Dependency and Interdependency in Old Age (eBook, ePUB)

Theoretical Perspectives and Policy Alternatives
Redaktion: Phillipson, Chris; Strang, Patricia; Bernard, Miriam

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1986, this title presents papers from the British Society of Gerontology annual conference in 1985. The areas covered include: the sociology of ageing, methodological issues, evaluations of service provision, ethnographies of growing old, historical studies and political perspectives on ageing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040008348
• Artikelnr.: 70215332

Autorenporträt

Chris Phillipson, Miriam Bernard and Patricia Strang

Inhaltsangabe

Editor's Introduction. Prologue: Social and Political Goals for an Ageing
Society Maggie Kuhn Part One: The Social Construction of Dependency 1.
Challenges and Opportunities of an Ageing Society Gunhild O. Hagestad 2.
The Politics of Ageing in America Carroll L. Estes 3. The Politics of
Ageing in Britain Alan Walker 4. Political Economy as a Perspective in the
Analysis of Old Age John Bond 5. Structured Dependency Revisited Graham
Fennell 6. What Do Dependency Measures Measure? Challenging Assumptions G.
Clare Wenger 7. New Lifestyles in Old Age? Mike Featherstone and Mike
Hepworth 8. Towards an Anatomy of Ageism: Society, Social Policy and the
Elderly Between the Wars Andrew Blaikie and john Macnicol Part Two:
Responses to Dependency 9. Ageism, Encouragement and Reassurance in
Pre-Retirement Education Alastair Weir 10. Ageism Awareness Training: A
Model for Group Work Catherin Itzin 11. 'By' the Community: An Ideological
Response to the Crisis in the Welfare State Janet Henderson 12. Community
Care and Elderly People: One-Way Traffic? John Harris and Des Kelly 13. Who
Cares for the Elderly? Family Care Provision and Receipt of Statutory
Services Maria Evandrou, Sara Arber, Angela Dale and G. Nigel Gilbert 14.
Responses to Dependency: Reciprocity Affect and Power in Family
Relationships Hazel Qureshi 15. American Experiments to Substitute Homes
for Institutional Long-Term Care: Policy Logic and Evaluation Bleddyn
Davies 16. How Effective are Benefits Take-Up Campaigns with Elderly
People? Christina Victor 17. Phased Retirement in Western Europe Frank
Laczko 18. Institutional Regimes and Resident Outcomes in Homes for the
Elderly Tim Booth 19. Confusional States in Elderly Persons' Home
Residents: A Process of Label Acquisition Alex Murdock 20. Away from
Institutional Dependence: Towards a More Resident Orientated Environment
Stella Dixon 21. The Dependency Characteristics of Older People in
Long-Term Institutional Care D. Ann Atkinson, John Bond and Barbara A.
Gregson 22. The Paying Patient: Customer or Commodity: Surveying Private
Nursing Homes for the Elderly Linda Challis and Helen Bartlett 23. The
Assessment of Depression in Elderly People by Non-Clinicians Catherine
Thompson 24. Peer Health Counselling: A Way of Countering Dependency?
Miriam Bernard and Vera Ivers Part Three: Experiences of Growing Old 25.
Missing Out: Labour Market and Late Working Life Experiences as Factors in
Old Age Dependency Phil Lyon 26. Making Way: The Disengagement of Older
Workers Bill Bytheway 27. Understanding the 'Management' of Everyday
Living: A Study Based on the Life History of a Group of Older People in
Leeds Silvana di Gregorio 28. Independence and Home in Later Life Andrew J.
Sixsmith 29. Me Darby, You Joan! Dorothy Jerrome 30. Negotiation and
Control: A Perspective on Values in Later Life Robert Elmore. Details of
Contributors.