Synopses & Reviews
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. The book will be of value to undergraduate and postgraduate students in health and social care and practitioners in these fields.
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A book which truly makes older people's experiences central to understanding how best policy makers and practitioners might promote well-being in later life. Professor Miriam Bernard, Research Institute for Life Course Studies, Keele University
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This unique book, based on the lived experience of older people, conveys important lessons for policy makers, service providers and practitioners about how older people manage the experience of ageing. Ann McDonald, Head of the School of Social Work and Psychology, University of East Anglia
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“Written for academic and policy audience . . . stories woven with the realities of dealing with the support system . . . rigorous qualitative research methods and analysis of [the authors] interview data.”
Synopsis
Current social policy recognizes 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 in 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. The book provides an original and much-needed exploration of the strategies used by older people. It is topical and highly relevant to current issues in social policy, social work, and social care. As a unique and valuable resource for teaching, research, and practice in these areas, it provides key messages from recent and current research, relating to the experiences of older people and different aspects of community care practice.
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This book provides an engaging analysis of how older people manage the ageing experience and gives the reader an insight into what this means for policy and practice.
About the Author
Denise Tanner, School of Health and Social Studies, University of Warwick
Table of Contents
Introduction
Starting from lives
Setting the scene
Keeping going
Staying me
The slippery slope
Sustaining the self
Destinations and directions