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Chapter 1: Gerontology Today
Chapter 2: Theories and Methods
Chapter 3: Aging Then and Now
Chapter 4: Aging in Canada
Chapter 5: Personal Health and Illness
Chapter 6: The Psychology of Aging
Chapter 7: The Social Psychology of Aging
Chapter 8: Health Care
Chapter 9: Finances and Economics
Chapter 10: Retirement and Work
Chapter 11: Housing and Transportation
Chapter 12: Leisure, Recreation, and Service
Chapter 13: Family Life and Social Relations
Chapter 14: Death and Dying
Chapter 15: Policies and Policy
Chapter 16: The Future of Aging in Canada
Chapter 1: Gerontology Today
Research into aging. Links to related topics.
Canadian Association on Gerontology
Population Studies Centre University of Western Ontario
Social Gerontology and the Aging Revolution
Chapter 2: Theories and Methods
Home of Statistics Canada Research
Methods and Statistics
Doing Research Online: From Beginners to Advanced
A template of the standard research paper
Chapter 3: Aging Then and Now
Responses to War: An Intellectual and Cultural History
Sociology Timeline: 1600 to present
Chapter 4: Aging in Canada
Links to Aboriginal Sites on the Net (Canadian)
Centre for the Study of Aging and Human Development
Alzheimer Society Canada
Canadian Journal of Sociology
Senior Scan: Canadian
Age Concern: Organization Dedicated to Issues of Aging (England)
Chapter 5: Personal Health and Illness
Centre for the Study of Aging and Human Development
Site addresses the existence of social stigma among AIDS patients.
Aging Research Centre
Why Do We Age?
Chapter 6: The Psychology of Aging
Canadian Psychology Association
ElderCare: An organization that assists people caring for older persons
Dignity Foundation: Senior Citizens Life Enrichment Services.
Images of Old Age in Television. A brief article and links
Chapter 7: The Social Psychology of Aging
Social Psychology as Social Construction (article online) socialization
Social Psychology Archives
An article describing why social psychology is important
An excellent review of Erving Goffman's landmark book, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life.
An excerpt from Erving Goffman's The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life.
A PowerPoint presentation describing the basics of Symbolic Interactionism.
Chapter 8: Health Care
Why Do We Age?
World Health Report 2000
Senior Scan: Canadian
InfoAging. Provides information on research on healthy aging.
Aging and Death in Folklore: Online Article
Chapter 9: Finances and Economics
Social Class and Stratification.
The Social Class Home Page
The Comparative Research Programme on Poverty
The World Turns Grey: How Global Aging Will Challenge The World's Economic Well Being
MediaAgeNet.
PsychoGeriatrics: Mental Health and Aging
Chapter 10: Retirement and Work
Social Gerontology and the Aging Revolution
MediaAgeNet.
PsychoGeriatrics: Mental Health and Aging
Magazine article discusses the shift in Canada from a manufacturing to service economy.
Chapter 11: Housing and Transportation
Alzheimer Society Canada
ElderCare: An organization that assists people caring for older persons
A web site dedicated to the promotion of car-free cities.
Age Concern: Organization Dedicated to Issues of Aging (England)
United Nations Center for Human Settlements (HABITAT)
Chapter 12: Leisure, Recreation, and Service
Aging Research Centre
Why Do We Age?
Dignity Foundation: Senior Citizens Life Enrichment Services.
Images of Old Age in Television. A brief article and links
Population Projections (U.S.)
Chapter 13: Family Life and Social Relations
The World Turns Grey: How Global Aging Will Challenge The World's Economic Well Being
An article on social identity
Time magazine article on the role of grandparents
InfoAging. Provides information on research on healthy aging.
Old Age Across Cultures and Time. A brief article and links
Chapter 14: Death and Dying
Sociology of Death and Dying
Dying With Dignity (Canadian)
Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet from the U.S. Centre for Disease Control
The Facts of Death by Paul Edmondson (full text article) 1997
Chapter 15: Policies and Policy
Canadian Journal of Sociology
A list of social movements
Access to Justice Network (Canadian)
Geroweb, A service of the Institute on Gerontology
Cancer: ElderWeb
Active Aging: A Shift in the Paradigm
Chapter 16: The Future of Aging in Canada
PsychoGeriatrics: Mental Health and Aging
Old Age Across Cultures and Time. A brief article and links
Geroweb, A service of the Institute on Gerontology
Active Aging: A Shift in the Paradigm
Aging and Death in Folklore: Online Article
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