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This is the first book to address the issue of ageing after a long life with disability. It breaks new ground through its particular life course perspective, examining what it means to age with a physical or mental disability.
List of contents
Ageing with disability - An introduction ~ Eva Jeppsson Grassman and Anna Whitaker; Time, age and the failing body. A long life with disability ~ Eva Jeppsson Grassman; Disability, identity and ageing ~ Lotta Holme; Is it possible to 'age successfully' with extensive physical impairments? ~ Annika Taghizadeh Larsson; Being one's illness: on mental disability and ageing ~ Per Bulow and Tommy Svensson; In the shade of disability reforms and policy - parenthood, ageing and life-long care ~ Anna Whitaker; Ageing and care among disabled couples ~ Cristina Joy Torge; Living and ageing with disability - summary and conclusion ~ Anna Whitaker and Eva Jeppsson Grassman.
About the author
Eva Jeppsson Grassman holds a chair as professor at Linköping University, Sweden. Her research comprises diverse life course and ageing issues concerning chronic illness and disability, civil society, care models, and end-of-life.
Anna Whitaker is a senior lecturer and associate professor at Linköping University and Ersta Sköndal University College. Her research includes ageing issues, with focus on end-of-life and institutional eldercare, and on informal/family care in a disability context.
Summary
This is the first book to address the issue of ageing after a long life with disability. It breaks new ground through its particular life course perspective, examining what it means to age with a physical or mental disability.
