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The new dynamics of ageing. Volume 2 /
A comprehensive multi-disciplinary overview of the very latest research on ageing, concentrating on four major themes: autonomy and independence in later life, biology and ageing, food and nutrition and representation of old age.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL :
Policy Press,
2018.
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| Colección: | The New Dynamics of Ageing
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; THE NEW DYNAMICS OF AGEING: Volume 2; Contents; List of tables and figures; List of contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction; The New Dynamics of Ageing research programme; Introducing the book; Part One: Autonomy and independence in later life; 2. Sleep and autonomy in later life: the SomnIA project; Introduction; Aims of the SomnIA research project; Understanding social aspects of sleep among older people in the community; Researching sleep in care homes; Policy and practice implications; Conclusions; 3. Negotiating unfamiliar environments; Introduction; Aims and methods; Findings
- Policy and practice implicationsConclusions; Financial elder abuse; 4. Introduction; What is financial elder abuse?; How common is financial elder abuse?; Are certain types of people more likely to be abused?; Framing the detection of elder abuse as 'bystander intervention'; Aims and methods; Ethical approval and sample bias; Findings and discussion; Policy implications and theory development; Conclusions; 5. Maintaining dignity and independence; Introduction; Dignity and health in later life; Aims and methods; Findings; Policy and practice implications; Conclusions
- 6. Families and caring in South Asian communitiesIntroduction; Aims and methods; Findings; Policy and practice implications; Conclusions; Part Two: Biological perspectives; 7. Understanding immunesenescence; Introduction; Aims and methods; Findings; Policy and practice implications; Conclusions; 8. Towards understanding the biological drivers of cell ageing; Introduction; Mechanisms of biological ageing; Using progeroid syndromes to study ageing; Aims of the research; Methodology; Findings; Conclusions; Part Three: Nutrition in later life; 10. NANA: a tale of ageing and technology
- IntroductionDeveloping NANA; The NANA approach; Part 1: User needs analysis; Part 2: Development of the integrated measurement toolkit; Part 3: Validation of the NANA assessment toolkit; Policy and practice implications; Conclusions; 11. Combating malnutrition in hospitals; Introduction; The mappmal project; Methods; Impact of current ward practices on the perception of food served to older hospital patients; Developing a concept for new food products; Findings; Impact of current ward practices on the perception of food served to older hospital patients
- Developing new foods for older hospital patientsThe final prototype: hospitalfoodie; Applications to other care settings; Policy and practice implications; Conclusions; 11. Migration and nutrition; Introduction; Aims and methods; Findings; Policy and practice implications; Conclusions; Part Four: Representations of old age; 12. Representing self
- representing ageing; Introduction; Aims and methods; Findings; Findings across the workshops; Implications; Conclusions; 13. Ageing, fiction, narrative exchange and everyday life; Introduction; Aims and methods; Findings