Overview

Empowerment refers to the ability to make informed choices, exercise influence, make continuing contributions to society, and take advantage of services. These privileges are taken for granted by most working-age adults, but often are not available to older persons for a variety of reasons, including poverty, poor health, low educational levels, lack of transportation and access to services, negative stereotypes about aging, and overt or subtle age discrimination. Yet empowerment is vital to the quality of life of older persons and the health of society on the whole if seniors are engaged and involved members of it. This book takes an international approach by presenting the work of 17 experts in aging. Countries represented by the contributors include Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ireland, India, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. While many works address the issue of empowerment, the aging perspective is relatively rare and the international perspective entirely lacking until now. Empowering Older People presents views and research written by experts in aging from around the world. Contributions look at the need to ensure older people have control over their own lives and discuss any positive measures which are being taken to provide real opportunities and resources for the older populations. Empowerment is vital to older people's quality of life and to the health of any society, and an international perspective on the issue will inform all who work with older people. In this edited volume, the countries represented by contributors include Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ireland, India, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.

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Author:   Daniel Thursz ,  Charlotte Nusberg ,  Johnnie Prather
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Edition:   Second ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.503kg
ISBN:  

9780865692381

ISBN 10:   0865692386
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 May 1995
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface by Charlotte Nusberg Introduction by Daniel Thursz The Concept An Aging Perspective on Empowerment by Ken Tout Empowerment: As Illustrated by a Bear, Napoleon, and Others by Brigid Donelan A Second Opinion by James T. Sykes Empowered Organizations Seniors Organizations and Seniors' Empowerment: An International Perspective by Henry Pratt Empowering Older Persons through Organizations: A Case Study by Heather McKenzie Tradition Impedes Organizational Empowerment in Japan by Takako Sodei Establishing a Seniors' Organization in Denmark by Bjarne Hastrup The Empowered Individual Hearts and Minds: Elder Empowerment and Cultural Revolution by Julia T. de Alvarez The Psychological Basis for Empowerment by Jane Myers Empowering Older Mexicans through Study and Action by Celia Ruiz In Developing Countries Older Persons: Issues Concerning Their Empowerment and Participation in Development by Mukunda Rao The Aged and Development: Mutual Beneficiaries by Sandeep Chawla and Marvin Kaiser Older Persons in Pakistan: Their Major Problems and Empowerment Strategy by S. M. Zaki Roads to Empowerment Research as a Tool for Empowerment by Valerie Moller Conclusion by Sally Greengross

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Author Information

DANIEL THURSZ is president of the National Council on the Ageing and international vice president of the International Federation on Ageing. CHARLOTTE NUSBERG is director of publications for the International Federation on Ageing and coordinator for International Information at the American Association of Retired Persons. JOHNNIE PRATHER is senior editor of Ageing International, the journal of the International Federation on Ageing.

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