Social Aspects of Aging in Indigenous Communities (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Lewis, Jordan P.; Heinonen, Tuula

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book represents a collection of chapters by authors committed to Indigenous aging around globe and older adults' contributions to their social, economic, and cultural environments. As the number of older people around the world continues to increase, it is important for families, communities, governments, and nations to have a better understanding of their older adults and their unique contributions, as well as their interests and needs, to ensure that they are able to age with dignity and respect and contribute to the overall health and well-being of their people and environments. The volume will include chapters from authors representing Indigenous populations from many parts of the world, who describe; 1) research studies on the social aspects of aging among Indigenous populations, including cultural, social, and/or economic contributions of older Indigenous adults in their communities, 2) perceptions of aging and well-being among international Indigenous populations, 3) theories about Indigenous aging, and 4) policy and intervention practices (i.e., programs and services) related to older Indigenous adults. The book's chapters also point to current and emerging areas of tension and challenges facing Indigenous older persons due to economic, social and other changes in society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197677230
• Artikelnr.: 67449378

Autorenporträt

Jordan P. Lewis, Aleut, Native Village of Naknek, is the Associate Director of the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team and Professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth campus. He received his MSW from Washington University in St. Louis and his PhD in Cross Cultural Community Psychology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. His expertise is in Indigenous successful aging, generativity and healthy aging, and cultural constructions of Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias. He developed the concept of Indigenous cultural generativity, and the role of cultural practices and generativity in dementia caregiver health and wellbeing. Tuula Heinonen, Professor Emerita at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba, holds an MSW from McGill University, a DPhil from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, and an Advanced Diploma in Art Therapy from Vancouver Art Therapy Institute. Her scholarly interests include arts-based methods in teaching, research and writing, international social work, aging of women across different cultural contexts and social work in the health field. She has authored or co-authored numerous journal articles and books and continues to teach, supervise graduate students and write since her retirement from the University of Manitoba, Canada, in 2018.

Inhaltsangabe

* Chapter 1. The Cultural Determinants of Healthy Indigenous Aging
* Michael Yellow Bird, Gina Belton and Jamie Jensen
* Chapter 2. Active Aging in Mountainous Villages: An Ethnographic
Study of Indigenous Older Adults in Taiwan
* Hai Luo
* Chapter 3. Locating Aging in India: Indigenous Perspectives of the
Khasis and Jad Bhotiyas
* Juster Lyngdoh and Malathi Adudsumalli
* Chapter 4. Socio-cultural Beliefs and Health Seeking Behavior among
Older Adults in Selected Rural and Urban Areas in Lagos State,
Nigeria
* Fatai A. Badru and Oluwafunmilayo T. Adekola
* B. Aging and Social Policy: Challenges and Effects on Indigenous
Older Persons
* Chapter 5. Lapland in Transformation: Impacts on Cultural Well-Being
of the Older Population, with Special Reference to Indigenous
Residents
* Shahnaj Begum
* Chapter 6. Indigenous Adults in Taiwan: The Aging Population and
Related Policy
* Kui Kasirisir and Hai Luo
* Chapter 7. Development of the Indigenous Long Term Care System in
Taiwan
* Hung-Yu Ru
* Chapter 8. Indigenous Spirituality, Decolonization and Restoration of
Traditional Elders' Ancestral Knowledge Today: Social Work and Aging
* Julian Kunnie
* C. Effects of Social Change on Communities, Families and Older
Persons
* Chapter 9. Aging in the Contested Floodplain: Challenges of
Indigenous People of the Kafue Flats
* Fred Moonga
* Chapter 10. Survival Strategies of Older Adults in the Manipuri
Community in Bangladesh
* Tulshi Kumar Das
* Chapter 11. Elderly Care in Rural Ghana: Support System and Survival
Strategies of Older Persons in Bamang, Ashanti Region
* Kwadwo Ofori-Dua
* Chapter 12. Socioemotional Challenges of Indigenous Elders: A Study
Based on a Rural Village of Northern Sri Lanka
* Subramaniam Jeevasuthan and Varatharajah Jeyaruban
* D. Emotional and Psychological Issues
* Chapter 13. Etahi Kaum? tua Momeki: Social Isolation and Loneliness
among Older M?ori Living in Aotearoa, New Zealand
* Tess Moeke-Maxwell, Stella Black, Tessa Morgan, Janine Wiles and
Merryn Gott
* Chapter 14. Loneliness among Indigenous People in Chile: A Neglected
Issue
* Lorena P. Gallardo-Peralta, Esteban Sànchez-Moreno and Vicente
Rodriguez-Rodriguez
* E. Contributions of Indigenous Older Persons
* Chapter 15. Honoring and Preserving Culture through Indigenous
Cultural Generative Acts to Reduce Generative Mismatch and Improve
the Health of All Generations
* Jordan Lewis
* Chapter 16. Continuity, Connectedness and Community: An Alaska Native
Lifecycle and Explanatory Model of Caregiving Networks
* Maria Crouch and Rosellen Rosich
* Chapter 17. Reigniting the Indigenous Spirit: Indigenous Elders and
Organizations
* Jason Albert, Susannah Walker and Gilbert Kewistep
* Chapter 18. Examining Inter-Generational Ties and Roles: From the
Lens of Tribal Older Persons in India
* Jennifer Philip and Asha Banu Soletti
* Chapter 19. Shared Role and Responsibilities of Older Adults in
Jaffna, Sri Lanka: Unrecognized Contributions to their Families and
Communities
* Shamila Sivukumaran and Subramaniam Jeevasuthan
* Conclusion
* Tuula Heinonen (with Jordan Lewis)
* Index