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New dynamics in old age
— individual, environmental, and societal perspectives | | Author(s) | Hans-Werner Wahl, Clemens Tesch-Römer, Andreas Hoff |
| Publisher | Baywood, Amityville, NY, 2006 |
| Pages | 392 pp (Society and aging series) |
| Source | Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 26 Austin Avenue, PO Box 337, Amityville, NY 11701, USA. E-mail: baywood@baywood.com Web site: http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Sociology, Social Science ; Personal relationships ; Housing [elderly] ; Physical environment. |
| Annotation | The main hypothesis on which contributions to this book is based maintains that the new dynamics of old age is best observed in a range of everyday ageing contexts that have been undergoing change since the second half of the 20th century. Five areas of new and persistent dynamics are treated in depth. First, the social environment, with a focus on cohort effects in social relations and the consideration of family relations and older people as care receivers. Second, the home environment, in which the emphasis is on the quality of life, relocation, and urban ageing issues. Third, the outdoor environment, with consideration of out-of-home activity patterns, car driving, and leisure. Fourth, the technological environment, and the role of the internet and technology's potential in the home. Fifth, the societal environment, with a focus on global ageing, the new politics of old age, and older people as market consumers. A final section describes cross-cultural challenges for ageing research, and micro- and macro-perspectives on the social contexts of ageing. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070205003 B |
| Classmark | BG: S: DS: KE: R |
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