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Contemporary issues in gerontology : promoting positive ageing / V. Minichiello and I. Coulson, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2005Description: xvi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415364299
  • 9780415364294
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.26 22
Contents:
Preface : the context of promoting positive ageing -- 1. The challenges of ageism / Victor Minichiello, Margaret Somerville, Cathryn McConaghy, Jenny McParlane and Alan Scott -- 2. The role of health promotion in healthy ageing / Rafat Hussain, Rodrigo Marino and Irene Coulson -- 3. The experience of ageing : influences on mental health and well-being / Colette Browning, Yvonne Wells and Andrew Joyce -- 4. Sexuality, sexual intimacy and sexual health in later life / Victor Minichiello, Samantha Ackling, Chris Bourne and David Plummer -- 5. Considerations and challenges in the prevention of dementia / Irene Coulson, Rodrigo Marino and Vicki Strang -- 6. Work and retirement later in life : is retirement a relevant concept for the 21st century? / Linda Rosenman -- 7. Housing and older people : environments, professionals and positive ageing / Catherine Bridge and Hal Kendig -- 8. The challenge of caregiving / Neena L. Chappell and Glenda Parmenter -- 9. Delivery of care for older people / Lyndall Spencer -- 10. Vehicles to promote positive ageing : natural therapies, counselling, music and the creative arts / Judy Harris, Terrence Hays, Jeffrey Kottler, Victor Minichiello, Ina Olohan and Peter Wright -- 11. Gerontechnology : optimising relationships between ageing people and changing technology / James L. Fozard.
Review: "Contemporary Issues in Gerontology helps students and practitioners to better understand and cater for the needs of our ageing population. It examines how services can be provided to meet the expectations and needs of a growing population of ageing citizens within a cost-effective, social justice and positive ageing framework. It identities how resources allocated to aged care can be distributed equitably to better meet the demands associated with housing, retirement, service provision and care, and how health promotion principles can contribute to a healthy older population." "This book is essential reading for students and practitioners of gerontology, medicine, nursing, allied health, health management, social work and public policy."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface : the context of promoting positive ageing -- 1. The challenges of ageism / Victor Minichiello, Margaret Somerville, Cathryn McConaghy, Jenny McParlane and Alan Scott -- 2. The role of health promotion in healthy ageing / Rafat Hussain, Rodrigo Marino and Irene Coulson -- 3. The experience of ageing : influences on mental health and well-being / Colette Browning, Yvonne Wells and Andrew Joyce -- 4. Sexuality, sexual intimacy and sexual health in later life / Victor Minichiello, Samantha Ackling, Chris Bourne and David Plummer -- 5. Considerations and challenges in the prevention of dementia / Irene Coulson, Rodrigo Marino and Vicki Strang -- 6. Work and retirement later in life : is retirement a relevant concept for the 21st century? / Linda Rosenman -- 7. Housing and older people : environments, professionals and positive ageing / Catherine Bridge and Hal Kendig -- 8. The challenge of caregiving / Neena L. Chappell and Glenda Parmenter -- 9. Delivery of care for older people / Lyndall Spencer -- 10. Vehicles to promote positive ageing : natural therapies, counselling, music and the creative arts / Judy Harris, Terrence Hays, Jeffrey Kottler, Victor Minichiello, Ina Olohan and Peter Wright -- 11. Gerontechnology : optimising relationships between ageing people and changing technology / James L. Fozard.

"Contemporary Issues in Gerontology helps students and practitioners to better understand and cater for the needs of our ageing population. It examines how services can be provided to meet the expectations and needs of a growing population of ageing citizens within a cost-effective, social justice and positive ageing framework. It identities how resources allocated to aged care can be distributed equitably to better meet the demands associated with housing, retirement, service provision and care, and how health promotion principles can contribute to a healthy older population." "This book is essential reading for students and practitioners of gerontology, medicine, nursing, allied health, health management, social work and public policy."--BOOK JACKET.

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