The Age of Supported Independence: Voices of In-Home Care

by Beatrice Hale, Patrick Barrett, Robin Gauld

Book Overview

This book investigates the experiences of older people who remain at home with care. It examines the transition points for the important life changes faced by family members who take on a greater care-giving role. The book draws on demographic analyses and qualitative fieldwork to explore the shift from independence to increasing dependence, and suggests that this transition constitutes movement into a new stage of life, that of an Age of Supported...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400791348
• ISBN13: 9789400791343
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 131 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"