A Multidisciplinary Approach to Capability in Age and Ageing
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Beschreibung
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 years and over than there are children below the age of 5, the book describes this demographic trends as well as the large global challenges and important societal implications this will have such as a worldwide increase in the number of persons affected with dementia, and in the ratio of retired persons to those still in the labor market. Through contributions from many different research areas, it discussed how capability depends on interactions between the individual (e.g. health, genetics, personality, intellectual capacity), environment (e.g. family, friends, home, work place), and society (e.g. political decisions, ageism, historical period). The final chapter by the editors summarizesthe differences and similarities in these contributions. As such this book provides an interesting read for students, teachers and researchers at different levels and from different fields interested in capability and multidisciplinary research.
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 years and over than there are children below the age of 5, the book describes this demographic trends as well as the large global challenges and important societal implications this will have such as a worldwide increase in the number of persons affected with dementia, and in the ratio of retired persons to those still in the labor market. Through contributions from many different research areas, it discussed how capability depends on interactions between the individual (e.g. health, genetics, personality, intellectual capacity), environment (e.g. family, friends, home, work place), and society (e.g. political decisions, ageism, historical period). The final chapter summarizes the differencesand similarities in these contributions. As such this book provides an interesting read for students, teachers and researchers at different levels and from different fields interested in capability and multidisciplinary research.
This open access book defines the capability approach from contrasting perspectives Provides examples on how the capability approach can be used in different studies Provides a truly multidisciplinary approach with contributions from epidemiology, psychology, sociology, political science and much more
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Hanna Falk Erhag
Themen in »A Multidisciplinary Approach to Capability in Age and Ageing«
Open access Centre for Ageing and Health in Sweden Time trends and capability Work/retirement and capability Cognition and capability in older adults Health, frailty and capability in older adults Multidisciplinary research methods Participation, representation of older adults Self-determination and capability of older adults Capability - ability to perform actions in order to reach goals Cumulative advantage/disadvantage Capability in the ageing process Overall functioning and participation in societal life How to interpret capability in ageing Persons affected with dementia