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Ageing with Disability: A Lifecourse Perspective
E Jeppsson Grassman
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Description for Ageing with Disability: A Lifecourse Perspective
Hardback.
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 and what the implications are of 'becoming old' for people who have had extensive disabilities for many years. These people may have had to leave the labour market early, and the book looks at available care resources, both formal and informal. Ageing with disability challenges set ideas about successful ageing, as well as some of those about disabilities. The life course ... Read more
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 and what the implications are of 'becoming old' for people who have had extensive disabilities for many years. These people may have had to leave the labour market early, and the book looks at available care resources, both formal and informal. Ageing with disability challenges set ideas about successful ageing, as well as some of those about disabilities. The life course ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447305224
SKU
V9781447305224
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Ref
99-50
About E Jeppsson Grassman
Eva Jeppsson Grassman holds a chair as professor at Linköping University, Sweden. Her research comprises diverse life course and ageing issues concerning chronic illness and disability, civil society, care models, and end-of-life. Anna Whitaker is a senior lecturer and associate professor at Linköping University and Ersta Sköndal University College. Her research includes ageing issues, with focus on end-of-life and ... Read more
Reviews for Ageing with Disability: A Lifecourse Perspective
“This book is a significant contribution to the study of ageing and disability from a life course perspective. It provides a fascinating, theoretically well-informed treatise of how older people make sense of disability.” Professor Rafael Lindqvist, Uppsala University, Sweden “This significant and original collection will change perspectives on the interplay between ageing and disability in ways that will be wholly ... Read more