Offers a comprehensive overview of a wide range of topics related to elderly rights in America, with a chronology of key events, a glossary of terms, biographical listings, a complete index, and a fully annotated bibliography.
Michael Keddington, a poor young man whose relationship with the rich, beautiful Faye is causing consternation in her family, learns the value of standing up for love when he befriends Esther, a resident of the nursing home where he is employed.
A collection of controversial essays that debate the issues that concern the elderly including health care, the number of caregivers to the elderly, social security, job discrimination, and affordable housing.
After fifty years of plotting, seventy-seven-year-old Marylou Ahearn prepares to kill Dr. Wilson Spriggs, who gave her a radioactive cocktail without her consent as part of a secret government study.
Emma Goldman O'Bannion travels to Rome for the reading of her estranged father's will, and becomes involved in unraveling the mystery of his life, and his connection to a troubled old man named Bobby Lazarus.
what the nun study teaches us about leading longer, healthier, and more meaningful lives
Snowdon, David
2001
Dr. David Snowdon chronicles the experiences he has had while studying a group of 678 Catholic nuns, who have agreed to let him study their lives in order to learn more about aging and Alzheimer's disease.
Presents an introduction to the field of gerontology, looks at careers in gerontology and aging services, and provides information about training and education, salaries, and job outlook.
