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Ageing, independence, and the life course / edited by Sara Arber and Maria Evandrou.
LIBRA HQ1061 .A429 1993
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gerontology.
- Older people.
- Aging.
- Activities of Daily Living.
- Social Conditions.
- Medical Subjects:
- Aging.
- Activities of Daily Living.
- Social Conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Aging independence and the life course.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Bristol, Pa. : Jessica Kingsley in association with the British Society of Gerontology, 1993.
- Contents:
- Mapping the territory : ageing, independence and the life course
- Forgotten but not gone : the experience of ageing with a disability
- Money and independence in old age
- Food consumption, social roles and personal identity
- Ageing, gender and the organisation of physical activities
- Lifestyles and perceptions of elderly people and old age in Bosnia and Hercegovina
- Emotional and sexual adjustment in later life
- The meaning of home in later life
- Housing, the life course and older people
- Class, caring and the life course
- Policies and perceptions of identity service needs of elderly people from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds
- Institutional care and the life course
- Social security and the life course : developing sensitive policy alternatives.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [224]-241) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1853021806
- OCLC:
- 28865211
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