Hillier: Aging, the Individual & Society 9th Edition

This accessible text brings a social problems approach to the interdisciplinary study of gerontology. Academic research is combined with an empathetic view of the lives of older people to involve students emotionally and intellectually.

Contents 

• Preface.
• 1. Aging in America.
• 2. Stereotypes and Images.
• 3. Social and Psychological Theories in Later Life Development.
• 4. Physical Health and Well Being.
• 5. Mental Health.
• 6. Friends, Family, and Community.
• 7. Intimacy and Sexuality.
• 8. Work and Leisure.
• 9. Finances and Lifestyles.
• 10. Living Environments.
• 11. The Oldest-Old and Caregiving.
• 12. Special Problems.
• 13. Women and Ethnic Groups.
• 14. Death and Dying.
• 15. Politics, Policies, and Programs.
• Internet Information Resources.
• References.
• Photo Credits.
• Name Index.
• Subject Index.

Key Features

• Expanded focus on current research with a greater emphasis on research methodology.
• Multidisciplinary approach to the field of gerontology.
• Each chapter begins with an "Old is News" article that draws attention to an older person in the news which underscores the human drama of aging and the unique aspect of aging on an individual basis.
• "Thinking About Aging" features appear in most chapters and focus on important current issues.
• "Fieldwork Suggestions" (at the end of each chapter) are designed to increase student interaction with senior citizens and to help the student apply the chapter material.

New to this edition

• Throughout the text this edition has enhanced the global perspective.
• All the "Old is News" boxes have been updated. These boxes are designed to jump-start student interest in each chapter with a news story to help students understand the practical reality of the chapter's concepts.
• All the "Old is News" boxes have been updated. These boxes are designed to jump-start student interest in each chapter with a news story to help students understand the practical reality of the chapter's concepts.

About the Author

• Susan Hillier is a former Coordinator of the Gerontology program at Sonoma State University. She holds a Ph.D in human development from the University of California, Davis.

Book Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 9 edition (March 11, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0495811661
• ISBN-13: 978-0495811664
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches

List Price: $168.95 

 

Schmaling: Milady's Aesthetician Series: Aging Skin

Aging Skin, part of Milady's Aesthetician Series, delves into one of the most popular areas of client concern today. This practical guide offers advice on a range of topics including the science and treatment of aging skin as well as how to address the lifestyle factors which affect it. The text includes case studies which will lead the learner through real-life situations and provide clear and simple guidelines for creating an effective treatment plan for clients that aims at both reducing the effects of aging through aesthetic treatments as well as through appropriate home care. The reader will know how to create a healthy aging plan as well as understand the basics of cosmetic chemistry and organic skin care applied to aging skin, leading to a higher level of service for future clients.

Contents

SECTION I: BASICS OF AGING.

• 1. Estheticians and the Holistic Approach to Aging.
• 2. Working with a Healthy Aging Client.
• 3. Creating a Healthy Aging Plan.

SECTION II: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE AGE?

• 4. Basics of Aging.
• 5. The Healthy Skin Treatment Program.

SECTION III: ESTHETICS TREATMENT OPTIONS.

• 6. Esthetic Treatments.
• 7. Professional Products.

SECTION IV: NUTRITION, SUPPLEMENTS & FITNESS.

• 8. Esthetic Medical Treatment Options.
• 9. Lifestyle Choices.
• 10. Nutrition for the Skin.
• 11. Fitness – The True Healthy Aging Cure.

SECTION V: THE GREEN APPROACH TO HEALTHY AGING.

• 12. Organic Skin Care.

Key Features

• Provides detailed treatment plan options for aging skin to increase the likelihood of positive outcomes.
• An easy to understand scientific approach provides in-depth information without complicating the subject.
• Takes a holistic approach to healthy aging by looking at how lifestyle affects aging skin.
• A color insert includes a fold-out diagram of the skin layers and the function of the complex parts of the skin.
• Contains non-biased scientific information which applies to both aesthetics and medical aesthetics areas.
• Includes instruction on the equipment used in aging skin treatments.

About the Author

• Susanne Schmaling is the Founder and Director of the Pacific Institute of Esthetics located in Northwest Oregon. The Institute offers advanced skin care training for estheticians, teachers, cosmetologists, massage therapists, medical personnel, and business owners. Susanne also maintains a private practice and is part of the education team for Bioelements professional skin care. She is also the author of the critically-acclaimed Milady's Aesthetician Series: The Comprehensive Guide to Esthetic Equipment, copyright 2009, published by Milady, a part of Cengage Learning. With a focus on skin science, dynamic measurable anti-aging skin therapies and holistic skin care techniques, Susanne's expertise and extensive experience make her a popular presenter at conferences and seminars throughout the world. The former creator and owner of an award-winning day spa, her career includes extensive experience in all aspects of esthetics, spa body therapies, makeup, and nail technology, as well as spa consulting and spa design.

Book Details

• Paperback: 286 pages
• Publisher: Milady; 1 edition (April 27, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1435496140
• ISBN-13: 978-1435496149
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inches

List Price: $56.95 

 

Cavanaugh: Adult Development & Aging 6th Edition

Written within a biopsychosocial framework, Cavanaugh and Blanchard-Fields' best-selling text covers the specific ages-stages of adult development and aging. In its unparalleled coverage of current research and theory, the authors draw clear connections between research and application. The book's focus on "positive aging" and the gains and losses people experience across adulthood distinguish it from its competitors.

Contents 

• 1. Studying Adult Development and Aging
• 2. Neuroscience as a Basis for Adult Development and Aging
• 3. Physical Changes
• 4. Longevity, Health, and Functioning
• 5. Where People Live: Person-Environment Interactions
• 6. Attention and Memory
• 7. Intelligence
• 8. Social Cognition
• 9. Personality
• 10. Clinical Assessment, Mental Health, and Mental Disorders
• 11. Relationships
• 12. Work, Leisure, and Retirement
• 13. Dying and Bereavement
• 14. Successful Aging

Key Features

• The book's scholarship is unparalleled. The authors are both well-known researchers and eminent academics who successfully integrate cutting-edge research in the text.
• Reviewers and current users highly praise two distinctive chapters: Chapter 5, Where People Live: Person-Environment Interactions and Optimal Aging," and Chapter 8, "Social Cognition." (The chapter number and chapter title have been updated for the 6/e)--TT
• The authors provide students with useful pedagogical tools for major sections within each chapter. Each section opens with Learning Objectives and ends with a Concept Check to help students determine the most important information from that section.
• End-of-chapter pedagogy includes Review Questions organized by topic heading for quick review, Integrating Concepts in Development questions relating to other chapters, Key Terms (with definitions), and a comprehensive Resource list of annotated readings.
• "How Do We Know?" boxes draw students' attention to specific research studies that are discussed briefly in the main body of the text. Details about the study's design, participants, and outcomes enable students to connect the information about these issues as presented in Chapter 1 ("Studying Adult Development and Aging") with the specific research that appears throughout the text.
• "Current Controversies" boxes raise provocative issues about topics discussed in the chapter, helping students to think about the implications of research or policy issues.
• "Discovering Development" boxes provide a starting point for applied projects by giving students a way to see developmental principles and concepts in the real world.

New to this edition

• New discussions of global aging and the economics of aging.
• New discussions of microgenetic research and the meta-analytic technique.
• Revised discussions of osteoporosis, arthritis, theories of aging, and new information about dietary sodium and treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• New How Do We Know? features in Chapters 3, 4, 10, 11, and 13.
• New or revised Current Controversies features in Chapters 3, 5, 10, 11, 13, and 14.
• New discussion of aging in place, home modification, congregate housing, assisted living, special care units, and the Green House concept of small home nursing homes.
• New discussion on ecology of aging and community-based living options, including discussions of assisted living.
• New discussion of gender differences in depression and mortality, and inclusion of a life-span view of alcohol abuse.
• New Discovering Development features on caring for aging parents and on successful aging.
• New subsection on making end-of-life intentions known.
• New discussion of the four-component model of grief, and the dual process model of coping with grief.
• New section on Social Security and Medicare.
• New discussions on nutrition and exercise.

About the Author

• John C. Cavanaugh, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, is President of University of West Florida. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, The American Psychological Society and the Gerontological Society of America. He has been an American Council of Education Fellow and elected President of the Adult Development and Aging Division of the APA (Division 20). In addition, Dr. Cavanaugh was a Congressionally selected delegate to the 2005 White House Conference on Aging. His research interests in gerontology concern family care-giving as well as the role of beliefs in older adult's cognitive performance. He is also the co-author of ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING, 5th Edition (Thomson Wadsworth, 2006) with Fredda Blanchard-Fields.
• A new co-author, Fredda Blanchard-Fields, Professor of Psychology at Georgia Institute of Technology, joined John Cavanaugh in the 4th edition. Her research interests include social cognition in adulthood and aging, adaptive coping and everyday problem solving, and gender role development across the life span. She is responsible for the new separate chapter on Social Cognition, Chapter 9.

Book Details

• Hardcover: 640 pages
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 6 edition (January 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0495601748
• ISBN-13: 978-0495601746
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches

List Price: $196.95 

 

Dayan: Skin Aging Handbook: An Integrated Approach to Biochemistry and Product Development

Skin Aging Handbook: An Integrated Approach to Biochemistry and Product Development is uniquely designed to expand beyond the core scientific aspects of skin aging. It starts with an introduction chapter on skin aging social aspects and implications, followed by market trends that led to the creation of an entire growing industry around it. A special chapter describes the prediction of physical appearance utilizing computer science. 

The center of the book delves into recent scientific findings in skin aging and is followed by chapters on product development written by authors from leading cosmetic and personal care firms. Impressive newly designed technologies have been developed in recent years to measure and assess skin aging. These are described in two chapters on testing methodologies for further evaluation and claim substantiation. The book is concluded with the global regulatory aspects of anti-aging product development.

Contents 

Part 1 Sociological Implications, Market View and IT Frontiers 

• 1 Aging Skin in Sociocultural Perspective
• 2 Market Evolution of Topical Anti-aging Treatments
• 3 Computer-Based Age Progression Methodologies

Part 2 Biochemical, Pharmacological, and Ethnicity Aspects

• 4 Structural and Biochemical Changes in Aging Skin and Their Impact on Skin Permeability Barrier
• 5 Changes in Epidermal Lipids and Sebum Secretion with Aging
• 6 Skin Disorders of Inflammation and Immune Suppression in Young and Elder: A Special Role for Mast Cells
• 7 Cellular Senescence and Skin Aging
• 8 Prevention and Treatment of Aging Skin with Topical Antioxidants
• 9 Skin Aging in the Asian Population

Part 3 Product Development

• 10 The Use of Natural Compounds and Botanicals in the Development of Anti-Aging Skin Care Products
• 11 Approaches to the Development of Cosmetic Products to Counter the Effects of Skin Aging
• 12 The Design and Development of Anti-Aging Formulations

Part 4 Testing Methodologies

• 13 In Vitro Methods to Screen Materials for Anti-aging Effects
• 14 Clinical Testing to Uphold an Anti-aging Claim

Part 5 Regulatory Aspects

• 15 Cosmetic Anti-aging Formulations—International Regulatory Aspects
• 16 Strategic Regulatory Planning—Key to Success in Anti-aging Cosmetic Product Development

Glossary

Index

Book Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Elsevier; 1st Edition (2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815515847
• ISBN-13: 978-0815515845 

 

List Price: $242.55