A Multidisciplinary Approach to Capability in Age and Ageing

• Other Authors: Falk Erhag, Hanna (Editor), Lagerlöf Nilsson, Ulrika (Editor), Rydberg Sterner, Therese (Editor), Skoog, Ingmar (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Published: Springer Nature 2022
• Subjects: Population & demography; Political economy; Public health & preventive medicine; Open access; Centre for Ageing and Health in Sweden; Time trends and capability; Work/retirement and capability; Cognition and capability in older adults; Health, frailty and capability in older adults; Multidisciplinary research methods; Participation, representation of older adults; Self-determination and capability of older adults; Capability - ability to perform actions in order to reach goals; Cumulative advantage/disadvantage; Capability in the ageing process; Overall functioning and participation in societal life; How to interpret capability in ageing; Persons affected with dementia; Ratio of retired persons to those still in the labor market; Vast increase in the population aged >65 years; Understanding ageing through a multidisciplinary approach; AgeCap
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• Physical Description: 1 electronic resource (252 p.)
• ISBN: 978-3-030-78063-0; 9783030780630
• Access: Open Access

This open access book provides insight on how to interpret capability in ageing - one's individual ability to perform actions in order to reach goals one has reason to value - from a multidisciplinary approach. With for the first time in history there being more people in the world aged 60 years and over than there are children below the age of 5, the book describes this demographic trends as well as the large global challenges and important societal implications this will have such as a worldwide increase in the number of persons affected with dementia, and in the ratio of retired persons to those still in the labor market. Through contributions from many different research areas, it discussed how capability depends on interactions between the individual (e.g. health, genetics, personality, intellectual capacity), environment (e.g. family, friends, home, work place), and society (e.g. political decisions, ageism, historical period). The final chapter summarizes the differences and similarities in these contributions. As such this book provides an interesting read for students, teachers and researchers at different levels and from different fields interested in capability and multidisciplinary research.