| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 142 pages). |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Ageing and the Lifecourse series
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Ageing and the lifecourse.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ageing with disability : an introduction / Eva Jeppsson Grassman and Anna Whitaker -- Time, age and the failing body : a long life with disability / Eva Jeppsson Grassman -- Disability, identity and ageing / Lotta Holme -- Is it possible to 'age successfully' with extensive physical impairments? / Annika Taghizadeh Larsson -- Being one's illness : on mental disability and ageing / Per Bülow and Tommy Svensson -- In the shade of disability reforms and policy : parenthood, ageing and life-long care / Anna Whitaker -- Ageing and care among disabled couples / Cristina Joy Torgé -- Living and ageing with disability : summary and conclusion / Anna Whitaker and Eva Jeppsson Grassman. |
| Summary |
This is the first book to address the issue of ageing after a long life with disability. It breaks new ground through its particular life course perspective, examining what it means to age with a physical or mental disability. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Older people with disabilities.
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Older people with disabilities. |
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Older people with disabilities -- Care.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Jeppsson-Grassman, Eva, editor.
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Whitaker, Anna, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ageing with disability. Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2013 9781447305224 (OCoLC)810113744 |
| ISBN |
9781447305231 (electronic book) |
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144730523X (electronic book) |
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9781299704848 (electronic book) |
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1299704840 (electronic book) |
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9781447305224 (hardcover) |
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1447305221 (hardcover) |
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