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A Time of Change
As we navigate a period of change at the Pruett Gerontology Center, we reflect on the unique leadership of Dr. Suzie Macaluso. Her six-year tenure as the PGC director and thirteen years as a full-time faculty member in the Department of Communication and Sociology...
Boomers on the Edge by Terry Hargrave
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Copyright 2008 Where can you go when you’ve been pushed to the edge?The baby boomer generation has found itself in a perfect storm of new and difficult challenges. Aging parents need care. Adult children are moving back home. And just when boomers...
Elder Advocacy: Essential Knowledge & Skills Across Settings by Huber, Nelson, Netting, and Borders
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Copyright 2008FROM THE PGC TEAM: This book is AVAILABLE to borrow at the PGC Library. The PGC Library is in the Pruett Gerontology Center, Sherrod Building room 129. Feel free to stop by or contact us for on-campus delivery!
Catch the Age Wave: A Handbook for Effective Ministry with Senior Adults by Win and Charles Arn
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Copyright 1999 Senior adult ministry isn't what it used to be. The comfortable assumptions and recycled programs that were the basis for local church ministry are being challenged. Baby boomers are hitting middle age and retirement. And their own...
Career Paths in the Field of Aging by David A. Peterson
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Copyright 1987 Professional gerontology is a rapidly growing and constantly changing field. It focuses primarily on applying what is known about growing old in relevant and helpful ways to mitigate or prevent common problems of aging and to enhance...
this small window: true stories from well-aged people by Melody Goetz
FROM THE PUBLISHER: For over a decade, Melody Goetz has worked with people nearly twice her age in two retirement communities. Amid her work in senior management, their vivid lives and stories began to imprint themselves on her own life. She thought, "I am a writer;...
The Christian Guide to Parent Care by Riekse and Holstege
FROM THE PUBLISHER: A practical resource for helping our aging parents meet their changing needs -- physical, emotional, spiritual.FROM THE PGC TEAM: This book is AVAILABLE to borrow at the PGC Library. The PGC Library is in the Pruett Gerontology Center,...
The Aging Networks: A Guide to Programs and Services, Seventh Edition
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Copyright 2011. Revised and updated to include the most current information concerning later-life care, this seventh edition provides students and practitioners with a detailed overview of federal, state, and local programs and services for...
Aging Memory: Make Your Aging Memory Sharp as a Tack by John Leslie
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Sometimes we forget things or events, and as we age, that happening becomes a major concern. This book dispels the myth that there is an end to learning and recollection. It stresses a proven fact that acquiring knowledge and remembering it...
Share My Lonesome Valley by Doug Manning
FROM THE PUBLISHER: ALS, Alzheimer's Disease, AIDS, cancer, heart disease, Parkinson's disease. . .the list of terminal or debilitating illnesses goes on. The one thing that all of these diseases have in common is that almost every patient has a person who is acting...