Adult lives

A life course perspective

Katz, Jeanne, Peace, Sheila, Jeanne Katz, Sheila Peace, Sue Spurr

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN: 9781447300441
• eBook ISBN: 9781447305965
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Work
• Index: Social Sciences

With the proportion of people between young adulthood and the third age growing in relation to children and young people in western industrialised societies, there is an increasing need for a comprehensive look at the past, present and future of adult lives. These adult lives are defined by the experience of history, are structurally specific, and draw upon different interpersonal, lifestyle and cultural resources and it is important to recognise the impact of the past and the present on future adult lives.

'Adult Lives', co-published by The Policy Press and the Open University, is a diverse collection of readings, rich in resources, from all stages of life. These readings contribute to a shared life course perspective to understand how those living and working together in an ageing society relate to each other. The originality and appeal of this Reader lies in its holistic approach to understanding ageing in adulthood through biography and auto-biography that is applicable to all, including those developing policy and in practice, and will make essential reading for those who wishing to contextualise ageing, understand how lives can be transformed through policy and practice, and consider the lived experience

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half Title Page
• Dedication
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Part I Contextualising adulthood
• Real voice I.1: The turnip
• Section One: Quality of life and the life course
• 1 The life course perspective on ageing: linked lives, timing, and history
• 2 Imagining old age
• 3 Quality of life
• 4 Implications for ageing well in the twenty-first century 37
• 5 Chronic illness as biographical disruption
• 6 Aging with a childhood onset disability
• Section Two: Individual ageing and social relationships
• 7 Health and mortality
• 8 Psychological ageing
• 9 Dementia reconsidered: the person comes first
• 10 The ‘Senses Framework’: a relationship-centred approach to care
• 11 Disability and adulthood
• 12 A sense of belonging: informal support from family, friends and acquaintances
• Section Three: The environment: from accommodation to community
• 13 Environment and ageing
• 14 Life course
• 15 The role of technologies in the everyday lives of older people
• 16 Accommodating older and disabled prisoners in England and Wales
• 17 Community care and support for Black and African Caribbean older people
• 18 ‘Exclusion is necessary’: excluding people from society
• Real voice I.2: Have I done enough?
• Real voice I.3: Going the distance: a family journey after acute stroke
• Part II Transforming adulthood
• Section Four: Human rights and the life course
• 19 Using human rights to defeat ageism
• 20 To empower or to protect: does the law assist in cases of self-neglect?
• 21 Safeguarding vulnerable adults over the life course
• Section Five: Practice: ways of doing – or not? 241
• 22 Why collaborate?
• 23 Working in teams: relationships in balance?
• 24 ‘Tu’ or ‘vous’? A European qualitative study of dignity and communication with older people in health and social care settings
• 25 Assessment: mastering a technical process or exercising an art?
• Section Six: International dimensions
• 26 Globalisation and health and social welfare: some key issues
• 27 Falling through the cracks in social welfare: invisible adult migrants in the UK
• 28 Decentring social policy? Devolution and the discipline of social policy: a commentary
• 29 The intellectual origins of social capital
• 30 Social services for the aged in Cuba
• 31 Perceptions of ageism: views of older people
• 32 Mental health and mental disorder in a global context
• Real voice II.1: The best it can be
• Real voice II.2: Keep the change
• Part III Understanding adulthood
• Section Seven: Ethical considerations
• 33 The ethics triad: virtues, values and codes of practice
• 34 Lying, cheating, breaking promises, and stealing
• 35 The individual in social care: the ethics of care and the ‘personalisation agenda’ in services for older people in England
• 36 A little bit of heaven for a few? A case analysis
• Section Eight: The complexity of real lives
• 37 Mixing methods in a qualitatively driven way
• 38 Researching social change
• 39 Critically appraising qualitative research
• 40 Learning about bisexuality: a case study approach
• 41 Identifying and predicting drug-related harm with applied qualitative research
• 42 Experiences of drug use and ageing: health, quality of life, relationship and service implications
• 43 Critical reflections on the rise of qualitative research
• Real voice III.1: Keeper
• References