ISBN:
0203993128
,
0415031036
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 263 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Growing Old in the Twentieth Century
DDC:
305.2/6
Keywords:
Older people Economic conditions
;
Older people Care
;
Older people Social conditions
Abstract:
This text investigates many aspects of the debates regarding care and provision for the elderly and the very elderly. It should be of interest to gerontologists, social policy makers, official and unofficial carers, and anyone involved in health care
Description / Table of Contents:
Preliminaries; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; The Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Politics of Retirement, 1908-1948; 2 The Consolidation of 'Old Age' as a Phase of Life, 1945-1965; 3 The Structured Dependency of the Elderly; 4 The Social Division of Early Retirement; 5 Resources in Old Age; 6 Income Inequality in Later Life; 7 Longitudinal Perspectives on the Living Arrangements of the Elderly; 8 Virtue and Vicissitude; 9 Support Networks in Old Age; 10 Contested Territory in Informal Care; 11 Residential Care and the Maintenance of Social Identity
Description / Table of Contents:
12 Bridging the Gap Between Hospital and Home13. Black Old Women, Disability, and Health Carers; Name Index; Subject Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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