Diverse Perspectives on Aging in a Changing World (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Joseph, Gillian

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on under-researched aspects of social, economic and political change, this volume offers fresh insights on aging, older people and their families.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317270874
• Artikelnr.: 46757954

Autorenporträt

Gillian Joseph is Director of Clear Pane Research Services in Guelph, Canada, providing leadership to a team of research specialists who undertake independent research and provide research support to professionals, graduate students, academics and community-based researchers. Previously she was Research Associate at the Centre for Families, Work and Well-being at the University of Guelph, and also served as Lecturer at the University of Guelph and the University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Blossom Wigdor Introduction Section 1: Aging Spaces and the
Individual 1. Aging and Sustainability: Creating a Discourse on Places of
Inclusive Mobility for the Promotion of Longevity Gina Sylvestre 2. The
Portrayal of Older Adults in Popular Television Shows Margaret Waltz and
Brian K. Gran 3. Health-Related Technology Use by Older Adults in Rural and
Small Town Communities Beth Perry, Margaret Edwards, Carol Anderson, Maiga
Chang, Dr Kinshuk and Pamela Hawranik 4. The Relationship between
Physical/Psychological Predictors and Self-rated Health among Older People
in Hong Kong Shelly Kin Shan Leung, Linda Chiu Wa Lam, Oi Ling Siu and
Gillian Joseph Section 2: Aging Families, Caregivers and Gender 5. Men
Providing Care to Aging Parents in the Internet Age: Part of the Stalled
Gender Revolution? Lori D. Campbell and Michael P. Carroll 6. Dynamic Care
Networks: The Changing Face of Family Caregiving Adam Davey, Maximiliane E.
Szinovacz and Katherine W. Bauer 7. Revised Perspective on the
Communication Predicament between Adult Children and their Aging Parents
Valerie Powell 8. Neoliberalism, Temporary Foreign Workers, and Precarious
Elder Care/ Elder Care Work Gillian Joseph and Belinda Leach 9. Vision Care
Services in Long Term Care Facilities: Why are they Overlooked? Pamela
Hawranik, Sandy Bell and Donnie McIntosh Section 3: Aging and Economics
10. When Health Care is Delivered in Your Home Will you Need to Make
Economic Trade-offs? Lee Anne Davies, John P. Hirdes and Roger Mannell 11.
Do Fuzzy Retirement-Income Systems Work Best? Brian K. Gran 12. Grey
Ghettos: Inclusion or Exclusion in the Modern Canadian City? Gina Sylvestre
and Nora Cristall 13. What Drives Older Consumers' Entertainment Choices?
Gord Hendren, Gillian Joseph and Kristin Crawford