Contesting Aging and Loss / / Janice Graham, Peter Stephenson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• HerausgeberIn: Graham, Janice,; Stephenson, Peter ,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

Disease and death are a part of life, but so too is being well. The lively voices found in this book are not shy about stating the ways in which the widely held notion that they are in decline has been a far larger problem than many other features of their lives. For students, scholars, and policy makers, the message is to attend to these voices, and to design and build better programs that address the social determinants of healthy aging and social inclusion throughout the life course.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE. Age and Time: Contesting the Paradigm of Loss in the Age of Novelty -- CHAPTER TWO. Losing and Gaining: About Growing Old "Successfully" in the Netherlands -- CHAPTER THREE. Empowering Knowledge and Practices of Namaqualand Elders -- CHAPTER FOUR. La Buona Vecchiaia: Aging and Well-Being among Italian Canadians -- CHAPTER FIVE. Drunks, Bums, and Deadbeats? A Biographical Perspective on Gender, Aging, and the Inequalities of Men -- CHAPTER SIX. Dignity and Loss: Implications for Seniors' Health in Hospitalization Narratives -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Embodied Selfhood: Ethnographic Reflections, Performing Ethnography, and Humanizing Dementia Care -- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Science, Politics, and Everyday Life of Recognizing Effective Treatments for Dementia -- CHAPTER NINE. "Them" are "Us": Building Appropriate Policies from Fieldwork to Practice -- APPENDIX. Important Web Resources for Students and Researchers -- Notes on Contributors -- Index