Key Concepts in Social Gerontology

Concise, accessible introduction to this expanding and interdisciplinary field of study.

Concise, accessible introduction to this expanding and interdisciplinary field of study.

Autorentext
Judith Phillips is Professor of Gerontology at Swansea University and director of the Older People and Ageing Research and Development Network in Wales (OPAN Cymru). Judith is a qualified social worker and has worked in statutory residential and field settings, specialising in work with older adults. Following a geography degree at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Judith went on to study at Stockholm University, Jesus College Oxford and UEA, Norwich, where she worked as a researcher and a lecturer before joining the Centre for Social Gerontology at the University of Keele in 1993. She returned to Wales in 2004 to set up the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Ageing (now the Centre for Innovative Ageing) at Swansea University. She is also currently the Director of the Research Institute for Applied Social Sciences at Swansea University. Dr. Ajrouch is an Adjunct Associate Research Professor in the Life Course Development Program. Her research interests include matters of social relations and aging, with emphasis on gender, race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. She recently completed a study, funded by the National Institute of Aging, which examined issues of social relations and health among Arab American elders.Dr Sarah Hillcoat-Nalletamby is Professor of Public Health and Policy Studies at Swansea University.

Klappentext
Concise, accessible introduction to this expanding and interdisciplinary field of study.

Zusammenfassung
Concise, accessible introduction to this expanding and interdisciplinary field of study.

Inhalt

Introduction
Advocacy
Age Integration
Ageing
Ageing in Place
Ageism
Ambivalence
Assisted Living
Bereavement
Biographical Approaches
Care
Care Management
Civic Engagement
Cohort
Convoy Theory
Cultural Ideals
Death and Dying
Dementia
Disability
Elder Mistreatment/Abuse
Environmental Gerontology
Ethnicity
Euthanasia
Family Relations
Filial Responsibility
Frailty
Gender
Generations
Gerontology
Global Ageing
Housing
Independence
Intergenerational Practice
Life-Course Perspective
Lifelong Learning
Loneliness
Long-Term Care
Longevity
Palliative Care
Pensions
Population Ageing
Quality of Life
Religion/Spirituality
Retirement
Social Exclusion
Social Relations
Social Support
Social Theories of Ageing
Successful Ageing
Third and Fourth Ages
Triple Jeopardy