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The new age of ageing : how society needs to change /
Debunking the myth of the ageing time bomb, this timely book from the authors of Retiring with Attitude challenges our assumptions and stereotypes and demonstrates that we are capable of living better together longer in this new, older world.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA :
Policy Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- _GoBack; _GoBack; Contents; List of figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; About the authors; List of abbreviations; one; The new age of ageing: how society needs to change; Why this book matters; Themes of the book; How the book was written; two; Going on and on; Why is the population ageing?; Just who is living longer?; What about the birth rate (and its bulges)?; A revolution for women; Moving populations; Looking wider; Healthy life expectancy; Thinking differently about ageing; What about the upside?; three; How society ages people.
- Influences on everyday narratives of ageingWhat needs to change?; four; Time bombs and agequakes: the economics of ageing; The scary story; Unpicking the scare stories; An explanation for the repetition of the time-bomb story; A different story about the economics of ageing today; What needs to change?; five; Overlooked and under-estimated: older consumers; Older consumers; The myths about older consumers; The exclusion of older consumers; A range of possible approaches to older consumers; Consumer power: the new factor; What needs to change?; six; Working longer together; More older workers.
- Older unemployed workersAre older workers taking jobs from the young?; What needs to change?; seven; Media exclusion; Stereotypes of older people in the media; Older women in the media; Are things changing? Different ways of being old; What needs to change?; eight; Cover up; Images and oppression: why cover up?; Images and exploitation: the business of the cosmetic industry; Images and liberation: celebrating older people's bodies; What needs to change?; nine; Everybody's gotta be somewhere!; What is changing?; Independence is what many older people say they want.
- Some challenges to ageing independentlyWhat other people say older people should do; Age-friendly communities; Wise communities include older people; How do we get there?; What needs to change?; ten; Who cares?; Who is giving care?; What type of care and support?; Who pays for care?; What needs to change?; eleven; The dark side; Facing the prospect of death; Living with illness; Dementia and fear of dementia; Loneliness and depression; Ageing in poverty; Facing up to the challenges; What needs to change?; twelve; The best bits; Continuing to learn; Strengthening relationships.
- Gaining lots of freedom and having funWhat needs to change?; thirteen; Wiser together; The benefits of individual wisdom; Wisdom: a social and interactive phenomenon; Identifying principles for wisdom in action; Drawing on and sharing older people's wisdom for the benefit of the whole community; Applying wisdom within an age-inclusive society; What needs to change?; fourteen; We're still here; Feminism and ageism: what can we learn?; What needs to change?; fifteen; Our vision for the future; Notes; Index.