Adult Lives

by Katz, Jeanne; Peace, Sheila; Spurr, Sue

• ISBN13: 9781447300434
• ISBN10: 1447300432
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-15
• Publisher: Policy Pr

Summary

As the demographics of many Western industrialized societies are approaching the point where they will have more older citizens than young, there is a growing need for a comprehensive look at the past, present, and future of adult lives. This diverse collection of readings-including both seminal works and newly commissioned ones-takes an holistic approach to understanding aging, drawing on biography and autobiography to contextualize the process. This life course perspective will lead readers to a better understanding of how those working and living together in an aging society can interrelate.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. xii
Contextualising adulthood	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
The turnip	p. 5
Quality of life and the life course	p. 7
The life course perspective on ageing: linked lives, timing, and history	p. 9
Imagining old age	p. 18
Quality of life	p. 27
Implications for ageing well in the twenty-first century	p. 37
Chronic illness as biographical disruption	p. 48
Aging with a childhood onset disability	p. 56
Individual ageing and social relationships	p. 67
Health and mortality	p. 69
Psychological ageing	p. 78
Dementia reconsidered: the person comes first	p. 89
The 'Senses Framework': a relationship-centred approach to care	p. 100
Disability and adulthood	p. 110
A sense of belonging: informal support from family, friends and acquaintances	p. 120
The environment: from accommodation to community	p. 129
Environment and ageing	p. 131
Life course	p. 142
The role of technologies in the everyday lives of older people	p. 151
Accommodating older and disabled prisoners in England and Wales	p. 161
Community care and support for Black and African Caribbean older people	p. 173
'Exclusion is necessary': excluding people from society	p. 185
Have I done enough?	p. 193
Going the distance: a family journey after acute stroke	p. 197
Transforming adulthood	p. 201
Introduction	p. 201
Human rights and the life course	p. 205
Using human rights to defeat ageism	p. 207
To empower or to protect: does the law assist in cases of self-neglect?	p. 220
Safeguarding vulnerable adults over the life course	p. 230
Practice: ways of doing - or not?	p. 241
Why collaborate?	p. 243
Working in teams: relationships in balance?	p. 252
'Tu' or 'vous'? A European qualitative study of dignity and communication with older people in health and social care settings	p. 260
Assessment: mastering a technical process or exercising an art?	p. 274
International dimensions	p. 285
Globalisation and health and social welfare: some key issues	p. 287
Falling through the cracks in social welfare: invisible adult migrants in the UK	p. 297
Decentring social policy? Devolution and the discipline of social policy: a commentary	p. 306
The intellectual origins of social capital	p. 315
Social services for the aged in Cuba	p. 324
Perceptions of ageism: views of older people	p. 332
Mental health and mental disorder in a global context	p. 341
The best it can be	p. 350
Keep the change	p. 353
Understanding adulthood	p. 357
Introduction	p. 357
Ethical considerations	p. 361
The ethics triad: virtues, values and codes of practice	p. 363
Lying, cheating, breaking promises, and stealing	p. 373
The individual in social care: the ethics of care and the 'personalisation agenda' in services for older people in England	p. 382
A little bit of heaven for a few? A case analysis	p. 392
The complexity of real lives	p. 401
Mixing methods in a qualitatively driven way	p. 403
Researching social change	p. 415
Critically appraising qualitative research	p. 426
Learning about bisexuality: a case study approach	p. 431
Identifying and predicting drug-related harm with applied qualitative research	p. 439
Experiences of drug use and ageing: health, quality of life, relationship and service implications	p. 449
Critical reflections on the rise of qualitative research	p. 459
Keeper	p. 467
Index	p. 471
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