Age groups: the elderly (86)

publisher: Springer
year: 2019
description:Im Zusammenhang mit der derzeit allgegenwärtigen Begriffsbildung ‚Lebenslanges Lernen‘ wird der menschliche Lebenslauf zum Bezugspunkt von Erwachsenenbildung. Der Begriff erhebt das ‚Lernen‘ zu einem zentralen Referenzpunkt der menschlichen Lebenspha...

publisher: Springer
year: 2016
description:This volume is a critical exposition of the data and analyses from a full decade of rigorous research into how age-related changes at the individual level, along with other factors, contribute to morbidity, disability and mortality risks at the broad...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:Tina Denninger beschäftigt sich aus soziologischer Perspektive mit normativen Anforderungen an den alternden Körper. In diesem Zusammenhang spielen Fragen von Schönheit und Hässlichkeit, Unsichtbarkeit und Sichtbarkeit sowie Anerkennung und Missachtu...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:This book provides multinational evidence on active and healthy ageing. It generates authoritative new knowledge for mutual learning and policymaking in addressing challenges linked with population ageing. The authors discuss how to achieve better ac...

publisher: Springer
year: 2011
description:This book provides insights into the theoretical framework of 'tensions' related to care for children and the elderly. It analyzes if, and under what conditions, welfare state reforms have contributed to strengthening existing tensions, creating new ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2015
description:Population ageing is among the most important developments of our time. This book explores the profound challenges faced by an aging world. Leading experts from diverse disciplines describe the fundamental impact demographic aging has on pension syst...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:This book is the first to explore ‘old age’ in cinema at the intersection of gender, ageing, celebrity and genre studies. It takes its cue from the dual meanings of ‘silvering’ – economics and ageing – and explores shifting formulations of ‘old age’ ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2019
description:This book presents new insights into the consequences of the impending growth in and impact of the older segment of aging communities on local economies. It uses a comparative research framework to further our understanding of issues in health and ag...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:This volume intends to re-establish social gerontology as a discipline that has pragmatic links to policy and practice. Collectively, the chapters enrich public debates about the moral, cultural and economic questions surrounding aging, thereby ameli...

publisher: Springer
year: 2016
description:To a backdrop of ageing societies, pension crises and labour market reforms, this book investigates how the policy shift from early retirement to active ageing has affected individual retirement behaviour. Focusing on eleven European countries, the U...

publisher: Springer
year: 2019
description:Felix Tirschmann untersucht Spuren, die der Tod im Alltag hinterlässt. Er durchleuchtet die Topoi der sozialpolitischen Debatten, betrachtet die unterschiedlichen Todesbilder in Öffentlichkeit und Wissenschaft und führt Interviews mit Experten und La...

publisher: Springer
year: 2019
description:Der Altersübergang, der wesentlich vom Austritt aus dem Berufsleben und dem Eintritt in die Nacherwerbsphase geprägt ist, ist eine Umbruchphase, in der so manche Lebensordnung neu ausgerichtet werden muss. Das kann für den einen neue Chancen, für den...