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BOOKS RECEIVED

A Personal Guide to Living with Progressive Memory Loss, by Sandy Burgener and Prudence Twigg. Jessica Kingsley, Publishers, Philadephia, 2007, 158 pp., $21.95 (paper).

Prime: Adventures and Advice on Sex, Love, and the Sensual Years, by Pepper Schwartz. Collins, New York, 2007, 264 pp., $24.95 (cloth).

Caregiving

You and Your Aging Parents: A Family Guide to Emotional, Social, Health, and Financial Problems, 4^th edition, by Barbara Silverstone and Helen Kandel Hyman. Oxford University Press, New York, 2008, 412 pp., $16.95 (paper).

Caregiving Contexts: Cultural, Familial, and Societal Implications, edited by Maximiliane E. Szinovacz and Adam Davey. Springer Publishing Co., New York, 2008, 312 pp., $60.00 (cloth).

Dementia

Tom Kitwood on Dementia: A Reader and Critical Commentary, edited by Clive Baldwin and Andrea Capstick. Open University Press, United Kingdom, 2007, 384 pp., $55.95 (paper), $164.95 (cloth).

The Enduring Self in People with Alzheimer's: Getting to the Heart of Individualized Care, by Sam Fazio. Health Professions Press, Baltimore, 2008, 175 pp., $26.95 (paper).

Developmental Aging

A Journey Called Aging: Challenges and Opportunities in Older Adulthood, by James C. Fisher and Henry C. Simmons. Haworth Press, New York, 234 pp., no price listed (paper).

Economics of Aging

Employee Pensions: Policies, Problems, & Possibilities, edited by Teresa Ghilarcucci and Christian E. Weller. Labor and Employment Relations Association, Champaign, IL, 2007, 236 pp., $29.95 (cloth).

Pension Puzzles: Social Security and the Great Debate, by Melissa Hardy and Lawrence Hazelrigg. Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 2007, 284 pp., $37.50 (cloth).

Elder Abuse

Abuse of Older Men, edited by Jordan I. Kosberg. The Haworth Maltreatment and Trauma Press, Binghamton, NY, 2007, 202 pp., no price listed (paper).

Family Abuse and Violence: A Social Problems Perspective, by JoAnne Miller and Dean D. Knudsen. AltaMira Press, Lanham, MD, 2007, 436 pp., $39.95 (paper).

Elder Abuse Prevention: Emerging Trends and Promising Strategies, by Lisa Nerenberg. Springer Publishing Company, New York, 2008, 320 pp., $45.00 (cloth).

End of Life

Artificial Nutrition and Hydration and the Permanently Unconscious Patient: The Catholic Debate, edited by Ronald P. Hamel and James J. Walter. Georgetown University Press, Washington, DC, 2007, 294 pp., $29.95 (paper).

The End-of-Life Namaste Care Program for People with Dementia, by Joyce Simard. Health Professions Press, Baltimore, 2007, 197 pp., $28.95 (paper).

Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death, by Irvin D. Yalom. Wiley, San Francisco, 2008, 306 pp., $24.95 (cloth).

Family and Aging

Inheritance in Contemporary America: The Social Dimensions of Giving across Generations, by Jacqueline L. Angel. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2008, 177 pp., $45.00 (cloth).

Handbook of Families & Poverty, edited by D. Russell Crane and Tim B. Heaton. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2008, 495 pp., $125.00 (cloth).

Tradition and Policy Perspectives in Kinship Care, edited by Rowena Grice Wilson and Sandra Edmonds Crewe. Haworth Press, Binghampton, NY, 2007, 250 pp., $32.00 (paper).

Gender Issues

Medical Problems in Women Over 70: When Normative Treatment Plans do not Apply, edited by Margaret Rees and Louis G. Keith. Informa Healthcare, London, UK, 2007, 247 pp., $65.00 (cloth).

Geriatrics

The Encyclopedia of Elder Care: The Comprehensive Resource on Geriatric and Social Care, 2^nd edition, edited by Elizabeth Capezuti, Eugenia L. Siegler, and Mathy D. Mezey. Springer Publishing Co., New York, 2008, 860 pp., $155.00 (cloth).

Charting a Course for High Quality Care Transitions, edited by Eric A. Coleman. Haworth Press, New York, 2007, 138 pp., $28.00 (paper).

Geriatric Bioscience: The Link Between Aging and Disease, by David Hamerman. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2007, 287 pp., $45.00 (cloth).

Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Ethics, the Patient, and the Physician, edited by Lois Snyder. Humana Press, Totawa, NJ, 2007, 241 pp., $69.50 (cloth).

Global Aging

Respect and Care for the Elderly: The East Asian Way, by Kyu-taik Sung. University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 2007, 329 pp., $44.00 (paper).

Housing

Senior Living Communities, 2^nd edition, by Benjamin W. Pearce. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2007, 343 pp., $75.00 (paper).

Humanities/Literature and Aging

Reading Our Lives: The Poetics of Growing Old, by William L. Randall and A. Elizabeth McKim. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2008, 327 pp., $39.95 (cloth).

Long-Term Care

Nursing Home Administration, 5^th edition, by James E. Allen. Springer Publishing Co., New York, 2008, 658 pp., $85.00 (cloth).

Mental Health

The Handbook of Structured Life Review, by Barbara K. Haight and Barrett S. Haight. Health Professions Press, Baltimore, 2007, 231 pp., $32.95 (paper).

Nursing

Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice, 3^rd edition, edited by Elizabeth Capezuti, DeAnne Zwicker, Mathy Mezey, and Terry Fulmer; Associate Editor, Deanna Gray-Micelli; Managing Editor, Malvina Kluger. Springer Publishing Co., New York, 2008, 736 pp., $75.00 (cloth).

Adult Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review: Fast Facts and Practice Questions, by Maria T. Codina Leik. Springer Publishing Co., New York, 2008, 416 pp., $39.95 (paper).

Essentials of Gerontological Nursing, by Meredith Wallace. Springer Publishing Co., New York, 2008, 352 pp., $45.00 (cloth).

Policy

Policy and Program Planning for Older Adults: Realities and Vision, by Elaine Theresa Jurkowski. Springer Publishing Co., New York, 2008, 404 pp., $60.00 (cloth).

Market Friendly or Family Friendly? The State and Gender Inequality in Old Age, by Madonna Harrington Meyer and Pamela Herd. Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 2007, 227 pp., $35.00 (cloth).

Religion

Biblical Perspectives on Aging: God and the Elderly 2^nd edition, by J. Gordon Harris. The Haworth Press, New York, 2008, 199 pp., no price listed (paper).

Research Methods

Handbook of Emergent Methods, edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy. The Guilford Press, New York, 2008, 740 pp., $110.00 (cloth).

Handbook of Constructionist Research, edited by James A. Holstein and Jaber F. Gubrium. The Guilford Press, New York, 2008, 822 pp., $125.00 (cloth).

Evaluation Ethics for Best Practice: Cases and Commentaries, edited by Michael Morris. The Guilford Press, New York, 2008, 230 pp., $34.00 (paper), $54.00 (cloth).

Fundamental Issues in Evaluation, edited by Nick L. Smith and Paul R. Brandon. The Guilford Press, New York, 2008, 249 pp., $35.00 (paper) $55.00 (cloth).

Social Work

Gerontological Supervision: A Social Work Perspective in Case Management and Direct Care, 2^nd edition, by Ann Burack-Weiss and Frances Coyle Brennan. Haworth Press, New York, 2008, 166 pp., no price listed (paper).

Days in the Lives of Gerontological Social Workers, edited by Linda May Grobman and Dara Bergel Bourassa. White Hat Communications, Harrisburg, PA, 2007, 313 pp., $19.95 (paper).

Social Work Practice with Ethnically and Racially Diverse Nursing Home Residents and Their Families, edited by Patricia J. Kolb. Columbia University Press, New York, 2007, 259 pp., $24.50 (paper) $69.50 (cloth).

Vision

Living with Low Vision and Blindness: Guidelines that Help Professionals and Individuals Understand Vision Impairments, by John M. Crandell, Jr., and Lee W. Robinson. Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, IL, 2007, 220 pp., $49.95 (cloth).!

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