04231cam a22003378i 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260100017000670200029000840200026001130400023001390410008001620420008001700500022001780820015002000840023002151000032002382450090002702500021003602600049003813000046004303360008004763370016004843380019005005000070005195040051005895050702006405202327013426500017036697760207036861953252920170628152039.0170301s2017    iau      b    001 0 eng    a  2016054718  a9781259870446 (hardback)  z9781259955556 (ebook)  aDLCbengerdacDLC  aspa  apcc00aHQ1061b.Q33 201700a305.26223  aSOC0260002bisacsh1 aQuadagno, Jill S.,eauthor.10aAging and the life course : cJill Quadagno.ban introduction to social gerontology /  aSeventh edition.  aDubuque, IA :bMcGraw-Hill Education,c2017.  axxi, 441 pages :bIllustrations ;c24 cm.  btxt  bn2rdamedia  bnc2rdacarrier  aRevised edition of the author's Aging and the life course, c2014.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.8 aPart One: DEFINING THE FIELD -- 1. The Field of Social Gerontology 2. Life Course Transitions 3. Theories of Aging 4. Demography of Aging -- Part Two: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON AGING -- 5. Old Age and the Welfare State 6. Biological Perspectives on Aging 7. Psychological Perspectives on Aging -- Part Three: SOCIAL ASPECTS OF AGING -- 8. Family Relationships and Social Support Systems 9. Living Arrangements 10. Work and Retirement -- Part Four: HEALTH ASPECTS OF LATER LIFE -- 11. Health and Health Care 12. Caring for the Frail Elderly 13. Dying, Death, and Bereavement -- Part Five: AGING AND SOCIETY -- 14. The Economics of Aging 15. Poverty and Inequality 16. The Politics of Aging.  a"Quadagno's groundbreaking text, Aging and the Life Course: An Introduction to Social Gerontology, examines the relationship between quality of life in old age and its experiential catalysts. Throughout the text an emphasis is placed on the intersectionality of race, class, gender, and culture, and how these classifications affect quality of life. Students will come away with a broad background for understanding crucial and current policy debates.  Digital Connect -- The Connect Suite effectively engages students in the course so they are better prepared for class, more active in discussion, and achieve better results. Its innovative and adaptive technology addresses a wide variety of student and instructor needs with a rich database of assignable and assessable activities, each attached to learning objectives. Connect, part of the Connect suite, is a web-based assignment and assessment platform that features a number of powerful tools that make managing assignments easier for instructors and learning and studying more engaging and efficient for students.   Connect InsightTM -- As part of the Connect Suite, InsightTM puts real-time analytics in your hands so you can take action early and keep struggling students from falling behind. Designed for your tablet or desktop computer, Insight is a series of visual displays providing at-a-glance information regarding how your section, students, and assignments are doing.  SmartBook -- As part of the Connect Suite, SmartBook is the first and only adaptive reading and learning experience that changes the way students read. It creates a personalized, interactive reading environment like no other by highlighting important concepts, while helping students identify their strengths and weaknesses. This ensures that he or she is focused on the content needed to close specific knowledge gaps, while it simultaneously promotes long term learning.  LearnSmart -- As part of the Connect Suite, LearnSmart is an adaptive learning program designed to help students learn faster, study smarter, and retain more knowledge for greater success. Millions of students have answered billions of questions in LearnSmart, making it the most widely used tool that's proven to strengthen memory recall, retain student attendance, and boost grades"--cProvided by publisher. 0aGerontology.08iOnline version:aQuadagno, Jill S., author.tAging and the life course an introduction to social gerontologybSeventh edition.dDubuque, IA : McGraw-Hill Education, 2017z9781259955556w(DLC) 2017010586