Buch, Englisch, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 536 g
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Buch, Englisch, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 536 g
Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Aging
ISBN: 978-1-032-71017-4
Verlag: Routledge
Originally published in 1987, Social Gerontology presents papers from the British Society of Gerontology annual conference held at the University of Glasgow in September 1986. It shows much of the most innovative research and thinking in social gerontology and will interest a wide range of academics and professionals in the social and health sciences and services, interested in gerontology and the welfare of elderly people.
Zielgruppe
Adult education, General, and Postgraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
Editor’s Introduction. Introduction: The Case for a Critical Gerontology Chris Phillipson and Alan Walker Part One: Research Influence on Policy and Practice 1. The Research-Led Attack on Sheltered Housing and its Policy Implications: A Review of Recent Studies Graham Fennell and Ann Way 2. Illuminating and Influencing Local Policy and Practice David J. Hunter 3. Research as an Instrument for Implementing Service Provision for Elderly People: The Case of Newham Health Authority’s “Elderly Screening Project” Catherine Itzin 4. Housing for Frail Elderly People – The Context, Early Findings and Question Marks Anthea Tinker and Bill Bytheway Part Two: Issues for Social Policy 5. New Managerialist Argument and the Supply and Financing of Care Bleddyn Davies 6. Public Money and Private Care: Paradoxes and Problems Sally Baldwin and Anne Corden 7. Women and Occupational Pension Provision: Past and Future Dulcie Groves Part Three: Ageing in Europe 8. Primary Social and Health Services for the Aged in Greece A.S. Dontas 9. The Elderly in Poland: An Overview of Selected Problems and Changes Brunon Synak 10. Economic Activity of the Elderly in Turkey: An Analysis of Urban and Rural Populations A.A. Gurkan and C.J. Gilleard 11. Responses to Health and Social Problems in Old Age Hans Thomae Part Four: Considerations for Care in the Community 12. Care in the Families of Redundant Welsh Steelworkers Bill Bytheway 13. Empowering Carers: Bexley ACE, the Bexley Community Care Scheme and the Health Service Carol Foster and Nan Maitland 14. Cornwall’s Gaza Strip: Administrative and Cultural Constraints to Geriatric Care in a Peripheral Rural Area George Giarchi Part Five: Mental Health in the Community 15. Development of the Geriatric Mental State Examination and Organic Depression Index as a Case Finding Instrument C. McWilliam, J.R.M. Copeland and M.E. Dewey 16. The Liverpool Study of Continuing Health in the Community: Progress with the Year 3 Survey I.A. Davidson, J.R.M. Copeland, M.E. Dewey, V.K. Sharma, P. Saunders, C. Sullivan, C. McWilliam, L.M. Voruganti and S.V. Manohar 17. The Rights of the Elderly Suffering from Dementia W.D. Boyd Part Six: Conceptual Developments 18. Older Workers, Unemployment and the Discouraged Worker Effect Frank Laczko 19. Does Social Class Matter in Later Life? Christina Victor and Maria Evandrou 20. “Managing” – A Concept for Contexualising How People Live Their Later Lives Silvana di Gregorio Part Seven: Future Trends in Gerontology 21. Educational Gerontology in the Future: Unanswered Questions Frank Glendenning. Details of Contributors.
