This unique book represents the first multi-disciplinary examination of ageing, covering everything from basic cell biology, to social participation in later life, to the representations of old age in the arts and literature. A comprehensive introductory text about the latest scientific evidence on ageing, the book draws on the pioneering New Dynamics of Ageing Programme, the UK's largest research programme in ageing. This programme brought together leading academics from across the arts and humanities, social and biological sciences and fields of engineering and medical research, to study how ageing is changing and the ways in which this process can be made more beneficial to both individuals and society. Comprising individual, local, national and global perspectives, this book will appeal to everyone with an interest in one of the greatest challenges facing the world - our own ageing
Introduction ~ Alan Walker; Understanding Ageing: Biological and Social Constructions ~ Mark Bagley, Alan Bernjak, Lynne Cox, Terence Davis, Diana Kuh, Peter McClintock, Anna Phillips, Aneta Stefanovska & David Steinsaltz; Representations of Later Life ~ Miriam Bernard, Philip Tew, Lorna Warren & Peter Wright; Maintaining Health and Well-being ~ Sara Arber, Armando Barrientos, Ann Bowling, Andrea Creech, Anna Goulding, Susan Hallam, Cheryl Haslam, Diana Kuh, Liz Lloyd, Janet Lord, Mike Murphy, Andrew Newman, Anna Phillips, Ricardo Twumasi & Jane Upton; Food environments: From home to hospital ~ Arlene Astell, Diana Kuh, Sheila Peace, Paula Moynihan, Alastair Macdonald & Janice Thompson; Social Participation and Connectivity ~ Armando Barrientos, Mary Gilhooly, Catherine Hennessy, Mike Murray, Andrew Newman, Judith Phillips, Philip Tew, Janice Thompson, Penny Vera-Sanso & Christina Victor; Designing a New Later Life ~ Irene Di Giulio; Leela Damodaran; Cheryl Haslam; Alastair Macdonald, Constantinos Maganaris, Martin Maguire, Jane McCann, Sheila Peace, Mike Timmins & Eleanor van den Heuvel; Conclusion ~ Alan Walker.
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