by Chandra McFarlen | Sep 18, 2024 | Book Recommendations, PGC Library
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Copyright 2002 OUR YOUNGEST LEADERS matured in the glow of computer screens; our oldest in the shadow of the Depression and World War II. In a groundbreaking study of these two disparate groups affectionately labeled “geeks” and...
by Chandra McFarlen | Aug 1, 2024 | Book Recommendations, PGC Library
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...
by Chandra McFarlen | Jul 23, 2024 | Book Recommendations, PGC Library
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Copyright 2008 FROM 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...
by Chandra McFarlen | Jul 23, 2024 | Book Recommendations, PGC Library
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...
by Chandra McFarlen | Jul 22, 2024 | Book Recommendations, PGC Library
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...
by Chandra McFarlen | Jul 19, 2024 | Book Recommendations, PGC Library
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...
