Routledge Library Editions: Aging
About the Book Series
This 42-volume set has titles originally published between 1960 and 1995. The books examine all aspects of old people in an aging population, from health and physical activity to social care and housing. Providing health, psychological and sociological perspectives, individual titles include common themes such as: bereavement, deterioration of health (both mental and physical), social isolation, social services and care, and the impact these have on elderly people and the people around them, both family and society as a whole.
The Generation Jigsaw
1st Edition
By Irene Gore
November 03, 2025
In The Generation Jigsaw, originally published in 1976, Irene Gore explores some of the problems which face older people in the family and the community. Her attitude, differing from many attitudes and practices at the time, was that people in old age are capable of expanding their interests and ...
The Impact of Ageing: Strategies for Care
1st Edition
Edited
By David Hobman
November 03, 2025
At the beginning of the 1980s, the previous few decades had been characterised by a ‘population explosion’ amongst the older age groups. Due to the success of medical science at prolonging life, this phenomenon had been experienced throughout both the developing and the developed world. Given the ...
The Mind and Mood of Aging: Mental Health Problems of the Community Elderly in New York and London
1st Edition
By Barry Gurland, John Copeland, Judith Kuriansky, Michael Kelleher, Lawrence Sharpe, Laura Lee Dean
November 03, 2025
Originally published in 1983, this cross-national study had three aims. First, to examine the cross-national differences among the elderly community in the prevalence of psychiatric problems and their relationship to other health and social problems. Second, to examine the differences in health ...
The Social Challenge of Ageing
1st Edition
Edited
By David Hobman
November 03, 2025
Although all recorded societies have contained a few people of extreme old age, they have been the exception rather than the rule. The possibility of one fifth of the total population in retirement from active employment would have been unthinkable at the beginning of the twentieth century and even...
Visual Disability in the Elderly
1st Edition
By Tim Cullinan
November 03, 2025
Visual disability (including blindness) is of major significance among the elderly, and since it is so crucial to the quality of life of the elderly, it is necessary for all professional staff concerned with old people to have an understanding of the subject. Originally published in 1986, this book...
Routledge Library Editions: Aging: 42 Volume Set
1st Edition
By Various .
May 10, 2024
This 42-volume set has titles originally published between 1960 and 1995. The books examine all aspects of old people in an aging population, from health and physical activity to social care and housing. Providing health, psychological and sociological perspectives, individual titles include common...
The Aging Dimension: Perspectives in Behavioral Medicine
1st Edition
Edited
By Matilda White Riley, Joseph D. Matarazzo, Andrew Baum
May 10, 2024
Originally published in 1987, this volume, and the working conference that preceded it, broke new ground in addressing the complex topic of aging, health, and behavior. Taking a bio-behavioral approach to a range of topics, contributors to this book advanced their disciplines. This volume as well ...