Social Work

The Handbook on Ageing with Disability provides a broad look at scholarship in this developing field and across different groups of people with disability in order to form a better understanding of commonalities across groups and identify unique facets of ageing within specific groups.

The goal of this book is to examine cognitive aging through the lens of a life course perspective.

Includes concise explanations of key concepts in aging and gerontology written by leading scholars in the field.

Examines three key life stages from a sociological perspective, exploring how enduring experiences, as well as transitions and events such as childcare, education, stress, marriage, career, addiction, friendship, parenthood, disease, spirituality, and retirement influence the individual's life course.

In approximately 800 signed articles by experts from a range of fields, this volume explores individual and situational factors related to human development across the lifespan.

Discusses brain functions and behavior across the lifespan, brain disease and dysfunction,optimizing brain function in health and disease, and legal and ethical issues.