Maria Luszczynska

Ageing as a Social Challenge (eBook, ePUB)

Individual, Family and Social Aspects in Poland

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

With a focus on the case of Poland, this book considers the ways in which the experience of ageing is shaped by various factors and proposes the development of a social policy and social attitudes that can facilitate changes in the social perception of aging, together with a redistribution of resources for older adults.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000531336
• Artikelnr.: 63023212

Autorenporträt

Maria Luszczynska is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Poland. She is the editor of Researching Ageing: Methodological Challenges and their Empirical Background.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART I: Understanding ageing 1. Ageing within the context of a
particular society: polish older adults in numbers 2. Ageing research:
methodological approaches to building gerontological knowledge PART II:
Specific challenges of old age: crisis, violence, exclusion, and death 3.
The social death of the older adults: reflections on double exclusion 4.
Being old: 'They' or 'we'? The social perception of ageing, conditioning,
and the impacts on subjectivity 5. Old age in crisis or the crises of old
age? The social meaning of 'crisis' interpretations of old age 6. Rights of
the older adults against social marginalization 7. Awareness of mortality
and successful ageing: a research communication PART III: Social support
and the helping professions 8. Gerontological social work: specifying its
context, definition, and challenges 9. The role of the social worker in
supporting the older adults: theory, practice, and postulates 10. The
hermeneutics of loss and death in practical aid work for the older adults
11. Social work in the face of death and dying 12. Addressing abuse of the
older adults: recommendations for practice 13. In search of the activation
of the older adults: streetworking with older adults PART IV: Older adults
in the context of family and institutions 14. Faces of intergenerational
solidarity through the eyes of the younger generation: barriers, benefits,
and prospects 15. Social services for the older adult family: current state
and prospects for development 16. The older adult family within the space
of a social assistance home: best practices 17. The Intergenerational
Dialogue Centre as an initiative for building social capital without regard
to age 18. Education for old age: traditions, perspectives, and
recommendations