The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Ageing Issues

Global and Country Narratives
Herausgeber: Shankardass, Mala Kapur

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Produktbeschreibung

This handbook provides a comprehensive look into the emerging issues confronting ageing societies across the world. Drawing on scholarship from Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe, it explores different dimensions of ageing, gender, health, environment, care, elder abuse, generational relationships, and grief.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 738
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1397g
• ISBN-13: 9781032632292
• ISBN-10: 1032632291
• Artikelnr.: 72653355

Autorenporträt

Mala Kapur Shankardass, Ph.D, is a Sociologist, Gerontologist, and Health Social Scientist; academician, researcher, author, activist, and international consultant. She is Founding Member of the Development, Welfare and Research Foundation. She is also Retd. Senior Faculty, University of Delhi, India.

Inhaltsangabe

I. INTRODUCTION 1. A Discourse on Contemporary Ageing Issues and Synopsis
of the Narratives II. EMERGING ISSUES: GLOBAL NARRATIVES 2. Older women:
the confluence between gender and age 3. Resident-to-resident Aggression
Analysed Through a Rights-Based Approach 4. Coping with Elder Abuse &
Neglect: Can we increase detection and identification? 5. Sustainable
development and quality of life of older adults from an European
Perspective 6. "Emotional Frailty" in Older Adults 7. Cognitive Frailty in
Older Adults 8. Effective interventions in age-related disease 9. Older
People and Assistive Technology 10. Navigating an End -of- Life Journey
- From a Terminal Diagnosis Through the Last Hours 11. Grief, the Emotional
Impact of Aging 12. Addressing Aging Grief 13. Hidden Carers: The
Invisibility of a Family Carer 14. Geriatric Substance Use/Abuse - Global
Concerns III. CONTEMPORARY REGIONAL & COUNTRY NARRATIVES A) AFRICA 15.
Urban Renewal Initiatives and Vulnerability of Older Persons in a Nigerian
City 16. Measuring the value of old age in low-income settings in Africa:
Contributions of older persons, a hidden treasure 17. Ageing, Health Care,
Social Protection and Inter-Generational Solidarity in South Africa:
Concerns and Responses 18. Household structure and Health at older ages in
sub-Saharan Africa 19. Interventions for Incomes and Livelihoods among
Older Persons in Kenya: An Analysis of Milestones and Gaps in Social
Protection Policies B) AMERICAS 20. Geriatric Education in U.S. at a
Turning Point: Moving ahead Requires Looking Back 21. Older Adults with
Severe Mental Illness in United States 22. American Values and the
Intersection of Ageism & Sexism in the Workplace 23. Training Boomers to
Transition into Retirement: Best Practices in the Offing? 24. Ozarks Rural
Health 25. The Future of Eldercare in America is No Caregivers. Now What?
26. Aging In Uruguay 27. Comprehensive analysis of subnational disparities
in population ageing in Mexico: overview and challenges for a healthy
ageing 28. Ageing and living conditions of older persons in Argentina: An
analysis from a rights perspective 29. Violence against older women, an
emerging issue in Latin America 30. Solitude and Sociability among Older
People in Brazil 31. LGBTIQ Older Adults in Brazil and the Birth of South
American Gray Pride C) ASIA PACIFIC 32. Gender Difference in Evaluating
Global Age-Friendly Cities Indicators in Iran 33. Healthy Ageing at very
old ages - perspectives from women in the oldest cohort of the Australian
Longitudinal Study on Women's Health 34. Technology-enhanced dementia
education programs in the Japanese community 35. Population Aging,
Depopulation and the Workforce Shortage Crisis in Japan: An Overview Of 9
Reversal Strategies and a Paradigm for a Policy and Research Agenda 36.
Senior Learner as Part of the Lifelong Learning Policy in Singapore 37. The
Role of University to Promote Healthy and Active Ageing in Indonesia 38.
Emerging Ageing Issues in China 39. Growth of Education in Gerontology and
Use of Technology to Improve Quality of Life of Older People 40. Filial
piety and the law: A comparative study of Indian and Chinese laws on care
for parents 41. Intergenerational Support for Older Persons in India: A
Demographic Perspective 42. Law catching up with dignified death: Legal
battle for "Living Will" or Advance Medical Directive in India 43. Rights
of Older People: Global Perspective & Nepali Response 44. Trends and
emerging issues of older Persons: A case of South Asian country Nepal D)
EUROPE 45. Ireland- '... the best country in which to grow old with dignity
and respect' 46. Intimacy and sexuality in Residential Aged Care Facilities
in Belgium 47. The German approach to participation by older people and how
HelpAge promotes this approach worldwide by way of Older People
Associations (OPAs) 48. Old Husbands Caring for Their Wives in Malta:
Enduring Gendered Stereotypes and Cultural Masculinities 49. System of
support of seniors in Poland - from institutional care to community-based
services 50. Polish seniors in rural areas - experiences and challenges 51.
Ageing Issues, Concerns and Responses in the Netherlands 52. How to feel at
home in nursing homes? From scandal to a new concept in France 53.
Postmodern Condition and Tradition in Greece: Approaching Visions about
"Ageing" Reflected by Television 54. Spanish older adults: Political
participation and active citizenship 55. The Spanish paradigm shift: from a
dependency-based approach to a right based on personal autonomy? 56.
Ageing, disability, and the adoption of technology among Italian older
adults