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
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9781552660706 9781459322592
- LCCN
- HQ1064.C2
- LCCN Item number
- A94 2002eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (iv, 252 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00213819 (OCoLC)426460731 (CaOOCEL)412799
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- NLC
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