Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 14 Issue 4
Promoting excellence in services through research, policy and practice
Table of contents
Aging silently
Judith Church TydingsThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the transforming effect of pursuing person centered ethnography using contemporary reflexive methods and a cultural traditions model on a…
Living in France
David RowlandsThe purpose of this paper is to offer a personal insight from a retired care professional into attitudes to the ageing process and being old. It shows how moving to another…
From engineer to farmer
Ileana BarcanescuThe purpose of this paper is to encourage readers to think about a life after retirement, with an emphasis on the nature and activities of small agribusiness for actively retired…
A gerontologist and her career
Anthea Tinker– The purpose of this paper is to offer some insight into how an individual enters a career as a gerontologist.
Reflections by a gerontologist
Anne Jamieson– The purpose of this paper is to offer some insight into how an individual enters a career as a gerontologist.
Getting older
Susan G. Pringle– This paper offers a personal insight from a care professional into attitudes to the ageing process and being old.
In search of quality of life for a practical centenarian and his artistic wife
Annie StevensonThe purpose of this case study is to highlight the importance of empowering and meeting the “higher needs” of the very old, which prolong a fulfilling life. Frailty in old age…
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1471-7794Online date, start – end:
2000Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Prof Fiona Poland