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Social Exclusion in Europe: Problems and Paradigms
Par Paul Littlewood, Ignace Glorieux, Ingrid Jönsson. 1999
Exclusion has come to hold a prominent place in the political discourse of all governments in the European Union and…
in the European Commission itself. As such, it figures importantly in various research agencies’ funding priorities attracting academics to develop and conduct major research programmes. But what does it mean? This book analyzes the different meanings the term exclusion has come to convey and surveys a wide variety of actual applications in different European countries.Bilddokumentation mit der Spaltlampe: Atlas
Par Marcus-Matthias Gellrich. 2023
Die Spaltlampe ist heute das meistgebrauchte und vielseitigste Untersuchungsgerät des Ophthalmologen.Der Atlas zeigt eine Vielzahl unentdeckter Anwendungsmöglichkeiten der Spaltlampe und…
zeigt die Zukunftsfähigkeit des Gerätes auf.Diese Sammlung von über 4000 Abbildungen ist einzigartig, denn der Atlas zeigt, wie man mit der Spaltlampe nahezu die gesamte Augenheilkunde abbilden kann – vom Vorderabschnitt über den Augenhintergrund bis hin zur Motilität der Augen und den Lidern. Der Autor verbindet die traditionellen Untersuchungstechniken der Spaltlampe mit der Videografie als Form der Befunddokumentation.Neben der Konstruktionsgeschichte, der Technik sowie den Untersuchungsmöglichkeiten wird eine neue Form der Befunddokumentation, die Videografie mit der Spaltlampe, beschrieben. Dabei werden mit einer Videokamera nicht nur Befunde am Augenhintergrund durch ein vorgehaltenes hohes Plusglas dokumentiert. Die „kurzsichtige“ Spaltlampe wird mit einem Minusglas versorgt und ist dann in der Lage, auch Objekte in weiterer Entfernung zu sehen wie z. B. Augenmuskelstörungen oder das Gesicht des Patienten. So gelingt es, nicht nur den vorderen Augenabschnitt, sondern auch den Fundus sowie den Kammerwinkel und damit den gesamten Bulbus zu betrachten. Der Atlas wird durch einige Videos zur neuen Dokumentationsmethode ergänzt.Für alle AugenärztInnen und OptometristInnen in Praxis und Klinik gleichermaßen, die die Videografie und Verlaufsdokumentation nutzen oder vertiefen möchten oder einfach nur Interesse an diesem einzigartigen "Bilderschatz" und den einmaligen Fotodokumentationen haben.Caring For Life And Death (Death Education, Aging and Health Care)
Par Nelda Samarel. 1991
First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Investigates the ways in which…
nurses cope with the dying patient and the acute patient who will recover. Factors which influence transition between the two types of care examined. The author concludes that the most effective nurses are those who have formulated coherent attitudes towards the work.Ageing in Place in Urban Environments: Critical Perspectives (Aging and Society)
Par Tine Buffel, Chris Phillipson. 2024
Ageing in Place in Urban Environments considers together two major trends influencing economic and social life: population ageing on the…
one side and urbanisation on the other. Both have been identified as dominant demographic trends of the twenty-first century. Cities are where the majority of people of all ages now live and where they will spend their old age. Nevertheless, cities are typically imagined and structured with a younger, working-age population in mind while older people are rarely incorporated into the mainstream of thinking and planning around urban environments. Cities can contribute to vulnerability arising from high levels of population turnover, environmental problems, gentrification, and reduced availability of affordable housing. However, they can also provide innovative forms of support and services essential to promoting the quality of life of older people. Policies in Europe have emphasised the role of the local environment in promoting “ageing in place”, a term used to describe the goal of helping people to remain in their own homes and communities for as long as they wish. However, while this has been the dominant approach, the places in which older people are ageing have often proved to be challenging environments. The book explores the forces behind these developments and how older people have responded. Drawing upon approaches from social gerontology, urban studies, geography, and sociology, this book will be essential reading for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners searching for innovative ways to improve the lives of older people living in urban environments.Imprisonment of the Elderly and Death in Custody: The Right to Review
Par Aleksandr Khechumyan. 2018
Over the past few decades, there has been a sharp increase in the number of elderly prisoners, and hence a…
rise in the number of prisoners dying in custody. In this book, Khechumyan questions whether respect for human dignity would justify releasing older and seriously ill prisoners. He also examines the normative justifications which could limit the administration of the imprisonment of the elderly and seriously ill. Khechumyan argues that factors such as a prisoner’s age and health could alter the balance between the legitimate goals of punishment, rendering the continued imprisonment ‘grossly disproportionate’. To address these issues, Articles 3 and 5 of the European Convention of Human Rights are extensively examined. This book is a valuable resource for academics, researchers and policy-makers working in the fields of Criminal Justice, Human Rights Law, and Gerontology.Our Bodies Not Ourselves: WOMEN AGING FROM MENOPAUSE TO ONE HUNDRED
Par Kathryn A. Kirigin, Carol A.B. Warren. 2019
In 1970, the best-seller Our Bodies Ourselves was published. The focus of the authors, the Boston Health Collective, was on…
the youthful female body: on reproduction, sexuality, genitalia, intimacy and relationships in the context of North American cultural expectations. Our Bodies Not Ourselves is also about the female body—but on women aging from menopause to 100. Like its predecessor, Our Bodies Not Ourselves covers sexuality, genitalia, intimacy, gender norms and relationships. But the aging woman's body has many other issues, from head to toe, from skeleton to skin, and from sleep to motion. The book, an ethnography and Western cultural history of aging and gender, draws upon history, culture and social media, the authors’ own experiences as women of 70, and conversations and correspondence with more than two hundred women aged from 60-ish to 100. They consider the cultural and structural frameworks for contemporary aging: the long sweep of history, gendered cultural norms and the vast commercial and medical marketplaces for maintaining and altering the aging body. Part I, The Private Body, focuses on the embodied experiences of aging within our private households. Part II, The Public Body, explores weight, height, and adornment as old women appear among others. Part III, The Body With Others, sets the embodied experiences of aging women within their sexual and social relationships.First published in 1980, The limbo people is based upon research carried out in a day centre (‘the Centre’) for…
elderly Jewish people in a London Borough and studies the experience and the conception of time among the elderly. The development of the arguments concerning time was founded on (a) the relationship between the community of participants and the outside world; and (b) the construction of events and interactions between participants at the Centre. The organization of this book re-enacts the process of reconstituting time as manifested in the Centre, against the background of the participants previous experiences, and in terms of their present existential situations. This book will be of interest to students of sociology, anthropology and gerontology.Aspiring in Later Life: Movements across Time, Space, and Generations (Global Perspectives on Aging)
Par Dumitrita Lunca, Lisa Johnson, Erdmute Alber, Cati Coe, Harmandeep Kaur Gill, Alfonso Otaegui, Julia Pauli, Nele Wolter, Susan Reynolds Whyte. 2023
In our highly interconnected and globalized world, people often pursue their aspirations in multiple places. Yet in public and scholarly…
debates, aspirations are often seen as the realm of younger, mobile generations, since they are assumed to hold the greatest potential for shaping the future. This volume flips this perspective on its head by exploring how aspirations are constructed from the vantage point of later life, and shows how they are pursued across time, space, and generations. The aspirations of older people are diverse, and relate not only to aging itself but also to planning the next generation’s future, preparing an "ideal" retirement, searching for intimacy and self-realization, and confronting death and afterlives. Aspiring in Later Life brings together rich ethnographic cases from different regions of the world, offering original insights into how aspirations shift over the course of life and how they are pursued in contexts of translocal mobility. This book is also freely available online as an open-access digital edition.The Long and the Short of It: The Science of Life Span and Aging
Par Jonathan Silvertown. 2013
Everything that lives will die. That's the fundamental fact of life. But not everyone dies at the same age: people…
vary wildly in their patterns of aging and their life spans--and that variation is nothing compared to what's found in other animal and plant species. A giant fungus found in Michigan has been alive since the Ice Age, while a dragonfly lives but four months, a mayfly half an hour. What accounts for these variations--and what can we learn from them that might help us understand, or better manage, our own aging? With The Long and the Short of It, biologist and writer Jonathan Silvertown offers readers a witty and fascinating tour through the scientific study of longevity and aging. Dividing his daunting subject by theme--death, life span, aging, heredity, evolution, and more--Silvertown draws on the latest scientific developments to paint a picture of what we know about how life span, senescence, and death vary within and across species. At every turn, he addresses fascinating questions that have far-reaching implications: What causes aging, and what determines the length of an individual life? What changes have caused the average human life span to increase so dramatically--fifteen minutes per hour--in the past two centuries? If evolution favors those who leave the most descendants, why haven't we evolved to be immortal? The answers to these puzzles and more emerge from close examination of the whole natural history of life span and aging, from fruit flies, nematodes, redwoods, and much more. The Long and the Short of It pairs a perpetually fascinating topic with a wholly engaging writer, and the result is a supremely accessible book that will reward curious readers of all ages.The Gap Between: Loving and Supporting Someone with Alzheimer's
Par Mary Moreland. 2022
One woman shares her emotional experience navigating her parents&’ declining health, culminating in her mother&’s years-long struggle with Alzheimer&’s. Mary…
Moreland details her journey through the stages of grief as she comes to terms with her father&’s death, followed by her mother&’s Alzheimer&’s diagnosis. As her mother&’s disease progresses over eight years, Mary walks readers through the earliest phase and all the way to her mother&’s deathbed. She provides insightful advice on grieving and caring for loved ones with dementia or Alzheimer&’s, alongside her own story of loss.No Regrets: Hope for Your Caregiving Season
Par Rayna Neises. 2021
“Winsome, uplifting” personal stories and practical tips for walking your loved one through this season of life (Michele Howe, author…
of Giving Thanks for a Perfectly Imperfect Life).A coach and podcaster who specializes in support for caregivers, Rayne Neises knows from her own experience caring for two parents with Alzheimer’s disease that this role can take a toll. In this comforting book she offers practical tips and personal stories that help us walk our parents all the way to the end of their life while still having a life to walk back into. By being intentional throughout the process, she explains, we can hold on to faith, manage fear—and provide the best possible care for both ourselves and our loved ones. “By reading this book and learning from its rich stories, you will begin to exchange your heartaches for hope and memories to forever cherish.” —Debra Kelsey-Davis, coauthor of The Caregiver’s CompanionOcular Trauma in Armed Conflicts
Par Shrikant Waikar. 2023
The book comprehensively covers the complete spectrum of ocular trauma in war and peace, while most of the books on…
ocular trauma cover only civil trauma. It explains the care to be taken by the injured himself from the time of injury to the most specialized tertiary care management step-by-step. It covers the various modes of trauma, the evaluation, and the management from emergency care and evacuation to secondary and tertiary care. The initial chapters cover the step by step care of wounds and the application of dressings or tourniquets available in the battlefield to be taken by the individual himself and the initial medical care by forward medical officer and surgeon before evacuating to the ophthalmologist The book also covers the management of polytrauma involving the head and neck or other parts of the body based on real-life experience since most of the battlefield ocular trauma presents with it. It incorporates chapters on ocular trauma due to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) hazards and the important aspect of imaging in ocular trauma. It covers the classification systems of ocular trauma. The book presents the step-by-step approach to primary repair of open globe injuries and lid lacerations by the first contact ophthalmologist. It covers the subspeciality wise tertiary care management of ocular trauma, encompassing an approach to the management of corneal scars, lenticular injuries, uveitis, traumatic glaucoma, intraocular foreign body and other posterior segment manifestations of injury like retinal detachment, vitreous and choroidal hemorrhage, etc., orbit and optic nerve trauma and other neuroophthalmological manifestations of trauma. It also includes a chapter on chemical injuries and techniques of stem cell transplantation for ocular surface reconstruction. Additionally, it covers the management of unsalvageable eyes and cosmetic rehabilitation. The book is a complete and helpful resource on ocular trauma and assists ophthalmologists, trauma care workers, and medical officers with security forces in the easy management of ocular trauma.Diabetic Retinopathy: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology #2678)
Par Guei-Sheung Liu, Jiang-Hui Wang. 2023
This detailed volume provides various cellular and experimental animal models and research methodologies to understand the complex interrelated pathophysiological mechanisms…
triggered by hyperglycemia that underlie the development of diabetic retinopathy. The book covers methods for understanding the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy, detection and screening of biomarkers in diabetic retinopathy, as well as novel technologies for diabetic retinopathy management. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step and readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and practical, Diabetic Retinopathy: Methods and Protocols serves as an invaluable resource for scientists and clinicians who are interested in the area of ophthalmology research.Unpaid Work in Nursing Homes: Flexible Boundaries
Par Pat Armstrong. 2023
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The COVID-19 pandemic has made unpaid care more visible through its…
absence, while also increasing the need for it. Drawing on a range of research projects covering Canada, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the US, this book documents a broad spectrum of unpaid work performed by residents, relatives, volunteers and staff in nursing homes. It demonstrates how boundaries between paid and unpaid work are flexible, varying considerably with conditions, time, place and intersectional populations. By examining the complex labour process within nursing homes, this book provides insight and understanding which will be critical in planning for nursing home care post-pandemic.Retirement Migration and Precarity in Later Life
Par Marion Repetti, Toni Calasanti. 2023
The last few decades have seen an increase in the migration of ageing people from richer Northern and Western countries…
to poorer Southern and Eastern countries. This book seeks to understand the motivation behind retirement migration and how precarity in later life contributes to this trend. Drawing on accounts of retirees from different nations, the book examines how welfare policies in their home country and their country of migration interact to shape their experiences of migration. It shows how ageism impacts social precarity across different social classes, and across economic, social and health dimensions. It also evaluates how local and global systems of inequalities influence retirement migrants’ experience, providing both opportunities and constraints that differ across countries.The Caregiving Trap: Solutions for Life's Unexpected Changes
Par Pamela D. Wilson. 2016
“An information-rich . . . and even fearless exploration and understanding of the all-too-often simply overwhelming caregiving process.” —Jay Schneiders,…
PhD, ABPP, clinical neuropsychologist & health psychologist The Caregiving Trap provides recommendations for exhausted and frustrated caregivers. Advocate, care navigator, and caregiving educator Pamela D. Wilson shares stories from her personal and professional experience that will help you navigate the challenges of caring for a loved one and help you replace feelings of guilt, sadness, and fatigue with calm and certainty. In The Caregiving Trap, you’ll get step-by-step exercises to help you through common issues, such as: A sense of duty and obligation to provide care that damages family relationshipsEmotional and financial challenges resulting in denial of care needsIgnorance of predictive events that result in situations of crises or harmDelayed decision making and lack of planning resulting in limited choicesMinimum standards of care supporting the need for advocacy “Pamela Wilson . . . offers a toolbox of strategies to help the caregiver move forward with foresight, knowledge, and skills to plan for the future.” —Tina Wells, MA, Alzheimer’s Association Colorado “A must read not only for any health professional interacting with the elderly and disabled individuals but also for any adult who could possibly find themselves in a caregiving situation or the recipient of caregiving now or in the future. Pamela’s personal and professional experience, along with extensive research, offers a compassionate, perceptive and detailed resource. Familiar scenarios, probing questions, and realistic options are presented, all with the end goal of better quality of life for both the recipient of care and the caregiver.” —Linda Warwick, RN, hospice and alternative therapy practitionerEssays examining the power of traditional arts and folklore in the lives of the elderly in the United States.Can traditional…
arts improve an older adult’s quality of life? Are arts interventions more effective when they align with an elder’s cultural identity? In The Expressive Lives of Elders, Jon Kay and contributors from a diverse range of public institutions argue that such mediations work best when they are culturally, socially, and personally relevant to the participants.From quilting and canning to weaving and woodworking, this book explores the role of traditional arts and folklore in the lives of older adults in the United States, highlighting the critical importance of ethnographic studies of creative aging for both understanding the expressive lives of elders and for designing effective arts therapies and programs. Each case study in this volume demonstrates how folklore and traditional practices help elders maintain their health and wellness, providing a road map for initiatives to improve the lives and well-being of America’s aging population.Aging in Place: Navigating the Maze of Long-Term Care
Par Mary Mashburn. 2019
Overwhelmed by handling your aging loved ones affairs? Is your parents estate in good order? Do you know what their…
wishes are and how you can honor them? Are you struggling with where your parent can be best cared for following a hospital stay? Are you feeling guilty or manipulated by your family?Using real life examples, Aging in Place is instrumental in promoting healthy family discourse on these important topics. Mary Mashburn discusses the roadblocks and pitfalls you and your family might encounter, explains many useful planning techniques, and provides information on local and national resources. Whether in the midst of a crisis or just beginning to discuss options with loved ones, you gain valuable insight and information that guides you and your family toward making the best choices that fit your unique situation. Rather than offering a magic wand to make the difficulties of aging disappear, Aging in Place offers useful information to make decisions that provide peace and strength as those who are aging and their loved ones face these challenges together.,Ideas on Institutions: analysing the literature on long-term care and custody (Routledge Revivals)
Par Kathleen Jones, A J Fowles. 1984
First published in 1984, Ideas on Institution is a review of the major English-language literature of the past two decades…
on the experience of living in institutions - hospitals, mental hospitals, prisons. The survey opens with a consideration of the writings of Erving Goffman, Michael Foucault, and Thomas Szasz. They shattered the liberal consensus that the purpose of imprisonment was to reform. Instead, their work argued that the purpose of prisons and mental hospitals was social control, and that prisons created criminals, and mental facilities created mental illness. Part II looks at four British studies : Russell Barton's Institutional Neurosis which suggested the existence of a new disease entity; Peter Townsend's The Last Refuge, a study of old people in residential care; The Morrisses’ Pentonville, a study of a London prison which became a classic in criminology; and Sans Everything, a symposium which paved the way for a series of official hospital enquiries in the 1970s. Part III examines David Rothman's two historical studies on how and why the U.S. constructed institutions, and how and why reform movements failed; N.N. Kittrie's The Right to be Different, a wide-ranging attack on the compulsory treatment of a variety of 'deviants', including the mentally ill, juvenile delinquents and drug abusers; Cohen and Taylor's Psychological survival, a disturbing analysis of the lives of long-term prisoners in a maximum security wing; Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment on the malignant effects of prison conditions on the personalities of both prisoners and their guards; and King and Elliott's study of Albany Prison, showing how a promising therapeutic experiment went wrong. This book will be of interest to students of history, gerontology, sociology, social policy, penology, psychology and political science.The Family Life of Old People: An Inquiry in East London (Routledge Revivals)
Par Peter Townsend. 1957
First published in 1957, The Family Life of Old People opens with the question: Are old people isolated from their…
families? Thereafter, the author describes the results of intensive interviews with people of pensionable age in Bethnal Green in East London. Part one shows that most people are members of closely-knit extended families of three generations, often living in separate households in adjoining streets. The life of these families is of absorbing interest and the social structure of the home, the system of family care and the domestic, economic and social relationships between husbands and their wives, and between old people and their children and brothers and sisters, are carefully analysed. Part two discusses the social problems of old age against this background. This book will be of interest to students of sociology and gerontology.