Research Catalog

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Description

1. xx, 178 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

1. "This book addresses important questions which existing literature on health and old age has largely ignored. By juxtaposing detailed case histories and first person accounts from older people with 'official statistics' on the health of 'the elderly' it explores the myths and tries to unpick the mysteries which surround the subject of health in later life. It goes on to explore the implications of these myths and mysteries for the way individual older people manage their health. It looks at the resources and social support available to them as well as the implications for public policy provision. The book ends by exploring the problems and possibilities of ensuring a healthy future for old age." - Back cover.

Series statement

1. Rethinking ageing series

Uniform title

1. Rethinking ageing series

Subject

1. Health Surveys
2. Health Status
3. Health Policy
4. Aged
5. Older people > Health and hygiene
6. Older people > Government policy
7. Older people > Attitudes
8. Older people > Health and hygiene > Great Britain
9. Older people > Government policy > Great Britain
10. Aged, 80 and over
11. United Kingdom
12. United Kingdom

Contents

1. pt. I. The health context. 1. The mirage of health. 2. Lay logic. 3. Patterns of health and illness among older people -- pt. II. Experiencing health. 4. Understanding chronic illness and disability. 5. Maintaining health with physical illness and functional disability. 6. Maintaining health with mental malaise -- pt. III. Resources for health. 7. Health care and the management of health. 8. Personal resources and social support. 9. A healthy future for old age.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-175) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain