Christine Bigby

Ageing with a Lifelong Disability

A Guide to Practice, Program and Policy Issues for Human Services Professionals

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This pioneering guide provides up to date specialist knowledge about ageing with a disability in the context of the more mainstream knowledge about ageing processes. Christine Bigby uses the concept of 'successful ageing' as a framework in which to consider the issues and practicalities for older people with a lifelong disability.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9781843100775
• ISBN-10: 1843100770
• Artikelnr.: 22040559

Autorenporträt

Christine Bigby is an experienced social work practitioner, researcher, teacher and policy development consultant who has specialised in the field of disability for the last 18 years. She is currently Senior Lecturer and Director of the Undergraduate Programme in the School of Social Work and Social Policy, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, Gordon Grant, Professor of Cognitive Disability, University of
Sheffield. Acknowledgements. Part 1: Perspectives on Ageing. 1. Successful
Ageing: Continuity and Adaptation. 2. Older People with Lifelong
Disability: Strategies to Counter Age Discrimination. Part 1 Vignettes.
Part 2: Physical and Psychological Needs. 3. Healthy Ageing. 4.
Psychological Ageing and Emotional Well-being. Part 2 Vignettes. Part 3:
Social Dimensions of Ageing. 5. A Sense of Belonging: Informal Support from
Family, Friends and Acquaintances. 6. Achieving a Sense of Purpose:
Retirement or Supporting Lifestyle Choices. 7. Achieving a Sense of
Continuity and Security: Housing and Support Options. Part 3 Vignettes.
Part 4: Older Parental Carers of Adults with a Pre-existing Disability. 8.
Issues Confronting Older Parents Living with Adult Children. 9. Working
with Older Parents. Part 4 Vignettes. Part 5: Service Developments and
Policies for Successful Ageing. 10. Policies and Programmes for Successful
Ageing. Appendix. References. Index.