Aging and Diversity

Social and Community Contexts of Aging
4. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-51128-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 556 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 1228 g

Aging and diversity intersect in important ways, as individuals from different backgrounds experience aging through distinct lenses shaped by traditions, values, and beliefs. As the older population in the United States is becoming more diverse, it is important to understand the characteristics, the potential, and the needs of this population.

In this new and fully revised edition of Aging and Diversity, Lisa S.Wagner, Chandra Mehrotra, and Man Guo address key topics in diversity and aging, discussing how the aging experience is affected by not only race and ethnicity but also gender, religious affiliation, socioeconomic status, rural–urban community location, and sexual orientation and gender identity. Taking this broad view of human diversity allows the authors to convey some of the rich complexities facing aging populations—complexities that provide both challenges to meet the needs of a diverse population of elders and opportunities to learn how to live in a pluralistic society.

Wagner, Mehrotra, and Guo present up-to-date knowledge and scholarship about aging and diversity in a way that engages readers in active learning, placing ongoing emphasis on developing readers’ knowledge and skills, fostering higher-order-thinking, and encouraging exploration of personal values and attitudes.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wagner, Lisa

Mehrotra, Chandra M

Guo, Man

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Aging and Diversity 2. Research Methods 3. Attitudes Towards Aging and Older People 4. Aging, Cognition, and Dementia 5. Health Beliefs, Behaviors, and Services 6. Health Inequities for Older People 7.Informal Care for Older Persons 8. Formal Care for Older Persons 9. Work, Retirement, and Leisure 10. Religious Affiliation & Spirituality 11. Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Über Autor(innen)

Lisa S. Wagner, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of San Francisco.

Chandra M. Mehrotra, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN.

Man Guo, PhD, is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Iowa.