Last Years of Long Lives: The Larvik Study - Hardcover

Romoren, Tor Inge

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 041530198X ISBN 13: 9780415301985

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

The Last Years of Long Lives is a unique account of that period of old age which precedes death. Based on 400 complete individual histories and covering a twenty-year period, it looks at the experiences of people over eighty years old in three important areas: disability, family life and health care. Using the life-course approach to research, it reveals rich data about the contributions of formal and informal care and how life expectancy and experiences of disability interact with experiences of care.

The reader is invited to conceptualise these phenomena as processes in continuous time - processes that are sometimes long and complex, sometimes short and simple - and learns about the four types of disability career before death. At the same time, the author presents a three-stage model of informal care and examines the main patterns of formal service use.

The Last Years of Long Lives presents a new way of looking at old age for students, researchers, practitioners and policy makers and gives a comprehensive picture of what has been called 'the fourth age'.

About this title

Synopsis:

This is an account of that period of old age which precedes death. Based on 400 complete individual histories and covering a 20-year period, it looks at the experiences of people over 80 years old in three important areas: disability, family life and healthcare. Using the life-course approach to research, it reveals rich data about the contributions of formal and informal care and how life expectancy and experiences of disability interact with experiences of care. The reader is invited to conceptualize these phenomena as processes in continuous time - processes that are sometimes long and complex, sometimes short and simple - and learns about the four types of disability career before death. At the same time, the author presents a three-stage model of informal care and examines the main patterns of formal service use. "Last Years of Long Lives" presents a way of looking at old age for students, researchers, practitioners and policy makers and gives a comprehensive picture of what has been called "the fourth age".

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 041530198X
• ISBN 13: 9780415301985
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224