The mistreatment of older people is increasingly recognised internationally as a significant abuse of elders' human rights. 'Scandals' and inquiries into the failure to protect older people from abuse in health and social care systems rarely address, and still less challenge, the social, economic and cultural context to the abuse of older people. This critical and challenging book makes a strong case for the development of ethically-driven, research-informed policy and practice to safeguard ol...
Life After 60 (Gerontology data service)
by Janet Askham, Christine Barry, Emily Grundy, Ruth Hancock, and Anthea Tinker
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.
The Long Life invites the reader to range widely from the writings of Plato through to recent philosophical work by Derek Parfit, Bernard Williams, and others, and from Shakespeare's King Lear through works by Thomas Mann, Balzac, Dickens, Beckett, Stevie Smith, Philip Larkin, to more recent writing by Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, and J. M. Coetzee. Helen Small argues that if we want to understand old age, we have to think more fundamentally about what it means to be a person, to have a life, to h...
The Generational Contract
This practical, hands-on orientation, replete with case examples walks the professional through the long-term care setting and highlights commonly occurring psychological problems and frequently occurring issues which generate referrals for counseling with residents. This book offers a summation of the most important issues to be anticipated and dealt with by the counselor working with residents in long term care settings, anticipates future demands for care in these facilities, and projects fu...
Productive Roles in an Older Society
by National Research Council Committee on an Aging Society
Grandparents as Carers of Children with Disabilities: Facing the Challenges
by Phillip McCallion and Matthew Janicki
In Life After Ninety Micheal Bury and Anthea Holme have surveyed and interviewed 200 individuals, living at home and in institutions, to examine old age stereotypes and present a unique picture of the health, quality of life, and social circumstances of the very old. Longevity and the factors which promote it are also discussed, and throughout the book the concept of the 'life course' is employed, which brings together the biographical experiences of individuals, and the changing historical circ...
Ageing, Narrative and Identity: New Qualitative Social Research
by Nick Hubble, Dr and Philip Tew
