03803nam a22005535i 4500 978-981-97-5041-2 DE-He213 20251030112852.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240813s2024 si | s |||| 0|eng d 9789819750412 978-981-97-5041-2 10.1007/978-981-97-5041-2 doi RA418-418.5 JFFH bicssc SOC026000 bisacsh JBFN thema Creating New Meanings For Old Age [electronic resource] : Plans and Projects After Eighty / edited by Isabella Paoletti. 1st ed. 2024. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XXI, 312 p. 3 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Part I Some Key Issues on the Fourth Age -- 1. Introduction: Sense of Purpose, Active Ageing and Age Discrimination -- 2. Ageism: The Need for New Imagery for Growing Old -- 3. Very Old Age in a Rural Context: Findings from the Faroe Islands -- 4. Oldest Old Adults and Mobility: Accessible, Safe, and Affordable Transportation -- 5. Diana Athill: Unapologetic Ageing and Daring Love for Life -- Part II Being Involved and Active at a Very Old Age -- 6. “To be Productive for as Long as I Live.” Art and Cultural Activities After Eighty -- 7. Dancing until the End of Time: Emotions and Interactions among Swedish Social Dancers Aged 80 and Above -- 8. Active Ageing and Older Persons Living with Dementia: A Shared Reading Intervention -- 9. Firms’ Owners, Aged 80-Plus, in Sweden in the Early 2000s -- 10. The Oldest Old as Voluntary Workers -- 11. Conclusion: Proud to Be an Oldest Old Adult. This edited volume proposes a radical change in perspective, fighting the prevalent ageist culture that tends to relegate the oldest old to isolation and irrelevance. The chapters show that having plans and projects, being involved in life, is possible for those aged 80 and over, as well as for oldest old people with disabilities. Exploring the involvement of oldest old people in various activities that make them feel happy, worthy, and connected, this volume builds on a large empirical literature documenting that a sense of purpose in life is associated with delayed mortality and reduced health risks. In doing so, this book aims to combat widespread ageist attitudes at an interactional and institutional level, and shift the focus from loss and decay to adaptability, involvement, inner strength, and resilience. It illuminates how oldest old people are inventing new meanings for ageing. Social medicine. 62456 Gerontology. Sociology. 57193 Social groups. 57665 Public health. 61312 Health, Medicine and Society. 69853 Gerontology. Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging. 70854 Public Health. 61312 Paoletti, Isabella. editor. (orcid)0000-0003-3230-5207 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3230-5207 edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 82328 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789819750405 Printed edition: 9789819750429 Printed edition: 9789819750436 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-5041-2 ZDB-2-SLS ZDB-2-SXS 62454 62454