Ageing with disability
“Ageing with Disability” by Eva Jeppsson-Grassman, published by Policy Press in 2013, is a first edition that spans 142 pages. This book addresses the unique challenges faced by individuals who age with physical or mental disabilities, offering a life course perspective that examines the implications of growing older after a long life with disability. It explores the experiences of those who may have exited the labor market early and investigates the formal and informal care resources available to them.
Readers will find a thorough examination of how ageing with disability challenges conventional notions of successful ageing and disability. The book delves into the impact of multiple disabilities over time and across different life phases, providing insights into caregiving dynamics in contexts often overlooked, such as when ageing parents serve as caregivers or in mutual care situations among disabled couples. This work contributes to the fields of family and relationships, gerontology, and social services, shedding light on neglected areas of knowledge regarding care and support for this demographic.
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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 and what the implications are of ‘becoming old’ for people who have had extensive disabilities for many years. These people may have had to leave the labour market early, and the book looks at available care resources, both formal and informal. Ageing with disability challenges set ideas about successful ageing, as well as some of those about disabilities. The life course approach that is used unfolds important insights about the impact of multiple disabilities over time and on the phases of life. The book highlights the meaning of care in unexplored contexts, such as where ageing parents are caregivers or regarding mutual care in disabled couples. These are areas of knowledge which have, to date, been totally neglected.
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