This comprehensive text focuses on the social contexts of ageing, looking at the diversity of ageing and older people, and at different factors that are important to experiences of old age and ageing. It includes key chapters on:
theoretical and methodological bases for the study of ageing
demographic context of the 'ageing' population
health and illness
family and social networks
formal and informal care and other services for older people.
Providing an invaluable introduction to the major issues involved in the study of...
This comprehensive text focuses on the social contexts of ageing, looking at the diversity of ageing and older people, and at different factors tha...
Why do some people live to an advanced old age while others do not? And what does old age really mean in modern society?
Gerontology is a multi-disciplinary science concerned with the study of aging, which integrates biological, psychological and social study. This book focuses on the social contexts of aging, looking at the diversity of aging and older people, and at different factors that are important to experiences of old age and aging.
This comprehensive text includes chapters on: · theoretical and methodological bases for...
Why do some people live to an advanced old age while others do not? And what does old age really mean in modern society?
Old age is a part of the lifecycle about which there are numerous myths and stereotypes. To present an overstatement of commonly held beliefs, the old are portrayed as dependent individuals, characterized by a lack of social autonomy, unloved and neglected by both their immediate family and friends; and posing a threat to the living standards of younger age groups by being a 'burden' that consumes without producing. Older people are perceived as a single homogeneous group, and the experiment of ageing characterized as being the same for all individuals, irrespective of the diversity of their...
Old age is a part of the lifecycle about which there are numerous myths and stereotypes. To present an overstatement of commonly held beliefs, the old...
