Ageing with a lifelong disability : a guide to practice, program, and policy issues for human services professionals / Christine Bigby ; foreword by Gordon Grant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bigby, Christine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developmentally disabled older people--Services for.

Developmentally disabled older people.

Older people with mental disabilities--Services for.

Older people with mental disabilities.

Older people--Services for.

Older people.

People with disabilities--Services for.

People with disabilities.

Physical Description:

319 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley, c2004.

Summary:

This pioneering guide provides up to date specialist knowledge about ageing with a disability in the context of the more mainstream knowledge about ageing processes. Christine Bigby uses the concept of 'successful ageing' as a framework in which to consider the issues and practicalities for older people with a lifelong disability.

Contents:

COVER

Ageing with a Lifelong Disability: A Guide to Practice, Program and Policy Issues for Human Services Professionals

Contents

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Part 1 Perspectives on Ageing

Chapter 1 Successful Ageing: Continuity and Adaptation

Chapter 2 Older People with Lifelong Disability: Strategies to Counter Age Discrimination

Part 1 Vignettes

Part 2 Physical and Psychological Needs

Chapter 3 Healthy Ageing

Chapter 4 Psychological Ageing and Emotional Well-being

Part 2 Vignettes

Part 3 Social Dimensions of Ageing

Chapter 5 A Sense of Belonging: Informal Support from Family, Friends and Acquaintances

Chapter 6 Achieving a Sense of Purpose: Retirement or Supporting Lifestyle Choices

Chapter 7 Achieving a Sense of Continuity and Security: Housing and Support Options to Enable Ageing in Place

Part 3 Vignettes

Part 4 Older Parental Carers of Adults with a Lifelong Disability

Chapter 8 Issues Confronting Older Parents Living with their Adult Children

Chapter 9 Working with Older Parents

Part 4 Vignettes

Part 5 Service Developments and Policies for Successful Ageing

Chapter 10 Policies and Programs for Successful Ageing

APPENDIX: AGE-RELATED BILOGICAL CHANGES AND HEALTH RISKS

REFERENCES

SUBJECT INDEX

AUTHOR INDEX.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-307) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-40781-6

9786610407811

1-84642-158-6

1-84985-241-3

OCLC:

437178102