Originally published in 1985, Ageing: Recent Advances and Creative Responses contains a selection of the papers contributed to the British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, held in Leeds in September 1984. The book examines some of the positive and innovative multi-disciplinary work which is going on in the field of human ageing, placing particular emphasis on issues such as: the use of leisure in later life; association and friendship; innovations in the funding of services; the political and social views of older people themselves; the importance of an adequate income and appropriate housing; the psychologist’s role in prevention and early detection of disorders, and work in the community.
The book will be of value to all academics, policy makers and practitioners with an interest in human ageing and later life, the health and social difficulties encountered by this age group, and the positive responses that can be made by both the providers of services and the elderly themselves.
First published in 1985, this book examines some of the positive and innovative work going on in the field of human ageing, placing particular emphasis on issues such as: the use of leisure in later life; the importance of appropriate housing and the psychologist’s role in prevention and early detection of disorders.
Preface.
1. Introduction A. Butler Part One: The Overview
2. Ageing
Whose Creative Response A. Tinker
3. The Ageing Class: Vanguard of the
Evolution E. Midwinter Part Two: Leisure, Friendship and Association
4.
Listening to the Voices of Older Women: Creativity and Social Work Responses
A. Froggatt
5. Voluntary Association and the Social Construction of Old Age
D. Jerrome
6. Managing Everyday Life: The Trivial Round Made Significant S.O.
Daatland
7. Constraints to Creativity: The Case of Leisure Facility Managers
M. Bernard
8. The St Johns Senior Centre: A Creative Development V. Ivers
9.
Intimacy at a Distance Under the Microscope A. M. Warnes, D. Howes and L.
Took
10. Leisure Activities in the Elderly in Urban Shopping Centres: A Case
Study Analysis M.J. MacLean, D. Brown and P. Sijpkes Part Three: Aspects of
Social Welfare
11. Short-Term Funded Projects: A Creative Response to an
Ageing Population? A. Osborn
12. Innovation in the Care of the Elderly: The
Role of Joint Finance E. Ferlie, D. Challis and B. Davies
13. Welfare
Benefits and the Elderly: Some Preliminary Results from the G.L.C. Take-up
Campaign C.R. Victor
14. Sheltered Housing: Some Unanswered Questions G.
Fennell
15. Sheltered Housing: The Wardens View C. Phillipson and P. Strang
16. Report of a Pilot Study of Delayed Discharges from Hospital: Liverpool
1983-4 R.M. Eley and L.M. Middleton
17. Ageing in Turkey: Patterns,
Provisions and Prospects C.S. Gilleard, A.A. Gurkan and E. Gilleard Part
Four: Developments in Psychology
18. Progress Towards the Elucidation of
Early Dementia: A Community Study N. Wood, J.R.M. Copeland, R.T. Searle, C.
McWilliam, M.E. Dewey, D.M. Forshaw, V.K. Sharma, P. Saunders, J. Collins and
C. Clulow
19. The Contribution of the National Adult Reading Test to the
Detection of Dementia Amongst Community Dwelling Old People M.G. Binks and
A.D.M. Davies
20. Life Stress and Depression in the Elderly: Experiences from
a Community Study S.J. Wilkinson, O. James and A.D.M. Davies
21. Sleep and
the Elderly: Some Psychological Dimensions and their Implications for
Treatment K. Gledhill
22. Attributions of Staff Working with the Elderly: A
Pilot Study C. Martin
23. Social Situations and Self-Images of Older Women O.
Cibulski
24. A Brief Self-Report Scale for Assessing Personal Engagement in
the Elderly: Reliability and Validity K. Morgan, H.D. Dallosso and S.B.J.
Ebrahim. Details of Contributors. Index.
