A Multidisciplinary Approach to Capability in Age and Ageing

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Capability in Age and Ageing

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This open access book provides insight on how to interpret capability in ageing - one's individual ability to perform actions in order to reach goals one has reason to value - from a multidisciplinary approach. With for the first time in history there being more people in the world aged 60 year...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Falk Erhag, Hanna (Editor), Lagerlöf Nilsson, Ulrika (Editor), Rydberg Sterner, Therese (Editor), Skoog, Ingmar (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
Edition:1st ed. 2022.
Series:International Perspectives on Aging, 31
Subjects:
Age distribution (Demography).
Population > Economic aspects.
Public health.
Aging Population.
Population Economics.
Public Health.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. The AgeCap conceptual framework for research on capability in ageing
  • Chapter 3. The ICECAP-O measure
  • Chapter 4. The capability approach in epidemiological studies
  • Chapter 5 - Good self-rated health as an indicator of personal capability in old age
  • Chapter 6. Capability in research on cognition and well-being in ageing and retirement
  • Chapter 7. The neurochemistry of Alzheimer's disease: one of the most common causes of reduced capability in the adult population
  • Chapter 8. The capability approach in research on ageing well at home for frail older people
  • Chapter 9. eHealth literacy and capability in the context of the pandemic crisis
  • Chapter 10. Increasing people's capabilities by using design thinking in the decision-making process
  • Chapter 11. The capability approach in social work with older people
  • Chapter 12. A historical perspective on ageing and capability
  • Chapter 13. The capabilities approach and the concepts of self-determination, legal competence and human dignity in social services for older people
  • Chapter 14. Invisible or powerful? Ageing in a mediatised society
  • Chapter 15. System and life-course perspectives on capability to work and capability through work
  • Chapter 16. Organisational capability for delayed retirement
  • Chapter 17. Capability and political participation among ageing populations.

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