ISBN:
9781447300434
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9781447300441
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9781447300458
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 479 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Adult lives : A life course perspective
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
pt. 1. Contextualising adulthood -- pt. 2. Transforming adulthood -- pt. 3. Understanding adulthood
Abstract:
Adult Lives' is a diverse collection of readings from all stages of life which aim to understand how those living and working together in an ageing society relate to each other. It uses an holistic approach to understanding ageing in adulthood through biography and auto-biography that is applicable to all, including those developing policy and in practice
Description / Table of Contents:
Adult lives; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Contextualising adulthood; Part II: Transforming adulthood; Part III: Understanding adulthood; PART I: Contextualising adulthood; Introduction; Real voice I.1: The Turnip; SECTION ONE: Quality of life and the life course; 1: The life course perspective on ageing: Linked lives, timing, and history; The lifecourse perspective; Principles of the lifecourse; Generations, cohorts, and social change; De-institutionalization of the lifecourse; Conclusion; 2. Imagining old age; Introduction; Why might imagining old age be difficult?
Description / Table of Contents:
Why does it matter?What might help people to imagine their own old age?; Conclusion; 3. Quality of life; A first view of quality of life; From subjective well-being to quality of life; Conclusion; 4. Implications for ageing well in the twenty-first century; Summary of main findings; 5. Chronic illness as biographical disruption; Introduction; Chronic illness as a disruptive event; Onset and the problem of recognition; Emerging disability and the problem of uncertainty; Chronic illness and the mobilisation of resources; Discussion and concluding remarks
Description / Table of Contents:
6. Aging with a childhood onset disabilityMethodology; Results; Childhood; Adolescence; Young adulthood; Middle adulthood; Later adulthood or now; Discussion; 7. Health and mortality; Describing and analysing the health of older people: patterns of mortality; 8. Psychological ageing; Main domains of research; Conclusion; 9. Dementia reconsidered: the person comes first; The psychodynamics of exclusion; How personhood is undermined; A story of our time; Evidence for a positive view: A case study; 10. The 'Senses Framework': a relationship-centred approach to care; Setting the scene
Description / Table of Contents:
Origins of the Senses FrameworkAn enriched environment and relationship-centred care; Implementing the Senses Framework: valuing relational practice; Disability and adulthood; Thinking about adulthood; Adulthood, disability and the generational system; A sense of belonging: informal support from family, friends and acquaintances; The significance of informal support; Informal networks in later life; Summary; Environment and ageing; Theoretical perspectives; Ecological perspectives; Final remarks; Life course; Introduction; Housing and stages in the life course; Early years; Middle years
Description / Table of Contents:
Later yearsHousing histories and the life course; Housing histories and relocation; Glossary; The role of technologies in the everyday lives of older people; Telehealth, telecare and assistive technologies; Technologies for specific health conditions and disabilities; The internet; Social media; Reflections; Accommodating older and disabled prisoners in England and Wales; Introduction; Older and disabled prisoners; Living with a disability in prison: design faults and facilities; Research base; Disability Acts; Research fieldwork; Physical/material environment; In-cell facilities
Description / Table of Contents:
Out-of-cell facilities
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Available via World Wide Web
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