Disability and aging : learning from both to empower the lives of older adults /

What is the lived experience of previously healthy older adults as they face disability in late life, and how is disability assimilated in their identity? How do prevailing practices facilitate-or limit-options for elders living with new disabilities? To address these questions, Jeffrey Kahana and E...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Kahana, Jeffrey Steven, 1967- (Autor), Kahana, Eva (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2017.
Colección:Disability in society.
Temas:
Older people with disabilities.
Aging.
Disabilities.
People with disabilities.
Age factors in disease.
Adaptability (Psychology)
Quality of life.
Disabled Persons
Age Factors
Aging > psychology
Adaptation, Psychological
Quality of Life
Aging
Personnes âgées handicapées.
Vieillissement.
Handicap.
Personnes handicapées.
Maladies > Facteurs liés à l'âge.
Adaptation (Psychologie)
Qualité de la vie.
quality of life.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The world of late-life disability
  • Contextualizing aging and disability
  • Learning from gerontology
  • A life course perspective
  • Adventurous aging through international travel
  • Managing the physical environment
  • Enhancing care in the nursing home environment
  • The experience of disability at the end of life
  • Toward better public policies
  • The promise of convergence in gerontology and disability studies.

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