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Age and Its Metaphors
This chapter explores metaphors of aging and dementia and begins with a survey of the existing research on age and dementia metaphors by scholars in...
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Aging and the Drain of Empire: Postcolonial Age Studies
From the expansion of the British Empire in the nineteenth century to its decline in the twentieth, writers from both Great Britain and India used...
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Growing Older Without Children: Challenging the (Re)production Narrative for Older Women
Later life is often described as a women’s issue given their longer life expectancy, poorer overall health, higher odds of living alone or in care...
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Finding the Right Wor(l)ds: Creative Writing as Aesthetic and Existential Practice in Later Life
There is an increasing interest in the application of creative writing in later life. While much of the literature has acknowledged that creative...
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Fantasies of Prolongevity in Early Modern Culture
Of all notions regarding senescence to survive from early modernity, none is more iconic than the “fountain of youth.” The legacy of medieval French...
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“A Female, & Past 60 Years of Age!”: Older Age in Women’s Later Life Writing 1800–1850
This chapter addresses how women used life-writing forms, particularly journals and letters, to explore the gendered experience of growing older in...
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The End of Life: Acceptance and Religious Reflections
The emotional attachment to memories from the past and current later life positions feature significantly in this stage in the life course—the end of...
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Grief Representation in Late Poetry: Thomas Hardy’s “Poems of 1912–13” and Ted Hughes’s Birthday Letters
An experience that frequently accompanies the process of growing older is the loss of a loved one, particularly one’s life partner. Whereas the...
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Age in Contemporary Drama and Performance: The Value of Considering Theatrical Time
This chapter addresses the sub-field of theater and age studies, highlighting the value of analytic approaches that consider how a play functions in...
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Marriage and Migration: Obligations, Love and Loneliness
This stage in the life course, marriage, like youth is determined by changing gender roles and added responsibilities. As young girls now begin to...
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Exercise Interventions for Pain Management in Older Adults
Pain is a multifaceted, acute or chronic condition that increases with age. In older adults pain is associated with poor outcomes, such as functional...
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Types of Exercise: Flexibility, Strengthening, Endurance, Balance
This components of a well-rounded exercise program consist of flexibility, strength, endurance, and balance training. Flexibility training includes a...
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Community-Based Exercise Programs for Older Adults
Community-based exercise programs, based in community centers, congregate living areas, and churches, are attractive options for improving and...
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Patient-Client and Family Caregiver Considerations
It is vital that home healthcare providers develop and maintain a clear understanding of the patient and family caregiver’s needs, concerns, and...
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Behavioral Healthcare
Behavioral health issues can significantly impact the lives of individuals who are older. Behavioral health professionals are able to assess,...
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Orthogeriatric and Fragility Fracture Nursing: An Introduction
Caring for people following a fragility fracture is often a complex, medium- to long-term undertaking with several phases from acute care through to...
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Psychological Wellbeing
Hip fracture (HF) patients are among the most vulnerable of hospitalised patients. In this chapter, we will illustrate why the psychological status...
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The Nursing Role in Orthogeriatric Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
Older people with fragility fractures are a diverse group, and their care needs are complex. Although some have comparatively few health problems,...
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Osteoporosis and the Nature of Fragility Fracture: An Overview
Osteoporosis is a common, chronic, systemic skeletal disease that is characterised by low bone mass and deterioration of the microarchitecture of...
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Delirium and Other Altered Cognitive States
Delirium is a common complication following surgery, particularly among older patients. Often described as an ‘acute confusional state’ delirium can...