Transitions and the Lifecourse: Challenging the Constructions of 'Growing Old'
Author:   Amanda Grenier (University of Toronto)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
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9781847426918


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   31 January 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Amanda Grenier (University of Toronto)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781847426918


ISBN 10:   1847426913
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   31 January 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part One: The context of growing old: The study of transition in late life; Critical perspectives on ageing and the lifecourse; Multidisciplinary approaches to transition; The intersections of policy, practice, and experience; Socio-cultural constructs of late life; Part Two: Contested models of ageing and late life: Narratives of transition on ageing and late life; Rethinking transition; Social location and 'othered' constructs of age; The fourth age: impairment in late life; Future directions

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Grenier challenges assumptions that underlay most gerontology theories, policies and services, concluding that models of successful ageing deny the reality of physical decline that shapes the experiences of all who survive into late old age. This book is a must read for those concerned with the implications of global ageing. Sheila M. Neysmith, Associate Dean of Research, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work and Professor & RBC Chair in Applied Social Work Research, University of Toronto


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Amanda Grenier is Associate Professor in the Department of Health, Aging and Society at McMaster University, Canada. She holds the Gilbrea Chair on Aging and Mental Health, and is Director of the Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging. She is also affiliated with the Centre for Research and Expertise in Social Gerontology at the CSSS Cavendish, the McGill School of Social Work, and is Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute for Life Course Studies at Keele University. Her research focuses on the intersections of policy, organisational practice and lived experience in relation to ageing, frailty and care.

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