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Ageing: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) Illustrated Edition, Kindle Edition

by Nancy A. Pachana (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Ageing is an activity we are familiar with from an early age. In our younger years upcoming birthdays are anticipated with an excitement that somewhat diminishes as the years progress. As we grow older we are bombarded with advice on ways to overcome, thwart, resist, and, on the rare occasion, embrace, one's ageing. Have all human beings from the various historical epochs and cultures viewed aging with this same ambivalence?

In this Very Short Introduction Nancy A. Pachana discusses the lifelong dynamic changes in biological, psychological, and social functioning involved in ageing. Increased lifespans in the developed and the developing world have created an urgent need to find ways to enhance our functioning and well-being in the later decades of life, and this need is reflected in policies and action plans addressing our ageing populations from the World Health Organization and the United Nations.
Looking to the future, Pachana considers advancements in the provision for our ageing populations, including revolutionary models of nursing home care such as Green House nursing homes in the USA and Small Group Living homes in the Netherlands. She shows that understanding the process of ageing is not only
important for individuals, but also for societies and nations, if the full potential of those entering later life is to be realised.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
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Nancy A Pachana is a professor of Geropsychology at the University of Queensland, Australia. She is the co-founder and co-director of the UQ Ageing Mind Initiative, which promotes ageing research and translation into policy and practice at the University and beyond. She has an international reputation in the area of geriatric mental health, particularly with her research on late-life anxiety disorders, and her books include The Casebook of Clinical Geropsychology (OUP, 2010), The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Geropsychology (OUP, 2014) and Psychological Assessment and Therapy with Older Adults (OUP, 2015). She is co-developer of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory, a published short self-report inventory in wide clinical and research use globally. Nancy was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 2014. Her main research interests include anxiety in later life, nursing home interventions and driving safety and dementia.

About the Author

Nancy A Pachana is a professor of Geropsychology at the University of Queensland, Australia. She is the co-founder and co-director of the UQ Ageing Mind Initiative, which promotes ageing research and translation into policy and practice at the University and beyond. She has an international reputation in the area of geriatric mental health, particularly with her research on late-life anxiety disorders, and her books include The Casebook of Clinical Geropsychology (OUP, 2010), The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Geropsychology (OUP, 2014) and Psychological Assessment and Therapy with Older Adults (OUP, 2015). She is co-developer of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory, a published short self-report inventory in wide clinical and research use globally. Nancy was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 2014. Her main research interests include anxiety in later life, nursing home interventions and driving safety and dementia.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01LLWC6Y8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ OUP Oxford; Illustrated edition (17 November 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3208 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 152 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0198725329
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Following completion of her PhD, Nancy undertook postdoctoral training in her specialty area of geropsychology, including fellowships at the Palo Alto Veteran's Hospital and the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, before joining the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland, Australia, in 2000. She is a practicing clinical geropsychologist and neuropsychologist, has an active research program and has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and books on various topics in the field of aging. Her main research questions focus on older adults and span a range of geriatric mental health and psychosocial topics such as anxiety in later life, early assessment of dementia, driving and aging, and health and well-being in later life. Nancy co-developed the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI), a published short self-report inventory in wide clinical and research use globally, translated into two dozen+ languages, available commercially at http://www.gai.net.au/ She is co-founder and co-director of The University of Queensland Ageing Mind Initiative, providing a focal point for clinical, translational aging-related research at The University. Currently she is also Director, Healthy Ageing Initiative, in the HaBS Faculty, and Program Lead, Age Friendly University Initiatives, at UQ.

In 2010 she was awarded an Australian Davos Connection (ADC) Future Summit Leadership Award, based on her expertise and leadership in the field of geropsychology. Nancy was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 2014. In 2019, she was awarded the M. Powell Lawton Award, the American Psychological Association’s Society of Clinical Geropsychology Lifetime Achievement Award. 

She is an avid bird-watcher, lover of cats, and a keen traveler.

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Antonio Brito
5.0 out of 5 stars Informative and necessary
Reviewed in Brazil on 25 February 2023
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The author academic sometimes structure the book as a review article. However the book post several important questions about ageing, a solid bibliography. Useful for older understand himself it a necessary start point for younger and society understand and support ageing
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Bernard Lavallee
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on 20 February 2023
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This is the best book on aging that I have read, and I have read many. It will enlighten you with new facts and ideas.
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Liane MacIntosh
5.0 out of 5 stars Great price
Reviewed in Canada on 1 August 2018
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Was a great price and the text I needed for my course - delivered on time and in new condition - very small text font so find your reading glasses
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Joann Somerville
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on 17 September 2017
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Great book!!! Must read
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Loursat
4.0 out of 5 stars For those Getting Older
Reviewed in the United States on 11 September 2017
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Well, not aging, but this covers it in a succinct sort of way and I found out, I'm doing a lot of what everyone else does, which is okay.
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