Critical Gerontology for Social Workers

Front Cover -- Series -- Critical Gerontology For Social Workers -- Copyright Information -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Figures And Tables -- Notes On Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 Social Work And Critical Gerontology: Why The Former Needs The Latter -- Ageing In The Midst Of Health Inequalities -- Working With Older People In The Midst Of Populationageing -- Marrying Social Work Values And Critical Gerontology -- When Ageism And Neoliberalism Get In Our Way -- Outline Of The Chapters That Follow -- References Part I Critical Gerontology As Guiding Principles For Social Work With Older People -- 2 The Lifecourse And Old Age -- The Lifecourse Approach -- Old Age As A Social Category -- Age-related Issues -- Models Of Health And Care -- Health Inequalities And Later Life: The Lifecourse Approach -- Structural Inequalities: A Note About Gender, Race And Age -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Human Rights And Older People -- Older People And The Evolution Of Human Rights -- The Limitations Of Rights Instruments -- Existing Rights Instruments And Older People -- Substituting A Rhetoric Of Rights The Ongoing Lobby For A Convention On The Rights Of Older People -- Enter The Who Campaign Against Ageism -- How Biomedical Views Of Ageing And Older People Affect Their Human Rights -- Managerialism, Social Work And Rights Practice -- Old-age Identities And Older People's Demands For Their Human Rights -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Agency And Autonomy -- The Third Age, Individualisation And Reflexivity -- Consumer Culture And Agency -- The Fourth Age -- Personhood And Agency -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Poverty And Late-life Homelessness The Development Of Social Work And Gerontological Social Work -- Critical Approaches To Structure, Poverty And Care -- Late-life Homelessness: Intersection Of Poverty And Care -- Importance Of A Critical Gerontological Social Work Agenda -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Sexuality And Rights In Later Life -- Sexual Well-being And Rights: Key Frameworks -- Ageism And Ageist Erotophobia -- Lifecourse Perspectives On Lgbq Ageing -- Queer Perspectives On Identity And Ageing -- Heterosexuality And Gender In Older Women And Men -- Negotiating Intimate Relationships For Trans Older People -- Conclusion Edited By Torres, Sandra, Donnelly, Sarah. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. New York Available Via World Wide Web.