This 42-volume set has titles originally published between 1960 and 1995. The books examine all aspects of old people in an aging population, from health and physical activity to social care and housing. Providing health, psychological and sociological perspectives, individual titles include common themes such as: bereavement, deterioration of health (both mental and physical), social isolation, social services and care, and the impact these have on elderly people and the people around them, both family and society as a whole.