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Ageing with disability
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This is the first book to address the issue of ageing after a long life with disability. It breaks new ground through its particular life course perspective, examining what it means to age with a physical or mental disability.
| Title |
Ageing with disability : a lifecourse perspective / edited by Eva Jeppsson Grassman and Anna Whitaker. [electronic resource] |
|---|---|
| Publisher |
Bristol, UK : Policy Press |
| Creation Date |
2013 |
| Notes |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 03 Feb 2022). Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
| Content |
Ageing with disability Contents Notes on contributors Acknowledgements Foreword 1. Ageing with disability: An introduction Background Illness, disability and survival Ageing and the lifecourse approach Development of disability policies in Europe Outline of the book 2. Time, age and the failing body: A long life with disability Introduction Missing perspectives Studying lives of disabled people over 30 years A prospective study of disabled lives With a starting point in working life A repetitive pattern Failing bodies: lives with repeated disruptions Time and a more synchronised lifecourse Time left Being old after a long life with disability Conclusion 3. Disability, identity and ageing The story of the modern disability rights movement in Sweden Disability identity Experiences of disability, ageing and later life Discussion 4. Is it possible to 'age successfully' with extensive physical impairments? Leisurely active seniors with extensive physical impairments Prerequisites and obstacles 5. Being one's illness: On mental disability and ageing Early history of psychiatry DeinstitutionalisationStandard of living and living conditions for the mentally disabled as a group Discourses and ideologies of ageing and old age A life story approach to the meaning of growing old with a mental disability Life in retrospect Self-images and self-image transformations Attitudes to psychiatry and psychiatric care Growing old with a mental disability Loneliness and social life in old age Thoughts on the future 6. In the shade of disability reforms and policy: Parenthood, ageing and lifelong care Looking back The care responsibility in later lifeImpact on parents' life and later life Ageing and death - worries about future care 7. Ageing and care among disabled couples Studying an invisible group The lifecourse and everyday life Time and embodiment We-work 8. Living and ageing with disability: Summary and conclusion A long life with disability Lives in a historical context The overshadowing illness and disability Old age after many years of disability Time, disability and the multi-meanings of care Concerns about the future ConclusionIndex |
| Series |
Ageing and the lifecourse |
| Extent |
1 online resource (vii, 142 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997010708518605171 |
MARC RECORDS
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