Contemporary issues in gerontology :  promoting positive ageing / 
V. Minichiello and I. Coulson, editors. 
 - xvi, 320 pages :  illustrations ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Preface : the context of promoting positive ageing --  The challenges of ageism /  The role of health promotion in healthy ageing /  The experience of ageing : influences on mental health and well-being /  Sexuality, sexual intimacy and sexual health in later life /  Considerations and challenges in the prevention of dementia /  Work and retirement later in life : is retirement a relevant concept for the 21st century? /  Housing and older people : environments, professionals and positive ageing /  The challenge of caregiving /  Delivery of care for older people /  Vehicles to promote positive ageing : natural therapies, counselling, music and the creative arts /  Gerontechnology : optimising relationships between ageing people and changing technology /  Victor Minichiello, Margaret Somerville, Cathryn McConaghy, Jenny McParlane and Alan Scott --  Rafat Hussain, Rodrigo Marino and Irene Coulson --  Colette Browning, Yvonne Wells and Andrew Joyce --  Victor Minichiello, Samantha Ackling, Chris Bourne and David Plummer --  Irene Coulson, Rodrigo Marino and Vicki Strang --  Linda Rosenman --  Catherine Bridge and Hal Kendig --  Neena L. Chappell and Glenda Parmenter --  Lyndall Spencer --  Judy Harris, Terrence Hays, Jeffrey Kottler, Victor Minichiello, Ina Olohan and Peter Wright --  James L. Fozard.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11. 
<br/><br/> "Contemporary Issues in Gerontology helps students and practitioners to better understand and cater for the needs of our ageing population. It examines how services can be provided to meet the expectations and needs of a growing population of ageing citizens within a cost-effective, social justice and positive ageing framework. It identities how resources allocated to aged care can be distributed equitably to better meet the demands associated with housing, retirement, service provision and care, and how health promotion principles can contribute to a healthy older population." "This book is essential reading for students and practitioners of gerontology, medicine, nursing, allied health, health management, social work and public policy."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415364299 9780415364294 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Older people--Services for<br/>Older people--Social conditions
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.26