Ageing with a lifelong disability : a guide to practice, program, and policy issues for human services professionals / / Christine Bigby ; foreword by Gordon Grant

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813516503321
• Autore: Bigby Christine
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Jessica Kingsley, c2004
• ISBN: 1-280-40781-6; 9786610407811; 1-84642-158-6; 1-84985-241-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 319 p
• Disciplina: 362.6
• Soggetti: Developmentally disabled older people - Services for; Older people with mental disabilities - Services for; Older people - Services for; People with disabilities - Services for
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-307) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER -- Ageing with a Lifelong Disability: A Guide to Practice, Program and Policy Issues for Human Services Professionals -- Contents -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Part 1 Perspectives on Ageing -- Chapter 1 Successful Ageing: Continuity and Adaptation -- Chapter 2 Older People with Lifelong Disability: Strategies to Counter Age Discrimination -- Part 1 Vignettes -- Part 2 Physical and Psychological Needs -- Chapter 3 Healthy Ageing -- Chapter 4 Psychological Ageing and Emotional Well-being -- Part 2 Vignettes -- Part 3 Social Dimensions of Ageing -- Chapter 5 A Sense of Belonging: Informal Support from Family, Friends and Acquaintances -- Chapter 6 Achieving a Sense of Purpose: Retirement or Supporting Lifestyle Choices -- Chapter 7 Achieving a Sense of Continuity and Security: Housing and Support Options to Enable Ageing in Place -- Part 3 Vignettes -- Part 4 Older Parental Carers of Adults with a Lifelong Disability -- Chapter 8 Issues Confronting Older Parents Living with ; their Adult Children -- Chapter 9 Working with Older Parents -- Part 4 Vignettes -- Part 5 Service Developments and Policies for Successful Ageing -- Chapter 10 Policies and Programs for Successful Ageing -- APPENDIX: AGE-RELATED BILOGICAL CHANGES AND HEALTH RISKS -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: This pioneering guide provides up to date specialist knowledge about ageing with a disability in the context of the more mainstream knowledge about ageing processes. Christine Bigby uses the concept of 'successful ageing' as a framework in which to consider the issues and practicalities for older people with a lifelong disability.