Old Age in a New Age

Old Age in a New Age

Author: Beth Baker

Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press

ISBN: 0826515630

Category: Medical

Page: 236

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On investigative visits to nursing homes across the nation, the author has witnessed profound changes. Culture change leaders are tearing up everything [...]. They are creating extraordinary places where people live in dignity and greet the day with contentment, assisted by employees who feel valued and appreciated. Perhaps most surprising, these homes prove that a high quality of life does not have to cost more. [...] In this new book, the author tell the story of a better way to live in old age. Although each home is different, they share common values: respecting individual choices; empowering staff; fostering a strong community of elders, staff, family members, and volunteers; redesigning buildings from a hospital model to a home (where pets and children are part of everyday life); and honoring people when they die. [...] [Ed.].
Old Age in the New Land
Language: en
Pages: 237

Old Age in the New Land

Authors: W. Andrew Achenbaum
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1980 - Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press

Originally published in 1978. Drawing on a wide range of sources from social, intellectual, and political history, Old Age in the New Land analyzes the changing fates and fortunes of America's elderly in the course of its history. By providing a historical perspective on society's conceptions of aging—and its effects
The Genesis of the Bible
Language: en
Pages: 820

The Genesis of the Bible

Authors: Shaka Saye Bambata Dolo
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-01 - Publisher: AuthorHouse

This book is about Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and how the Arabs and Europeans took these Afrikan Religious Belief Systems from ancient Egypt, North Afrika and used them during The Trans-Sahara Afrikan Slave Trade by the Arabs in the name of Allah, and followed by The Transatlantic Afrikan Slave Trade by
Old Age In Europe
Language: en
Pages: 141

Old Age In Europe

Authors: Kathrin Komp, Marja Aartsen
Categories: Family & Relationships
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-25 - Publisher: Springer

Europe currently is the oldest continent in the world and its population is still ageing. This demographic shift affects society, economy, and welfare states. Scholars from various disciplines and the public noted this development and wonder what effects it may have, but lack adequate information. They call for explanations that
Peace (ubt Series)
Language: en
Pages: 205

Peace (ubt Series)

Authors: Walter Brueggemann
Categories: Church and the world
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Chalice Press

In this volume Walter Brueggemann explores biblical texts from the story of the exodus to Jesus' teachings about peace and the reign of God. He specifically addresses the witness of Jesus and Jesus' proclamations about God's desired future more than in his other books, clarifying a full biblical theology of
Where to Live
Language: en
Pages: 227

Where to Live

Authors: Andrew Hollis Wakefield
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-01-01 - Publisher: BRILL

This book examines the function of Paul's citations of scripture in his argument against the law in Galatians 3: 1-14. Drawing on selected insights of intertextuality while helping to clarify its assumptions and implications as a method of biblical study, Wakefield examines the "anonymous intertexts" and "ungrammaticalities" that arise from