Health and Care in Ageing Societies : A New International Approach / / Liz Lloyd

• Autore: Lloyd Liz
• Pubblicazione: Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2012; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.19897
• Soggetto topico: Population aging; Older people - Medical care; Older people - Health and hygiene; Aged; Health Promotion; Health Policy - trends; Health Services for the Aged
• Soggetto geografico: United Kingdom
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Health and Care in Ageing Societies; Contents; List of abbreviations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; How the book is organised; 2. Patterns and trends in ageing and health; Introduction; Life expectancy and mortality rates; Causes of death; The 'double burden'; Morbidity and disability; Gender inequalities; Chronic illness, disability and the compression of morbidity thesis; Population ageing and social support; Summary; 3. Understanding health and care; Introduction; Biomedical approaches to health; Health as the absence of illness ; Functional or instrumental models of health: health as a means to an endPositive conceptualisations of health: the salutogenic approach; Health and identity; Conceptualising care; A lifecourse approach to health and care; The third age-fourth age dichotomy; Summary; 4. The policy process in health and care; Introduction; Policy as process; The context of the policy process: the impacts of globalisation; The ideological terrain: the development of dominant policy discourses on ageing; The political and organisational terrain; Policy implementation: fine on paper but poor in practice? ; Engagement in the policy process: struggle and compromiseValues and ethics in health and care policies for ageing societies; Equity in health: the capabilities approach; Capabilities and healthcare policies; Summary; 5. Healthy ageing: upstream actions to prevent illness; Introduction; Public health and health promotion; Critiques of the New Public Health and health promotion; Ageing, disease prevention and health promotion; From research to action; Active ageing: the moral message of health promotion in later life; Socioeconomic determinants and social capital; Summary ; 6. Medicine, ageing and healthcareIntroduction; Health services and health; Population ageing and healthcare systems; Health work migration; Age and equity in access to healthcare; Anti-ageing medicine; Healthcare needs in later life; Dementia; Depression; Secondary prevention in chronic and non-communicable diseases (NCDs); Summary; 7. Care for health in later life; Introduction; Dependence on others: the need for care; Dependence at the end of life; The provision of formal care at the end of life; Conceptualisations of care in policies; Family obligations and unpaid care ; Policy developments in long-term careGlobal chains of care; Summary; 8. Conclusion; The ethics of care as a framework for analysis; The ethics of care and gerontology; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Offering a critical analysis of the limitations of contemporary policies, this book calls for a fuller understanding of the relationship between health and care throughout the lifecourse.
• Titolo autorizzato: Health and care in ageing societies
• ISBN: 1-4473-0760-7; 1-280-67697-3; 9786613653901; 1-4473-0492-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462185003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ageing and the lifecourse.