ABSTRACT
Originally published in 1986, Dependency and Interdependency in Old Age presents papers from the British Society of Gerontology annual conference in 1985. The areas covered include: the sociology of ageing, methodological issues, evaluations of service provision, ethnographies of growing old, historical studies and political perspectives on ageing. A creative dialogue between the proponents of these themes was urgently needed at the time and it was hoped that this volume would stimulate such a discussion.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One
The Social Construction of Dependency
chapter Chapter Eight|10 pages
Towards an Anatomy of Ageism: Society, Social Policy and the Elderly Between the Wars
part Two|196 pages
Responses to Dependency
chapter Chapter Eleven|13 pages
‘By’ the Community: An Ideological Response to the Crisis in the Welfare State?
chapter Chapter Thirteen|17 pages
Who Cares for the Elderly?: Family Care Provision and Receipt of Statutory Service
chapter Chapter Fourteen|13 pages
Responses to Dependency: Reciprocity, Affect and Power in Family Relationships
chapter Chapter Fifteen|18 pages
American Experiments to Substitute Home for Institutional Long-Term Care: Policy Logic and Evaluation
chapter Chapter Eighteen|10 pages
Institutional Regimes and Resident Outcomes in Homes for the Elderly
chapter Chapter Nineteen|13 pages
Confusional States in Elderly Persons' Home Residents: A Process of Label Acquisition?
chapter Chapter Twenty|7 pages
Away from Institutional Dependence: Towards a More Resident-Oriented Institutional Environment
chapter Chapter Twenty-One|13 pages
The Dependency Characteristics of Older People in Long-Term Institutional Care
chapter Chapter Twenty-Two|9 pages
The Paying Patient: Customer or Commodity
Surveying Private Nursing Homes for the Elderly
chapter Chapter Twenty-Three|9 pages
The Assessment of Depression in Elderly People by Non-Clinicians
part Three|68 pages
Experiences of Growing Old
chapter Chapter Twenty-Five|12 pages
Missing Out: Labour Market and Late Working Life Experiences as Factors in Old Age Dependency
chapter Chapter Twenty-Seven|11 pages
Understanding the ‘Management’ of Everyday-Living
A Study Based on the Life-Histories of a Group of Older People in Leeds