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The Age of Supported Independence: Voices of In-home Care
Beatrice Hale
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Description for The Age of Supported Independence: Voices of In-home Care
Paperback. This book examines the experiences of older people who remain at home with care. It discusses life changes faced by family members who take on a greater care-giving role, and suggests that this constitutes a new stage of life, an Age of Supported Independence. Num Pages: 131 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHB; JHBK; JHM; JKSN; MJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
This book investigates the experiences of older people who remain at home with care. It examines the transition points for the important life changes faced by family members who take on a greater care-giving role. The book draws on demographic analyses and qualitative fieldwork to explore the shift from independence to increasing dependence, and suggests that this transition constitutes movement into a new stage of life, that of an Age of Supported Independence. Applying the anthropological concept of rites of passage in their analysis, the authors focus on the ... Read more
This book investigates the experiences of older people who remain at home with care. It examines the transition points for the important life changes faced by family members who take on a greater care-giving role. The book draws on demographic analyses and qualitative fieldwork to explore the shift from independence to increasing dependence, and suggests that this transition constitutes movement into a new stage of life, that of an Age of Supported Independence. Applying the anthropological concept of rites of passage in their analysis, the authors focus on the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
246g
Number of Pages
131
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400791343
SKU
V9789400791343
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99-15
Reviews for The Age of Supported Independence: Voices of In-home Care
This book present a compelling case for a shift in thinking about the stages of the Third Age. By building on the voices of the adults and caregivers who are living in this age of supported independence, the authors effectively challenge our current notion of the aging process and the people who are living this experience. ... Read more