Search results for “[Subject: aging-longevity]”

• Author(s): Sally Chivers | Ulla Kriebernegg • Publisher: Transcript Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Transcript Publishing • BISAC: Disease & Health IssuesInstitutional care for seniors offers a cultural repository for fears and hopes about ...

• Publisher: Transcript Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Transcript Publishing • BISAC: GerontologyThe sustained expansion of the life span and the attendant demographic changes in the West have fuelled the production of cultural texts that explo...

• Publisher: Transcript Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Transcript Publishing • BISAC: GerontologyWhile aging and the life-course appear to be normalized processes, the complex construction of age at the intersection of biology, society, and cul...

• Author(s): Simone Francescato • Publisher: Transcript Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Transcript Publishing • BISAC: GerontologyThis volume aims to bridge the disciplinary gap between tourism studies and aging studies. It investigates the inter...

• Author(s): Amy Clotworthy • Publisher: Transcript Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Transcript Publishing • BISAC: GerontologyHealth programmes that offer help to self-help are meant to empower ageing adults to remain independent and self-suffi...

• Author(s): Line Grenier • Publisher: Transcript Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Transcript Publishing • BISAC: GerontologyAging and memory – the interaction of these two aspects of life is something that everybody has to face eventually. The es...