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Why language ability remains resilient and how it shapes our lives. We acquire our native language, seemingly without effort, in infancy and early childhood. Language is our constant companion throughout our lifetime, even as we age. Indeed, compared with other aspects of cognition, language seems to be fairly resilient through the process of aging. In Changing Minds, Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts examine how aging affects languageāand how language affects aging. Kreuz and Roberts report that what appear to be changes in an older person's language ability are actually produced by declines in such other cognitive processes as memory and perception. Some language abilities, including vocab...
This study analyses issues such as money, health, place, quality of life, opportunity and identity, and demonstrates the gaps of treatment and outcomes between older and younger people.
After the tragic passing of Rakesh and Radhika Goel, a highly esteemed and well-respected doctor couple, seventeen-year-old Karan Goel found himself as the sole inheritor of their vast empire, Goel Industries. Despite being deeply shaken by the unexpected loss, Karan took on the arduous task of shouldering the responsibilities that came with his newfound status. Along with overseeing the operations of Goel Industries, he also ensured his younger sister's well-being and education, as she was the only other living family member. It was a daunting and weighty responsibility, but Karan was determined to honour his parents' legacy and continue the success of their business ventures. Despite facin...
In this book the author examines the stubborn philosophical belief in moral responsibility, surveying the philosophical arguments for it, but focusing on the system that supports these arguments: powerful social and psychological factors that hold the belief in moral responsibility firmly in place.--Publisher's description.
"Compassionate, groundbreaking, and urgently needed, Stand By Me provides caregivers with new ways to juggle the responsibilities and emotional ups and downs of caregiving. As the founder of the only devoted Caregivers Clinic in the country, clinical psychologist Dr. Allison Applebaum is no stranger to the intensity of being an unpaid, untrained family caregiver. She also understands that it is often the strength and well-being of these very caregivers-the parents, children, partners, siblings, and friends of patients-that are the true linchpin determining each patient's illness experience. This book puts the practical tools and transformative support of the Caregivers Clinic in your hands, ...
Nathaniel Heaton (ca.1596-1643/1650) married Elizabeth Wighte in 1630 and emigrated from England to Boston, Massachusetts in 1634. Descendants lived in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and elsewhere.
Get a complete look into modern traffic engineering solutions Traffic Engineering Handbook, Seventh Edition is a newly revised text that builds upon the reputation as the go-to source of essential traffic engineering solutions that this book has maintained for the past 70 years. The updated content reflects changes in key industry standards, and shines a spotlight on the needs of all users, the design of context-sensitive roadways, and the development of more sustainable transportation solutions. Additionally, this resource features a new organizational structure that promotes a more functionally-driven, multimodal approach to planning, designing, and implementing transportation solutions. A...
The book examines key topics such as interpersonal and family relationships in old age, media portrayals of aging, cultural variations in intergenerational communication, and health communication in old age.
This guidebook is for transportation agency managers, engineers, and planners who want their agencies to use the planning process to implement a systematic and consistent approach to access management. For employees who are dealing with the consequences of poor access management at the project and operational levels, the guidance provides a resource that outlines the specific steps their agencies can take to establish a policy and planning basis for implementing access management best practices. This guidance focuses on how to use the planning process to establish the implementing mechanisms that will result in the application of access management principles.