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The Gerontologist 45:563-564 (2005)
© 2005 The Gerontological Society of America


BOOK REVIEW

BOOKS RECEIVED

Aging, General

Aging: Lifestyles, Work, and Money, by Elizabeth Vierck and Kris Hodges. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 2005, 295 pp., $65.00 (cloth).

Biology

The Great Brain Debate: Nature or Nuture?, by John E. Dowling. Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2004, 189 pp., $24.95 (cloth).

Cross Cultural Studies

Aging without Children: European and Asian Perspectives, edited by Philip Kreager and Elizabeth Schröder-Butterfill. Berghahn Books, New York, 2004, 276 pp., $60.00 (cloth).

Intergenerational Relationships: Conversations on Practice and Research Across Cultures, edited by Elizabeth Larkin, Dov Friedlander, Sally Newman, and Richard Goff. The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, NY, 2005, 229 pp., $59.95 (cloth), $34.95 (paper).

Diversity

Diversity and Aging in the Social Environment, edited by Sherry M. Cummings and Colleen Galambos. The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, NY, 2005, 227 pp., $29.95 (cloth), $17.95 (paper).

Elder Abuse

Elder Abuse: Selected Papers from the Prague World Congress on Family Violence, edited by Elizabeth Podnieks, Jordan I. Kosberg, and Ariela Lowenstein. The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, NY, 2003, 214 pp., $49.95 (cloth), $29.95 (paper).

Geriatric/Clinical Gerontology

Geropsychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, edited by Karen Devereaux Melillo and Susan Crocker Houde. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, 2005, 416 pp., $64.95 (paper).

Working with Older Adults: Group Process and Technique (4th edition), by Barbara Haight and Faith Gibson. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, 2005, 497 pp., $65.95 (paper).

Long-Term Care

Caring for People with Challenging Behaviors: Essential Skills and Successful Strategies in Long-Term Care, by Stephen Weber Long. Health Professions Press, Baltimore, MD, 2005, 164 pp., $32.95 (paper).

Managing Long-Term Care, by Connie Evashwick and James Riedel. Health Administration Press, Chicago, IL, 2004, 228 pp., $68.00 (cloth).

Teaching Dementia Care: Skill and Understanding, by Nancy L. Mace. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2005, 328 pp., $65.00 (cloth), $29.95 (paper).

The Continuum of Long Term Care (3rd Edition), by Connie J. Evashwick. Thomson Delmar Learning, Clifton Park, NY, 2005, 459 pp., $78.95 (cloth).

Where the Trail Grows Faint: A Year in the Life of a Therapy Dog Team, by Lynne Hugo. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2005, 143 pp., $22.00 (cloth).

Your Name is Hughes Hannibal Shanks: A Caregiver's Guide to Alzheimer's, by Lela Knox Shanks. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2005, 191 pp., $13.95 (paper).

Politics and Policy

Aging, Health, and Public Policy: Demographic and Economic Perspectives, edited by Linda J. Waite. The Population Council, New York, 2005, 280 pp., $21.00 (paper).

Grey Power? Volume 2: Economic and Social Influences, edited by Jean-Phillipe Viriot-Durandel. Fédération Internationale des Associations des personnes Âgées, Paris, 2004, 186 pp., 20{euro} (paper).

One Nation, Uninsured: Why the U.S. Has No National Health Insurance, by Jill Quadagno. Oxford University Press, New York, 2005, 274 pp., $28.00 (cloth).

The New Politics of Old Age Policy, edited by Robert B. Hudson. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2005, 309 pp., $58.00 (cloth), $22.95 (paper).

Self Help

Solving the Retirement Puzzle: How to Get the Most Out of the Rest of Your Life, by J. Peter Lindquist. Moonlight Publishing, Lafayette, CO, 2005, 222 pp., $18.00 (paper).

Social Work

Social Work Practice with Children and Families: A Family Health Approach, edited by Francis K.O. Yuen. The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, NY, 2005, 274 pp., $39.95 (cloth), $24.95 (paper).

Successful Aging

The Art of Living Long, edited by Louis Cornaro (1903 English translation by William F. Butler). Springer Publishing Company, New York, 2005, 136 pp., $45.95 (paper).





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