Contemporary Issues in Gerontology: Promoting Positive Ageing

by Minichello; Victor

• ISBN13: 9780415364294
• ISBN10: 0415364299
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781134220113
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-02
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Written by leading international experts this book helps students and practitioners to better understand and cater for the needs of our aging population. It examines how services can be provided to meet the expectations and needs of a growing population of aging citizens within a cost-effective, social justice and positive aging framework. It identifies how resources allocated to aged care can be distributed equitably to better meet the demands associated with housing, retirement, service provision and care, and how health promotion principles can contribute to a healthy older population. Investigating current critical debates in health and social science, the book explores innovative new approaches to aged care and aging. By using international examples and a multidisciplinary approach, this comprehensive textbook provides a broad understanding of aging from a social perspective and analyses concepts of ageism, healthy aging and positive aging.

Table of Contents

Foreword	iii
Figures and tables	vii
Contributors	viii
Acknowledgments	x
Preface: The context of promoting positive ageing	xi
The challenges of ageism	1	(33)
Victor Minichiello
Margaret Somerville
Cathryn McConaghy
Jenny McParlane
Alan Scott
The role of health promotion in healthy ageing	34	(19)
Rafat Hussain
Rodrigo Marino
Irene Coulson
The experience of ageing: Influences on mental health and well-being	53	(25)
Colette Browning
Yvonne Wells
Andrew Joyce
Sexuality, sexual intimacy and sexual health in later life	78	(27)
Victor Minichiello
Samantha Ackling
Chris Bourne
David Plummer
Considerations and challenges in the prevention of dementia	105	(15)
Irene Coulson
Rodrigo Marino
Vicki Strang
Work and retirement later in life: Is retirement a relevant concept for the 21st century?	120	(24)
Linda Rosenman
Housing and older people: Environments, professionals and positive ageing	144	(23)
Catherine Bridge
Hal Kendig
The challenge of caregiving	167	(23)
Neena L. Chappell
Glenda Parmenter
Delivery of care for older people	190	(25)
Lyndall Spencer
Vehicles to promote positive ageing: Natural therapies, counselling, music and the creative arts	215	(26)
Judy Harris
Terrence Hays
Jeffrey Kottler
Victor Minichiello
Ina Olohan
Peter Wright
Gerontechnology: Optimising relationships between ageing people and changing technology	241	(28)
James L. Fozard
References	269	(45)
Index	314