Product Description
Presenting current research in an innovative format, Aging: Concepts and Controversies encourages students to become involved and take an informed stand on the major aging issues that we face as a society. Leading author and active expert in gerontology Rick Moody provides thorough explanation of the issues in the Concepts sections and current research in the Controversy sections, demonstrating the close link between concepts and controversies in the broad areas of aging: health care, socioeconomic trends, and the life course. Thoroughly revised throughout, this Sixth Edition updates developments in each sub-specialty including nine new readings, new international highlight boxes, and offers a more visually accessible two-color format.New to This EditionFocuses on a new controversy, "Aging Boomers: Boom or Bust?" that presents arguments on both the “boom” and the “bust” sides of the issue along with four new carefully selected readingsOffers a more logical flow through revised and reorganized "Concepts" and "Controversies" sections Offers nine new readings, as well as updated Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate that follow the readings in each controversy section.Features new photos, as well as updated charts and graphs that contain the most recent U.S. census data.Offers new international highlight boxes that provide comparative information on aging in other countriesIncludes updated Focus on Practice and Focus on the Future sections that engage student interest and help them apply concepts to real world issues.Accompanied by High-Quality Ancillaries!Current Issues of "Teaching Gerontology" newsletter, sponsored by the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education: Issues of this newsletter, published monthly during the academic year, are provided free of charge to all adopters.Password-protected instructor resources at www.pineforge.com/moody6study: Contains test questions, back issues of Teaching Gerontology, and PowerPoint slides for each Basic Concepts and Controversies unit in the text. Open-access student study site at www.pineforge.com/moody6study: Contains flashcards and self-quizzes to help students check their understanding of key concepts, as well as video and audio clips, web resources, and journal articles.Aging: Concepts and Controversies, Sixth Edition, is intended for Introduction to Aging and Introduction to Social Gerontology courses, as well as for courses in aging policies.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 4 reviews)

Aging by Pamela Lombardo

1 Stars
January 08, 2009
Very disappointed. I received the 4th edition. I asked for the 5th edition. I will only buy older books from now on from you.

exactly what they said it would be by S. Orr

5 Stars
January 18, 2007
This book looks brand new, got here quick. Thanks!

Rampant Elder Abuse and Fraud Colored By Law: Guardianship! by Christina Florida (Florida)

5 Stars
September 05, 2004
Reports of guardians stealing from their wards' bank accounts and other wise abusing guardianship powers are surfacing with disturbing regularity. 'This problem is going to get bigger and bigger,' says E. Bentley Lipscomb, AARP's Florida state director and a former state secretary of elder affairs. - GUARDIANS DRAWING INCREASED SCRUTINY, AARP Bulletin. Read also "The Retirement Nightmare" by Diane Armstrong. Get the real truth about the fraud and abuse of the elderly and not so elderly by corrupt probate system and guardians. To avoid a guardianship in the State of Florida, and other states, should be of paramount importance. Find out how to protect yourself and your loved ones with alternatives: health care surrogate, durable power of attorney, mediation and more. Consider that if you leave your parents to fend for themselves, and ignore the deterioration associated with aging, a guardian can gain a guardianship over them and their assets, without informing you. That guardianship will nullify the most meticulous of plans.

Comprehensive and Articulate

5 Stars
June 21, 2000
It is a great resource for anyone studying the aging process or is in the business of caring for the elderly. It confronts major issues that we are dealing with, and attempts to answer tough questions from both a personal, academic, professional and policy perspective.

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