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9780789005342

DIGNITY AND OLD AGE

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  • ISBN13:

    9780789005342

  • ISBN10:

    0789005344

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-08-10
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Dignity and Old Age explores the meaning of dignity and its implications for how we look upon old age and older people. It will give you an appreciation of the multiple meanings of dignity across different sectors of society. The contributors assert that the ideal of human dignity conveys important implications for how we treat older people at the level of practice--for example, in health care or social services--and also for our policies governing work and retirement as well as entitlements and benefits. Individuals and families, as well as philanthropy and government, have a role in assuring dignity in age, and professionals in the aging service network can enhance the quality of their care. This book will give you new and important insight for taking important steps forward in framing the issues and fulfilling a commitment to assuring dignity for all those in the last stage of life.

Table of Contents

Dedication to Ellsworth G. Stanton III xiii(2)
Rose Dobrof, DSW
Foreword xv
Rose Dobrof, DSW
Harry R. Moody, PhD
Dignity Over the Life Course 1(12)
Robert Coles, MD
Why Dignity in Old Age Matters 13(26)
Harry R. Moody, PhD
I. THE MEANING OF DIGNITY 39(72)
Dignity and Quality of Life in Old Age
39(14)
Linda K. George, PhD
Respecting Ethnic Elders: A Perspective for Care Providers
53(20)
Jo Ann Damron-Rodriguez, PhD
Spirituality and Community in the Last Stage of Life
73(20)
Henry C. Simmons, PhD
Dignity, Cultural Power and Narrative Redemption: Aging Male Writers Confront the Medical System
93(18)
Robert Disch, MA
II. PRACTICE AND POLICY 111(58)
The Cost of Autonomy, the Price of Paternalism
111(18)
Harry R. Moody, PhD
Assuring Dignity in Means-Tested Entitlements Programs: An Elusive Goal?
129(18)
Sia Arnason, MSW
Philanthropy and Government: Partners in the Community of Caring
147(8)
Rose Dobrof, DSW
Dignity for the Oldest Old: Can We Afford It?
155(14)
Malcolm L. Johnson, PhD
About the Authors 169(2)
Index 171

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