Ageing Equitably with Care - (Ageing in a Global Context) by Tamara Daly & Susan Braedley (Paperback)

About the Book

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. What does it mean to age in a world shaped by inequity? This book explores the challenges faced by marginalized older adults and their carers in high-income countries.

Book Synopsis

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

What are the consequences of growing old and needing care in a world shaped by inequality? Who provides the care? What are the challenges?

This groundbreaking book delves into conditions for ageing and caring, asking how they could be improved for different communities living in high-income welfare states.

Emphasising that equitable ageing depends on equitable care conditions, the contributors draw on extensive empirical research.

Packed with actionable policy and practice insights, this compelling volume charts a path toward a more just and inclusive future for ageing populations alongside all those providing care, whether as family members, friends or as paid workers.

Review Quotes

'Ageing populations are a defining societal feature and this thoroughly researched book is essential reading for all those concerned with understanding who needs care and - most importantly - who provides this care.' Marian Baird, The University of Sydney

'This important book shows that achieving age equity necessitates acknowledging the diversity within older populations and ensuring decent conditions for paid and unpaid carers.' Teppo Kröger, University of Jyväskylä

'This volume documents the absence of an equity lens across all domains of age studies. It challenges us to penetrate data and discourse to locate immiseration.' Sheila Neysmith, University of Toronto

'Layering equity, diversity, inclusion and indigeneity across key debates within the age-friendly cities domain, this outstanding volume demonstrates - by uplifting the voices of older people themselves - how age friendly cannot exist without age equity.' Elizabeth Russell, Trent University

'This important book shows that achieving age equity necessitates acknowledging the diversity within older populations and ensuring decent conditions for paid and unpaid carers.' Teppo Kröger, University of Jyväskylä

'This volume documents the absence of an equity lens across all domains of age studies. It challenges us to penetrate data and discourse to locate immiseration.' Sheila Neysmith, University of Toronto

'Ageing populations are a defining societal feature and this thoroughly researched book is essential reading for all those concerned with understanding who needs care and - most importantly - who provides this care.' Marian Baird, The University of Sydney

'Layering equity, diversity, inclusion and indigeneity across key debates within the age-friendly cities domain, this outstanding volume demonstrates - by uplifting the voices of older people themselves - how age friendly cannot exist without age equity.' Elizabeth Russell, Trent University

About the Author

Tamara Daly is Professor of Health Policy and Equity at York University in Toronto, Canada and the Director of the York University Centre for Aging Research and Education (YU-CARE).

Susan Braedley is Professor of Social Work and Political Economy at the Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.