Reciprocity and Dependency in Old Age Indian and UK Perspectives /

• Main Author: Thompson, Sue. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: International Perspectives on Aging ; 8
• Subjects: Medicine.; Geriatrics.; Nursing.; Quality of Life.; Aging > Research.; Social work.; Quality of Life > Research.; Psychology, clinical.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Aging.; Health Psychology.; Social Work.; Quality of Life Research.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6687-1

It's the standard picture, and�a depressing one: older adults receiving formal care as passive and alienated. Overlooked in this equation is the capacity of dependent elders for giving back - doing for others - and their need to continue finding meaning to their existence�which is an essential...

Table of Contents:

• A Matter of Dignity
• Setting the context
• Reciprocity and old age
• Research Design and�Methods
• Findings
• The significance of the Findings for the Spiritual Well-being of Older People Dependent on Formal Care
• The significance of the Findings for the Theorising of Old Age
• The Significance of the Findings for Eldercare Practice
• Their Journeys and Mine.