Understanding Old Age

An Ageing World Ageing Across Cultures Rising Tides Demography and Old Age Older People as Political Actors Globalisation, Structural Adjustment and Ageing Globalization, Migration and Ageing Material Resources in Later Life Health and Illness in Later Life Family and Community in Later Life Services for Elders Institutional Living in Later Life Ageing in Context

`[A] welcome addition to the field of gerontology... An important contribution of the book is the positive light it casts on the issue of population ageing, ...the main contribution of this book is its critical examination of common perceptions of ageing societies' - Age Concern Institute of Gerontology