Re-imagining old age : wellbeing, care and participation / Marian Barnes, Beatrice Gahagan, Lizzie Ward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnes, Marian, author.

Gahagan, Beatrice, author.

Ward, Lizzie (Elizabeth), author.

Series:

Vernon series in sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Social conditions.

Older people.

Longevity--Social aspects.

Longevity.

Well-being--Age factors.

Well-being.

Population aging--Social aspects.

Population aging.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages).

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, Delaware : Vernon Press, [2018]

Summary:

The understanding that humans are relational beings is central to the development of an ethical perspective that is built around the significance of care in all our lives. Our survival as infants is dependent on the care we receive from others. And for all of us, in particular, in older age, there are times when illness, emotional or physical frailty, mean that we require the care of others to enable us to deal with everyday life.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The personal and public challenges of old age

Chapter 2 Care ethics: a relational approach to exploring wellbeing in old age

Chapter 3 Deliberating and working with older people

Chapter 4 Researching with older people

Chapter 5 Talking about wellbeing in old age

Chapter 6 Old lives: understanding wellbeing in context

Chapter 7 What is wellbeing?

Chapter 8 Revisioning policy and practice: working together to make a difference

Chapter 9 Older people and wellbeing: the personal, the political and the professional.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781622730735

1622730739