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Psychology of Ageing: An Introduction 5ed

  • ISBN-13: 9781849052450
  • Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
  • By Ian Stuart-Hamilton
  • Price: AUD $68.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/07/2012
  • Format: Paperback (244.00mm X 175.00mm) 464 pages Weight: 739g
  • Categories: Care of the elderly [JKSG]
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This well-established and accessible text has been completely revised in this expanded fifth edition. Each chapter has been updated, often extensively, to reflect current thinking, and an important new chapter on death, dying and bereavement has been added.Providing a comprehensive overview of the psychological processes of ageing, the text examines what constitutes older age, and presents the latest theory and research in various domains, including ageing and memory; ageing and language; ageing, personality and lifestyle; and mental illness and ageing. Consideration is given to the problems inherent in measuring the psychological status of older people, and the author looks to the future to answer the question 'what will constitute 'being old'?'This new edition is essential reading for all those working or training to work with older people, and a key text for students.
Foreword to the Fifth Edition. 1. What is Ageing? 2. Measuring Intellectual Change in Later Life. 3. Ageing and Memory. 4. Ageing and Language. 5. Ageing, Personality and Lifestyle. 6. Mental Health in Later Life. 7. Problems in Measuring the Psychological Status of Older People. 8. Dying, Death and Bereavement. 9. What is the Future of Ageing? Appendix I: Basic Anatomy of the Nervous System. Appendix II: Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence. Appendix III: Basic Psycholinguistic Concepts. Appendix IV: The later career of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. Glossary. References. Index.
Now in it's 5th edition, The Psychology of Ageing is a great introduction for students and for those about to enter into a field of work involving older adults... Overall this book is a good resource: the first port of call for anyone with a clinical, sociological or psyhological interest in ageing.
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