Perspectives from the elderly on the aging experience beyond what gerontology covers are collected in this study of the Subjective experiences of older persons. Focus groups and questionnaires are among the research methods used to gather information from diverse Canadian cultural groups, including individuals in the black and Mi` Maq communities. The particular social challenges that elderly people must face are discussed in detail, including living arrangements, income, transportation, sexuality, leisure, education, religion, healthcare, suicide, culture, and ageism. Personal stories illustrate the contrast between the medical conceptions of aging and what is really experienced.
Authors
<![CDATA[Jeanette A. Auger]]> <![CDATA[Auger]]>, <![CDATA[Diane Tedford-Litle]]> <![CDATA[Tedford-Litle]]>
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references: p. 241-249
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 305.26/0971
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- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- ISBN
- 9781552660706 9781459322592
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- HQ1064.C2
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- A94 2002eb
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (iv, 252 p.)
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- Canada
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00213819 (OCoLC)426460731 (CaOOCEL)412799
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Table of Contents
- Contents 3
- Preface 5
- Acknowledgments 7
- About the Authors 8
- Introduction 10
- Secondary Analysis of Existing Literature 10
- Focus Groups 10
- Summary of Questions 12
- Using the Focus Group Data 13
- Inner Reflections on Aging Locating Ourselves within the Work 13
- Chapter One 22
- Scientific Constructions of Old Age 22
- S G 23
- G I C 27
- T E S P 32
- A D 36
- Chapter Two 47
- Theories of Aging and Their Practical Application 47
- T I 47
- S T A 52
- Disengagement Theory 56
- Activity Theory 61
- Continuity Theory 65
- Socioenvironmental Theory 67
- The Aged as a Subculture 70
- The Aged as a Minority Group 72
- Exchange Theory 74
- Agestratification Theory 79
- Modernization Theory 80
- Feminist Theory 83
- T T 88
- S A A W 93
- Chapter Three 100
- Old Age 100
- S C O A 100
- Chronology 100
- Mortality Rates 100
- Demographics 101
- Functional Age 103
- Age Cohorts 104
- Life Course Social Roles and Age 105
- Ageism and Gender 109
- O A S 111
- S S T D O A 113
- Chronological Age 113
- Labelling 116
- Identity 118
- T N S B M C 121
- Growing Older in the Black Nova Scotian Culture 122
- Growing Older in the Mikmaw Culture 135
- Chapter Four 147
- The Social Problems and Realities of Aging 147
- S L A 148
- I F S 157
- L R 170
- E L L 176
- S I E 180
- S R 189
- C R E 201
- H C 204
- C N 206
- M H A 209
- S E 212
- S D D 212
- Chapter Five 219
- Where Do We Go from Here 219
- T C 223
- P C 224
- P C A 225
- P C O G 227
- C A P 230
- M G H 232
- A P R T A 241
- Index 254
