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Årets Svenska Måltidslitteratur 2021 Lockas av de härliga matbilderna och av hur lätt det är att laga mat som är god och vacker, men som också ger kraft och energi att leva livet. Kokboken passar både nybörjare och lite mer vana matlagare och är e...

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Nominerad i kategorin Mångfald & Inkludering på Magnet Employer Branding Awards 2023! Upptäck fördelarna med din ålder och se potentialen i din utvecklin g Det här är inte en bok för äldre utan för alla som blir äldre. Alla mår bäst när männis...

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Vi vill alla leva länge men också ha ett bra liv så länge vi lever. Professor Kerstin Brismar har jobbat med de så kallade livsstilssjukdomarna under hela sitt läkarliv, hon om någon vet hur vi ska göra för att minska risken för sjukdomar på ålder...

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*** 'Are you aging fabulously? Here's how.' Anna Murphy, The Times 'A lovely book celebrating female beauty over 40.' Top Sante 'You become what you see. What you see determines what you believe - and the most powerfu...

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A personal memoir in which Lyn Slater, known on Instagram as “Accidental Icon,” brings her characteristic style, optimism, forward-thinking, and rules-are-meant-to-be-broken attitude to the question of how to live boldly at any age. Wh...

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Over the course of more than two decades and five previous editions, The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Geriatric Psychiatry has established itself as a foundational resource in the field. This new edition retai...

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Cooking is thinking! The spatter of sauce in a pan, a cook's subtle deviation from a recipe, the careful labour of cooking for loved ones: these are not often the subjects of critical enquiry. Cooking, we are told, has nothing to do with seri...

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How come I can never find my keys? Why don't I sleep as well as I used to? Why do my friends keep repeating the same stories? What can I do to keep my brain sharp? Scientists know. Brain Rules for Aging Well, by developmental molecular biolog...

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In ancient times older women were the keepers of primal mysteries and were revered for their special wisdom. Today our culture is reawakening to the power of our elders and there is a new interest in this important part of the life cycle. For this...

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Om vi tar livslångt lärande på allvar måste även den senare delen av livet inkluderas. Genom att se på lärande ur ett åldrande- och generationsperspektiv kan vi förstå hur tid samspelar med e...

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" . . . a moving, deep series of insights into the suicide's world . . . " Kirkus Reviews Jean Amry (Auschwitz survivor and author of At the Mind's Limits) thought of On Suicide as a continuation of the kind of reflections on m...

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Worried that old age will inevitably mean losing your libido, your health, and possibly your marbles too? Well, Cicero has some good news for you. In How to Grow Old, the great Roman orator and statesman eloquently describes how you can make the s...

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Offers advice for solving the problems that can develop between adults and their aging parents, and explains why parents often have difficulty accepting their children as independent adults.

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A demographic futurist explains the coming Super Agewhen there will be more people older than sixty-five than those under the age of eighteenand explores what it could mean for our collective future. Societies all over the world are getting older,...

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This work presents the first serious attempt to impose rigor on the definition and measurement of quality of life among the elderly. The book uses a conference to develop background but goes well beyond the meeting in terms of depth of reviews of ...

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This book aims to reverse the bias shown in research literature concerning the decline of information processing abilities with age. Twenty chapters identify areas of limited or no decline in cognitive functioning with respect to rate of informati...

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Most of the research done in social cognition has been conducted with younger adults and may not be applicable to a much older population. Social Cognition and Aging provides a snapshot view of research that has been done with older adults or is d...

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Written by Caleb Finch, one of the leading scientists of our time, The Biology of Human Longevity: Inflammation, Nutrition, and Aging in the Evolution of Lifespans synthesizes several decades of top research on the topic of human aging and longevi...

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A single volume of 85 articles, the Handbook of the Neurobiology of Aging is an authoritative selection of relevant chapters from the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, the most comprehensive source of neuroscience information assembled to date (AP Oct...

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Providers serving older adults face a growing problem. Older adults are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with service quality citing deficits in provider communication and relationship skills. The author argues this dissatisfaction is largely re...

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Women and Positive Aging: An International Perspective presents the noted research in the fields of psychology, gerontology, and gender studies, reflecting the increasingly popular and pervasive positive aging issues of women in today's society fr...

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In 1998, approximately 30 million people worldwide were living with HIV/AIDS, about 5 million of whom became infected that year. The epidemic continues to expand, with an estimated doubling time of 10 years, making AIDS the leading infectious caus...

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Categorical Variables in Developmental Research provides developmental researchers with the basic tools for understanding how to utilize categorical variables in their data analysis. Covering the measurement of individual differences in growth rat...

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Handbook of the Aging Brain brings together diverse scientific disciplines to cover the most recent research findings in an easy-to-read summary. Scientists and clinicians will find a wide spectrum of subjects including gerontology, neurology, psy...

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There is a growing body of scientific knowledge regarding development during the middle years which has so far been relegated to discipline-specific texts and journals (e.g., clinical psychology and endocrinology). Life in the Middle consolidates ...

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Better with Age is about how our beliefs, behaviors, and expectations influence how well we age. This book presents the paradoxes and pleasures of old age, new research and personal interviews with famous role models of successful aging, and what ...

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What are the experiences of African-American elder male caregivers? Based on research with twelve African-American caregivers born in the first half of the 20th century, this book captures the complexity and poignancy of the caregiving pilgrimage,...

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Old and High exposes and addresses the hidden epidemic of older adults experiencing psychotropic substance dependence--and their consequential mental health needs. It provides insight for clinical professionals in psychology, social work, gerontol...

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Ageing without Ageism? aims to contribute to the essential and timely discussion on age, ageism, population ageing, and public policy.

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