Ageing with Disability: A Lifecourse Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781447305224 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 152 str.

Eva Jeppsson Grassman

Opis

The first book to address the issue of aging with a long-term disability, "Ageing with Disability" breaks new ground through its particular lifecourse perspective, examining what it means to age with a physical or mental disability and what the implications are of becoming old for people who have had extensive disabilities for many years. It highlights the meaning of care in unexplored contexts, such as aging parents acting as caregivers or mutual care by disabled couples, areas of disability studies that have, until now, been totally neglected."

Spis treści

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 Bülow 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 Torgé; Living and ageing with disability – summary and conclusion ~ Anna Whitaker and Eva Jeppsson Grassman.