Psychobiology of Ageing and Education of Elderly People

Psychobiology of Ageing and Education of Elderly People

Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Anna Siri, Diana Spulber

  • Edizione:   Gennaio 2019
  • Collana:   Biblioteca di testi e studi
  • ISBN:   9788843090433
  • Pagine:   136
  • Prezzo:   16,00  15,20 
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The theme of growing older is an increasingly important topic in research, theory improvement, policy development, and clinical practice. Professionals, caregivers, and families alike are concerned with ageing successfully. The book comprehensively reviews the major theoretical frameworks, with a focus on the psychosociological theories, emphasizing the need of an integrated, holistic conceptual framework. An updated state-of-the-art of programs and initiatives is offered, underlining the most promising lines of research as well as the questions still open and challenging, and the gaps in research.

The theme of growing older is an increasingly important topic in research, theory improvement, policy development, and clinical practice. Professionals, caregivers, and families alike are concerned with ageing successfully. The book comprehensively reviews the major theoretical frameworks, with a focus on the psychosociological theories, emphasizing the need of an integrated, holistic conceptual framework. An updated state-of-the-art of programs and initiatives is offered, underlining the most promising lines of research as well as the questions still open and challenging, and the gaps in research.

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Nicola Luigi Bragazzi

Medical Doctor at unige, is PhD in Biophysics from Marburg University, Germany. He is currently specializing in Public Health, Hygiene and Preventive Medicine at unige. He has authored and co-authored more than 120 national and international papers.

Anna Siri

Economist and PhD in Evaluation of Educational processes and systems, is a researcher of the unesco Chair on “Anthropology of Health – Biosphere and Healing Systems”, University of Genoa (UNIGE). She is an expert in the area of applied social research methodology, with an emphasis on program planning and evaluation methods. Her main fields of work are international comparative studies in education and lifelong learning. She has published articles and reports related to education for the elderly.

Diana Spulber

Is full professor at RUDN (RF). She is a member of the UNESCO Chair on “Anthropology of Health – Biosphere and Healing Systems” UNIGE (IT) and co-coordinator and Project Manager of numerous international projects. She is co-founder of several centres of Third Age Education.

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