The New Dynamics of Ageing, Volume 1

ISBN-13: 9781447314738 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 384 str.

Alan Walker

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The two volumes of The New Dynamics of Ageing provide a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of the latest research on aging. Together, they report the outcomes of the New Dynamics of Ageing research projects, the most intensive investigation ever undertaken into both the influences that shape the changing nature of aging and their consequences for individuals and society. Providing crucial insights into aging and its impacton an individual, national, and global scalethese volumes are an indispensable reference for researchers, policy makers, and students.
In Volume 1, essays concentrate on three major themes: active aging, design for aging, and the relationship between aging and socioeconomic development. Each chapter provides a comprehensive topic summary and reports the findings of the New Dynamics of Ageing research projects, emphasizing the practical implications of aging and stressing how evidence-based policies, practices, and products can produce individual and societal benefits."

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Introduction ~ Alan Walker; Modelling ageing populations to 2030, financing long term care ~ Mike Murphy, Ruth Hancock, Raphael Wittenberg, Bo Hu, Marcello Marciano and Adeline Comas-Heurera; Part 1: Active and healthy ageing; Working Late: Strategies to enhance productive and healthy environments for an older workforce ~ Cheryl Haslam; Healthy ageing across the life course ~ Diana Kuh, Rebecca Hardy, Catharine Gale, Jane Elliot, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Rachel Cooper and the HALCyon team; Measuring the quality of later life ~ Ann Bowling; Engagement in musical activities ~ Susan Hallam and Andrea Creech; Combating social exclusion through community arts ~ Michael Murray and Amanda Crummett; Connectivity of older people in rural areas ~ Catherin Hagan Hennessy and Robin Means; Part 2: Designing for an older population; Fit For Purpose ~ Leela Damodaran, Wendy Olphert and Jatinder Sandhu; Design for ageing well ~ Jane McCann; Tackling ageing continence ~ Eleanor van der Heuvel; Dynamic biomechanical representations ~ Alistair Macdonald; Transitions in kitchen living ~ Sheila Peace, John Percival, Rachel Sciclune, Martin Maguire, Colette Nicolle, Russ Marshall, Ruth Seins, Clare Lawton and Leonie Kellaher; Negotiating stairs ~ Costantinos Maganaris; Part 3: Global ageing; Ageing, well-being and development: Brazil and South Africa ~ Armando Barrientos, Valerie Møller, João Saboia, Peter Lloyd-Sherlock and Julia Mase; Ageing, poverty and neoliberalism in urban South India ~ Penny Vera-Sanso; Conclusion ~ Alan Walker.