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Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Examines the range of issues raised by ageing in contemporary society. This collection combines academic and practitioner analysis with personal accounts. It aims to reflect the diverse nature of the subject by taking a multi-disciplinary approach! including literary and historical perspectives. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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...
