Ageing with disability : an introduction / Eva Jeppsson Grassman and Anna Whitaker -- Time, age and the failing body : a long life with disability / Eva Jeppsson Grassman -- Disability, identity and ageing / Lotta Holme -- Is it possible to 'age successfully' with extensive physical impairments? / Annika Taghizadeh Larsson -- Being one's illness : on mental disability and ageing / Per Bülow and Tommy Svensson -- In the shade of disability reforms and policy : parenthood, ageing and life-long care / Anna Whitaker -- Ageing and care among disabled couples / Cristina Joy Torgé -- Living and ageing with disability : summary and conclusion / Anna Whitaker and Eva Jeppsson Grassman
Summary
This is the first book to address the issue of ageing after a long life with disability. It breaks new ground through its particular life course perspective, examining what it means to age with a physical or mental disability
