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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Series editors’ preface v
- List of figures and tables vii
- Notes on contributors viii
- Acknowledgements x
- 1 Ageing with care: aiming for equity and inclusion 1
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PART I Power, knowledge, skills
- 2 Traversing the cityscape: locating age-friendly, age inclusion and age equity 17
- 3 Age-friendly for all? Equality and equity in the changing landscape of the social democratic welfare state 37
- 4 Who gets counted? Ageing statistics and advancing age equity 53
- 5 Counting care workers: when the ‘muddle’ is the message 68
- 6 Ageing, intersectionality, social location and identity 94
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PART II Policies, practices, people
- 7 Queering age-friendliness: addressing safety, indicating equity 113
- 8 Super-invisibility: ‘older’ care workers in home care and residential long-term care 131
- 9 Resistance, resilience and relationship: Indigenous older adults and ageing in the Canadian city 159
- 10 Triple jeopardy: addressing age equity for older immigrant women 177
- 11 ‘East’ meets ‘West’: trans-national ageing in a space of ‘cultural liminality’ 195
- 12 The promise of dementia-friendly approaches: addressing stigma 212
- 13 Addressing social barriers to age-equitable public transportation: don’t miss the bus! 223
- 14 Your days are numbered: active ageing, wearable technologies and surveillance capitalism 239
- 15 The longevity divide in a globalised climate – a forward conclusion 256
- Index 279
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Series editors’ preface v
- List of figures and tables vii
- Notes on contributors viii
- Acknowledgements x
- 1 Ageing with care: aiming for equity and inclusion 1
-
PART I Power, knowledge, skills
- 2 Traversing the cityscape: locating age-friendly, age inclusion and age equity 17
- 3 Age-friendly for all? Equality and equity in the changing landscape of the social democratic welfare state 37
- 4 Who gets counted? Ageing statistics and advancing age equity 53
- 5 Counting care workers: when the ‘muddle’ is the message 68
- 6 Ageing, intersectionality, social location and identity 94
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PART II Policies, practices, people
- 7 Queering age-friendliness: addressing safety, indicating equity 113
- 8 Super-invisibility: ‘older’ care workers in home care and residential long-term care 131
- 9 Resistance, resilience and relationship: Indigenous older adults and ageing in the Canadian city 159
- 10 Triple jeopardy: addressing age equity for older immigrant women 177
- 11 ‘East’ meets ‘West’: trans-national ageing in a space of ‘cultural liminality’ 195
- 12 The promise of dementia-friendly approaches: addressing stigma 212
- 13 Addressing social barriers to age-equitable public transportation: don’t miss the bus! 223
- 14 Your days are numbered: active ageing, wearable technologies and surveillance capitalism 239
- 15 The longevity divide in a globalised climate – a forward conclusion 256
- Index 279