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17 results in Ageing and the Lifecourse Series

From Exclusion to Inclusion in Old Age
  • A Global Challenge
  • Edited by Thomas Scharf, Norah C. Keating
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    07 September 2022
    Print publication:
    27 June 2012
  • Taking a broad international perspective, this highly topical book casts light on patterns and processes that either place groups of older adults at risk of exclusion or are conducive to their inclusion.

Broadening the Dementia Debate
  • Towards Social Citizenship
  • Ruth Bartlett, Deborah O'Connor
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    01 September 2022
    Print publication:
    01 June 2010
  • This book examines dementia from a social citizenship perspective. It looks at rights, status(es) and participation and shows how this framework can be applied in practice.

Transitions and the Lifecourse
  • Challenging the Constructions of 'Growing Old'
  • Amanda Grenier
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    01 September 2022
    Print publication:
    31 January 2012
  • This book offers a unique perspective on ideas about late life as expressed in social policy and socio-cultural constructs of age with lived experience.

Ageing and Intergenerational Relations
  • Family Reciprocity from a Global Perspective
  • Edited by Misa Izuhara
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    01 September 2022
    Print publication:
    17 February 2010
  • This book explores the exchange of support between generations and examines variations in contemporary practice and theory in different societies around the world. It draws on theoretical perspectives to discuss both newly emerging patterns of family reciprocity and more established ones affected by changing issues in contemporary societies.

Belief and Ageing
  • Spiritual Pathways in Later Life
  • Peter G. Coleman
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    01 September 2022
    Print publication:
    05 July 2011
  • This book illustrates the variety of religious, spiritual and other beliefs held by older people, including British Christians, Muslims, Humanists and witnesses of the Soviet persecution of religion.

Managing the Ageing Experience
  • Learning from Older People
  • Denise Tanner
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    01 September 2022
    Print publication:
    01 September 2010
  • This book provides an engaging analysis of how older people manage the ageing experience and gives the reader an insight into what this means for policy and practice.

Health and Care in Ageing Societies
  • A New International Approach
  • Liz Lloyd
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    01 September 2022
    Print publication:
    16 May 2012
  • In the context of global ageing societies, there are few challenges to the underlying assumption that policies should promote functional health and independence in older people and contain the costs of care. This important book provides such a challenge.

Family Practices in Later Life
  • Pat Chambers, Graham Allan, Chris Phillipson, Mo Ray
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    16 July 2022
    Print publication:
    02 September 2009
  • This exciting book challenges many common stereotypes about the nature of family involvement as people age. The book explores diversity and change in the family relationships older people maintain, looking at how family relationships are constructed and organised in later life.

Ageing in Urban Neighbourhoods

Valuing Older People
  • A Humanist Approach to Ageing
  • Edited by Ricca Edmondson, Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    05 July 2022
    Print publication:
    20 July 2009
  • How can we understand older people as real human beings, value their wisdom, and appreciate that their norms and purposes both matter in themselves and are affected by those of others? Using a life-course approach, this book argues that the complexity and potential creativity of later life demand a humanistic vision of older people and ageing.

Community and Ageing
  • Maintaining Quality of Life in Housing with Care Settings
  • Simon Evans
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    05 July 2022
    Print publication:
    02 September 2009
  • Community and Ageing investigates changing concepts and experiences of community into older age and how they play out in housing with care settings, with an overview of the housing with care sector in the UK and internationally. It explores the impact of a range of factors, from social networks to diversity and the built environment.

Population Ageing from a Lifecourse Perspective
  • Critical and International Approaches
  • Edited by Kathrin Komp, Stina Johansson
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    11 March 2022
    Print publication:
    25 March 2015
  • This much-needed volume, part of the Ageing and the Lifecourse series, combines insights from different disciplines and real-life experiences to argue that the lifecourse perspective helps us understand causes and effects of population ageing.

Ageing, Insight and Wisdom
  • Meaning and Practice across the Lifecourse
  • Ricca Edmondson
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    10 March 2022
    Print publication:
    29 June 2015
  • This book focuses on older people as makers of meaning and insight, highlighting the ways older people form part of social and symbolic landscapes, and the types of wisdom they can offer.

Ageing with Disability
  • A Lifecourse Perspective
  • Edited by Eva Jeppsson Grassman, Anna Whitaker
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    03 February 2022
    Print publication:
    08 May 2013
  • This is the first book to address the issue of ageing after a long life with disability. It breaks new ground through its particular life course perspective, examining what it means to age with a physical or mental disability.

Rural Ageing
  • A Good Place to Grow Old?
  • Edited by Norah Keating
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    19 January 2022
    Print publication:
    14 May 2008
  • Using a new and original approach, this illuminating book explores women's employment at the start of the twenty-first century, identifying aspects of women's labour market situation which remain poorly understood and challenging much 'received wisdom' about women and work.

Critical Perspectives on Ageing Societies
  • Edited by Miriam Bernard, Thomas Scharf
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    14 January 2022
    Print publication:
    16 May 2007
  • This study, by a qualitative sociologist, uses interpretive methods to examine the impact of auditing and inspection on professional work in schools, hospitals, local government and the police, and provides a true sense of what is practically involved in the work of counting, measuring and managing quality.

Ageing in a Consumer Society