Age & Ageing Books

New and Published Books

1. Productive Engagement in Later Life

   A Global Perspective

   Edited by Nancy Morrow-Howell, Ada Mui

   Productive Ageing is the involvement of older adults in society through employment, volunteering, caregiving, education and skill building. In 2020 there will be 248 million people in China aged 60 and over. At the same time, the birth rate continues to drop and family structures are being...

   Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge
2. Perspectives on Care at Home for Older People

   Edited by Christine Ceci, Kristín Björnsdóttir, Mary Ellen Purkis

   Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

   Demographic and epidemiological changes mean that frail older people have come to be seen as an expensive problem for health care systems. The challenge for professionals and policy-makers is to find ways to respond to the coming crisis by delivering high-quality care in the home. This collection...

   Published August 24th 2011 by Routledge
3. Family Support and Family Caregiving across Disabilities

   Edited by George Singer, David Biegel, Patricia Conway

   Family members provide the majority of care for individuals with disabilities in the United States. Recognition is growing that family caregiving deserves and may require societal support, and evidence-based practices have been established for reducing stress associated with caregiving. Despite the...

   Published August 21st 2011 by Routledge
4. Singapore's Ageing Population

   Managing Healthcare and End-of-Life Decisions

   Edited by Wing-Cheong Chan

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   A rapidly ageing population is the most significant demographic issue confronting Singapore in our lifetime. This has created new and increasing demands on Singapore's healthcare system and on the families of the older adults. The challenge is in providing a system of care that is humane, effective...

   Published May 24th 2011 by Routledge
5. Ageing in East Asia

   Challenges and Policies for the Twenty-First Century

   Edited by Tsung-hsi Fu, Rhidian Hughes

   Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

   Ageing populations present considerable challenges to welfare states internationally, and East Asia is no exception. Demographics show that countries in East Asia either have the highest proportion of older people, or the speed at which their population is ageing is faster than anywhere else in the...

   Published March 15th 2011 by Routledge
6. Pension Reform in Europe

   Politics, Policies and Outcomes

   Edited by Camila Arza, Martin Kohli

   Series: Routledge/EUI Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State

   This new book provides a cross-country comparative analysis of the key issues shaping the latest pension reforms in Europe: political games, welfare models and pathways, population reactions, and observed and expected outcomes. Pension reform has been a top policy priority for European governments...

   Published March 13th 2011 by Routledge
7. Pension Politics

   Consensus and Social Conflict in Ageing Societies

   By Patrik Marier

   Series: Routledge/EUI Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State

   Population ageing and slower economic growth have raised serious questions about the willingness and ability of governments to maintain current social policies. Within this new reality, discussions on the future of public pensions have been predominant in political debates across Europe. This...

   Published February 1st 2011 by Routledge
8. Retirement Security in the Great Recession

   Edited by Christian Weller

   Few events have posed as many challenges for retirement and retirement policy as the crisis of the late 2000s. At the end of the last decade, the United States experienced the Great Recession—a combination of unprecedented wealth losses and historically high unemployment increases that marked the...

   Published September 27th 2010 by Routledge
9. Retirement, Work and Pensions in Ageing Korea

   Edited by Jae-Jin Yang, Thomas Klassen

   Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

   Even among the four Asian tigers, with their economic miracles during the past several decades that allowed them to join the ranks of the developed nations, South Korea is extraordinary. As significant as its economic progress, from a dirt poor and devastated nation in the 1960s, is South Korea’s...

   Published January 31st 2010 by Routledge
10. Interdependency and Care over the Lifecourse

    By Sophia Bowlby, Linda McKie, Susan Gregory, Isobel Macpherson

    Series: Relationships and Resources

    Interdependency and Care over the Lifecourse draws upon theories of time and space to consider how informal care is woven into the fabric of everyday lives and is shaped by social and economic inequalities and opportunities. The book comprises three parts. The first explores contrasting social...

    Published January 13th 2010 by Routledge