Age & Ageing

This book offers a refined and authoritative understanding of the current trends in population ageing and the labour force participation of older workers. It examines the welfare state arrangements in nine EU countries plus Hungary, Slovenia and Norway and considers the various perspectives and pol..

Ageing Matters..

This title was first published in 2003: The Gateshead Community Care Scheme marked a unique departure in the development Community Care for older people. This book charts the impact of the scheme, which devolved resource control to individual social workers acting as care managers, with defined case..

This title was first published in 2000: Describing needs, service use and outcomes from the perspective of users, carers and care managers, this book offers a unique account of community care policy and practice in the UK, and of the challenges facing care development in the new millennium...

Changing Worlds and the Ageing Subject..

Critical Gerontology Comes of Age reflects on how baby boomers, caretakers, and health professionals are perceiving and adapting to historical, social, political, and cultural changes that call into question prior assumptions about aging and life progression...

Delivering Benefits in Old Age..

With an expanding older population, it is crucial that we develop our understanding of how to treat those suffering from dementia and related diseases. This accessible book provides extensive information on the different types of dementia and on memory problems more generally. It will be an invaluab..

With an expanding older population, it is crucial that we develop our understanding of how to treat those suffering from dementia and related diseases. This accessible book provides extensive information on the different types of dementia and on memory problems more generally. It will be an invaluab..

Providing an in-depth analysis of the economic well-being of the elderly in the UK, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia, this book offers an assessment of the performance of national social security systems in terms of income provision for the elderly...

Exploring the experiences of older women in post-war Japanese society, this book analyzes their family relations, housing histories and position within welfare systems. It highlights a range of issues surrounding the changing role of women in the family and society, housing policy and the ageing so..

Exploring the experiences of older women in post-war Japanese society, this book analyzes their family relations, housing histories and position within welfare systems. It highlights a range of issues surrounding the changing role of women in the family and society, housing policy and the ageing so..