Gerontology 2. The Aging Body 3. The Aging Mind 4. Aging in Society 5. The Political Economy of Aging 6. The Meaning of Old Age 7. Epilogue Glossary
Jennifer R. Sasser, Ph.D. is an educational gerontologist, transdisciplinary scholar, and community activist. Jenny served as Chair of the Department of Human Sciences and Founding Director of Gerontology at Marylhurst University, in Portland, Oregon, from 1999 to 2015. In 2016, Jenny joined the part-time faculty in the Gerontology program at Portland Community College.
Harry R. Moody, Ph.D., is retired Vice President for of Academic Affairs for AARP. DC. He is currently Visiting Professor at Tohoku University in Japan, and Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Fielding Graduate University. He previously served as Executive Director of the Brookdale Centre on Aging at Hunter College and Chairman of the Board of Elderhostel (now Road Scholar).
