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Normalisation and "normal" ageing
— the social construction of dependency among older people with learning difficulties | | Author(s) | Alan Walker, Carol Walker |
| Journal title | Disability & Society, vol 13, no 1, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 125-142 |
| Keywords | Cognitive impairment ; Mental ageing ; Ageing process ; Services ; Ageism ; Integration. |
| Annotation | The new phenomenon of the survival into old age of increasing numbers of people with learning difficulties is discussed. This raises both theoretical and practical policy issues. In the UK, health and social services for older people and for people with learning difficulties have followed quite different paths. One has been based on a limited, age discriminatory view of "normal" ageing; the other has focused on a potentially liberating concept of normalisation. This distinction is being challenged by the advent of older people with learning difficulties, which is raising questions such as, what is the meaning of normalisation in older age? The authors focus on this key question, illustrating the different principles behind service provision for these two groups, and argue that the concept of normalisation is flawed when applied to older people. The alternative of social integration is proposed as the basis for organising health and social services for both older people and those with learning difficulties. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980925203 A |
| Classmark | E4: D6: BG: I: B:TOB: TO * |
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