The New Dynamics of Ageing, Volume 2

ISBN-13: 9781447314790 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 256 str.

Alan Walker

Opis

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.
Volume 2 delves into autonomy and independence in later life, biology and aging, food and nutrition, and representations of old age. 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."

Spis treści

Introduction ~ Alan Walker; Part 1: Autonomy and independence in later life; Sleep and autonomy in later life ~ Sara Arber, Susan Venn and Ingrid Eyers; Negotiating unfamiliar environments ~ Judith Phillips, Nigel Walford, Ann Hockey, Mike Lewis and Nigel Foreman; Financial elder abuse ~ Mary Gilhooly, Deborah Cairns, Miranda Davies, Kenneth Gilhooly and Priscilla Harries; Maintaining dignity and independence ~ Liz Lloyd, Michael Calnan, Ailsa Cameron, Jane Seymour, Randall Smith and Kate White; Families and caring in South Asian communities ~ Christina Victor, Maria Zubair and Wendy Martin; Part 2: Biological perspectives; Understanding Immunesenescence ~ Anna Whittaker, Niharika Arora Duggal, Jan Oyebode and Janet Lord; Towards understanding the biological drivers of cell ageing ~ Lynne Cox and Penelope Mason; Nutrition and ageing ~ Arlene Astell, Claire Timon, Faustina Hwang, Tom Smith, Tim Adlam, Hassan Khadra, Linda Maclean, Laura Brown and Elizabeth Williams; Combating malnutrition in hospitals ~ Paula Moynihan, Lisa Methven, Gemma Teal, Claire Bamford and Alastair Macdonald; Migration and nutrition ~ Janice Thompson, Joy Merrell, Barry Bogin, Hannah Jennings, Michael Heinrich, Vanja Garaj, Diane Harper, Gablin Molik and Jasmin Chowdhury; Part 3: Representations of old age; Representing self – Representing ageing ~ Lorna Warren; Ageing, fiction, narrative exchange and everyday life ~ Philip Tew and Nick Hubble; Narrative representations of the self: Encounters with contemporary visual art ~ Andrew Newman and Anna Goulding; The place of theatre in representations of ageing ~ Miriam Bernard, David Amigoni, Ruth Basten, Lucy Munro, Michael Murray, Jackie Reynolds, Jill Rezzano and Michelle Rickett; Conclusion ~ Alan Walker.