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Managing the ageing experience : learning from older people /
Current social policy recognises that older people should be treated as experts in their own lives and be actively involved in their care. This book explores what can be learned from older people's experiences of managing ageing. Direct connections are made between the everyday experiences and...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : [Portland, Or.] :
Policy Press ; [Distributed by International Specialized Book Services],
2010.
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| Series: | Ageing and the lifecourse.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Current social policy recognises that older people should be treated as experts in their own lives and be actively involved in their care. This book explores what can be learned from older people's experiences of managing ageing. Direct connections are made between the everyday experiences and perspectives of older people, related research and theoretical perspectives. This yields an engaging and informative analysis of how older people manage the ageing experience and what this means for policy and practice directed at promoting older people's wellbeing. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 239 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-232) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847428981 1847428983 9781447302773 144730277X |