Ageing with Disability: A Lifecourse Perspective

Author:   Eva Jeppsson Grassman (National Institute for the Study of Ageing and Later Life, Linkoping University, Sweden.) ,  Anna Whitaker
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
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9781447305224


Pages:   152
Publication Date:   08 May 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Eva Jeppsson Grassman (National Institute for the Study of Ageing and Later Life, Linkoping University, Sweden.) ,  Anna Whitaker
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.00cm
ISBN:  

9781447305224


ISBN 10:   1447305221
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   08 May 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Ageing with disability – An introduction ~ Eva Jeppsson Grassman and Anna Whitaker; Time, age and the failing body. A long life with disability ~ Eva Jeppsson Grassman; Disability, identity and ageing ~ Lotta Holme; Is it possible to ‘age successfully’ with extensive physical impairments? ~ Annika Taghizadeh Larsson; Being one’s illness: on mental disability and ageing ~ Per Bülow and Tommy Svensson; In the shade of disability reforms and policy – parenthood, ageing and life-long care ~ Anna Whitaker; Ageing and care among disabled couples ~ Cristina Joy Torgé; Living and ageing with disability – summary and conclusion ~ Anna Whitaker and Eva Jeppsson Grassman.

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This significant and original collection will change perspectives on the interplay between ageing and disability in ways that will be wholly beneficial to older people and policy making alike. --Joanna Bornat, The Open University


This significant and original collection will change perspectives on the interplay between ageing and disability in ways that will be wholly beneficial to older people and policy making alike. -Joanna Bornat, The Open University This book is a significant contribution to the study of ageing and disability from a life course perspective. It provides a fascinating, theoretically well-informed treatise of how older people make sense of disability. Professor Rafael Lindqvist, Uppsala University, Sweden


This significant and original collection will change perspectives on the interplay between ageing and disability in ways that will be wholly beneficial to older people and policy making alike. -Joanna Bornat, The Open University


Author Information

Eva Jeppsson Grassman holds a chair as professor at Linkping University, Sweden. Her research comprises diverse life course and ageing issues concerning chronic illness and disability, civil society, care models, and end-of-life. Anna Whitaker is a senior lecturer and associate professor at Linkping University and Ersta Skndal University College. Her research includes ageing issues, with focus on end-of-life and institutional eldercare, and on informal/family care in a disability context.

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