Getting Wise about Getting Old

Debunking Myths about Aging
Herausgeber: Seguin, Anne-Marie; Billette, Veronique; Marier, Patrik

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Produktbeschreibung

By exploring the social issues of aging and debunking the common myths, Getting Wise about Getting Old paints a more accurate and nuanced portrait of old age in our society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 227mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9780774880626
• ISBN-10: 0774880627
• Artikelnr.: 59384019

Autorenporträt

Véronique Billette is the coordinator of the VIES research team (Vieillissements, exclusions sociales et solidarités / aging, social exclusion and solidarity), a group of researchers working on social issues of aging. She is a co-editor of Vieillir au pluriel: Perspectives sociales - the first reference book in French on social gerontology. She has many years of experience working in the intervention and prevention of violence against women and in mental health. Patrik Marier is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University, where he is the chair of Research on Aging and Public Policy and the lead researcher of Équipe VIES. He is the scientific director of the Centre for Research and Expertise in Social Gerontology (CREGÉS) at the Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre (CIUSSS). He is well known for his work on social policy, public administration, and retirement. Anne-Marie Séguin is a professor at the Centre Urbanisation Culture Société of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique and was formerly the lead researcher of Équipe VIES. She is renowned for her work in environmental justice, poverty, socio-spatial aspects of aging, and urban social policies.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword to the English Edition / Laura Tamblyn Watts
Foreword to the French Edition / Danis Prud'homme, Caroline Bouchard, Marco
Guerrera, and Sophie Gagnon
Introduction: Multiple Perspectives on Diverse Aging Experiences /
Anne-Marie Séguin, Véronique Billette, and Patrik Marier
Part 1: Portrayals and Realities of Aging
1 Myths and Realities about Seniors / Ignace Olazabal and Julien Simard
2 Living on Easy Street? The Myth of the Affluent Senior / Patrik Marier,
Yves Carrière, and Jonathan Purenne
3 Older Adults: Allergic to Social Change? / Julien Simard and Ignace
Olazabal
4 "That's Surprising, at Your Age!" The Myth of Digital Disinterest / Kim
Sawchuk, Line Grenier, and Constance Lafontaine
5 Grey-Haired Neurons: Does an Accurate Memory Have to Become a Memento of
Younger Days? / Maxime Lussier, Manon Parisien, Nathalie Bier, and Sophie
Laforest
Part 2: Living Environments
6 Do Most Very Old Quebecers Live in Residential Long-Term Care Centres? /
Anne-Marie Séguin, Isabelle Van Pevenage, and Chloé Dauphinais
7 Age-Friendly Cities: A Panacea for Aging in Place? / Meghan Joy, Patrik
Marier, and Anne-Marie Séguin
8 Seniors and Their Cars: Choice or Necessity? / Paula Negron-Poblete and
Anne-Marie Séguin
9 Challenging the Myth of Older Homelessness as Chronic Homelessness /
Victoria Burns
10 Are Penitentiaries Suitable Places for Older Inmates? / Michel Gagnon
and Michel Dunn
Part 3: Different Aging Experiences
11 Older Adults Living with Mental Health Problems: "Nothing More Can Be
Done with Them" / Ginette Aubin and Bernadette Dallaire
12 Aging with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: The Myth of the
Eternal Child / Daniel Dickson
13 Older Adults Are Not Affected by HIV/AIDS: The Origins and Consequences
of a Misconception / Isabelle Wallach
14 Aging, Sexuality, and the "Cougar" Myth / Milaine Alarie
15 Sexual Assault of Older Women: An Unthinkable Reality / Mélanie Couture,
Milaine Alarie, Sarita Israel, and Marie-Pier Petit
16 Are Older Adults Safe from Conjugal Violence? / Sarita Israel, Mélanie
Couture, and Marie-Pier Petit
Part 4: Social Roles
17 Living Longer: Years of Retirement or Years of Work? / Yves Carrière,
Patrik Marier, Jonathan Purenne, and Diane Galarneau
18 Older Workers: A Societal Problem? / Marie-Michèle Lord and Pierre-Yves
Therriault
19 Do Older Adults Have All the Time in the World? / Isabel Wiebe,
Anne-Marie Séguin, Philippe Apparicio, and Véronique Billette
20 Can One Enjoy a Happy Retirement without Volunteering? / Julie
Castonguay, Julie Fortier, Andrée Sévigny, Hélène Carbonneau, and Marie
Beaulieu
21 The Social Participation of Older People: Get on Board, as They Used to
Say! / Émilie Raymond, Julie Castonguay, Mireille Fortier, and Andrée
Sévigny
Part 5: Death and Bereavement
22 How Older Adults Experience Bereavement: Does Greater Frequency Make
Death Easier to Bear? / Valérie Bourgeois-Guérin, Isabelle Van Pevenage,
Jeanne Lachance, Rock-André Blondin, and Antonin Marquis
23 Palliative Care for Those Dying of "Old Age": Unmet Needs / Isabelle Van
Pevenage, Patrick Durivage, Véronique Billette, Patricia Friesen, and
Eleonora Bogdanova
24 Do Older Adults Wish to Die at Home (and Can They)? / Isabelle Van
Pevenage, Patrick Durivage, Anne-Marie Séguin, and Laurence Hamel-Roy
Part 6: Caregiver Support
25 Are Families Abandoning Older Relatives? / Isabelle Van Pevenage, Zelda
Freitas, Patrik Marier, and Pam Orzeck
26 Multiple Autonomies: Navigating the World of Home Care Services / Norma
Gilbert, Annette Leibing, and Patrik Marier
27 LGBT Older Adults: Who Is There to Support Them and Care for Them as
They Age? / Julie Beauchamp, Shari Brotman, Line Chamberland, and Ilyan
Ferrer
28 Care Provision to Older Immigrants by Their Families: When
Discrimination Creates Barriers to Services / Ilyan Ferrer and Shari
Brotman
Conclusion: Public Policy Issues and the Complexities of Aging / Patrik
Marier, Anne-Marie Séguin, and Véronique Billette
Contributors; Index