Ageing and Later Life
SAGE Publications Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-8039-8966-5 (ISBN)
Ageing and Later Life reflects the diverse nature of the subject by taking a multidisciplinary approach including literary, historical, sociological, policy, psychological, philosophical and clinical perspectives. This lively and informative book features essays by major authors in the field and includes discussions of: cultural aspects of self-image and identity; current concerns relating to health and well-being; the reality of power and control in the care of older people; concepts and values which shape our understanding of ageing; issues of policy and politics; and historical perspectives on ageing and possibilities for the future.
Ageing and Later Life is a set book for The Open University course K256 An Ageing Society.
Introduction
PART ONE: PERSONAL ACCOUNTS
Look Me In the Eye - Barbara MacDonald
Coming Out of the Age Closet - Maxine Myers
The Ageing of Mary Berenson - Bill Bytheway
Home From Home? - Evan Marsh
Mrs Hatter - Janet Ford and Ruth Sinclair
Mr and Mrs Cosgrove - Jeremy Seabrook
Epilogue to - Agatha Christie
An Autobiography
PART TWO: IMAGES AND IDENTITY
Old Age in Crime Fiction - Mike Hepworth
A Cream Cracker Under the Settee - Alan Bennett
Have the Men Had Enough? - Margaret Forster
The Photographic Image - Kathleen Woodward
Ageing with a Disability - Gerry Zarb
Ageing and Cultural Stereotypes of Older Women - Jay Ginn and Sara Arber
Ageing and Ethnicity - Ken Blakemore
PART THREE: ILL-HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
The Health of Older Asians - Liam Donaldson and Marie Johnson
Osteoporosis in Women - Jean Shapiro
Depression in Later Life - Elaine Murphy
Frames of Reference for an Understanding of Dementia - Tom Kitwood
Love, Sex and Aging - Edward M Brecher
Age Discrimination in Health Care - Melanie Henwood
PART FOUR: INTERVENTION AND THERAPY
Does Group Living Work? - Julia Johnson
A Holistic Approach in the Ward - Helen Passant
Elderly People, Their Medicines and Their Doctors - Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin
Assessing Risk - Alison Norman
Vulnerable to Abuse - Olive Stevenson
Baffle Locks - Grainne Sheridan
In Whose Best Interest?
Freedom to Wander - Peter Blackburn
PART FIVE: POWER AND CONTROL
Obstacles to the Development of User-Centred Services - Tim Booth
Rest Assured - Leonie Kellaher and Sheila Peace
New Moves in Quality Assurance for Residential Care
A Powerhouse for Change - Phyllida Parsloe and Olive Stevenson
Empowering Users
Approaches to Advocacy - Chris Phillipson
The Pensioners′ Movement - Andrew Blaikie
Federation, Consolidation, Fragmentation, 1938-48
On Being a Woman in the Pensioners′ Movement - Zelda Curtis
PART SIX: CONCEPTS AND VALUES
Ageism - Julia Johnson and Bill Bytheway
Concept and Definition
`Us′ and `Them′? Feminist Research, Community Care and Disability - Jenny Morris
Philosophical Perspectives on Quality of Life - Andrew Sixsmith
Religion and Aging - David O Moberg
Gerontological Approaches to Quality of Life - Beverley Hughes
Measuring Quality of Life - Michael Bury and Anthea Holme
PART SEVEN: POLICY AND POLITICS
Ideology and the Private Sector of Welfare - Roy Parker
Housing and Community Care - Robin Means
Workers versus Pensioners - Paul Johnson, Christoph Conrad and David Thompson
The New Prospects for Retirement - Michael Young and Tom Schuller
Older People in Europe - Alan Walker and Jens Alber
Social and Economic Policies
PART EIGHT: PASTS
Born 1898 - Mark Abrams
A Brief Group Biography
Oral History as a Social Movement - Joanna Bornat
Reminiscence and Older People
History of Migration to the United Kingdom - John Young and James George
Glimpses of a Lost History - Paul Thompson
Social Services for Elderly People - Robin Means
From Beveridge to Thatcher
The Historical Development of Geriatric Medicine as a Specialty - Helen Evers
History of Old Age in Western Culture and Society - George Minois
PART NINE: FUTURES
The Politics of Age - Russell A Ward
Ageing in Developing Countries - Alex Kalache
Has it Got Anything to Do with Us?
Paths for Future Population Ageing - Jill Grigsby
Can We Survive the World Revolution? - Alexander King and Bertrand Schneider
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.10.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Published in Association with The Open University |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 650 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8039-8966-0 / 0803989660 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8039-8966-5 / 9780803989665 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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