Researching Later Life and Ageing [electronic resource] : Expanding Qualitative Research Horizons /
Leontowitsch, Miranda.author.
Leontowitsch, Miranda,1976-
This collection on researching later life and ageing critically reflects upon the qualitative methods used in gaining knowledge of under-researched groups of older people and sets out future research agendas.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Research Agendas; Chapter 1 Later Life as an Arena of Change; Chapter 2 Researching the Body and Embodiment in Later Life; Chapter 3 Reconceptualising Later Life: Using Qualitative Methods to Refine Understanding of New Ageing Populations; Part II: Under-Researched Ageing Populations; Chapter 4 Doing Pakistani Ethnicity the Female Way: Issues of Identity, Trust and Recruitment when Researching Older Pakistani Muslims in the UK; Chapter 5 Piecing Together Experiences of Older People with Intellectual Disability
Chapter 6 Interviewing Older MenPart III: Old and New Qualitative Methods; Chapter 7 Using Focus Groups for Researching End-of-Life Care Issues with Older People; Chapter 8 Using Online Methods to Interview Older Adults about Their Romantic and Sexual Relationships; Chapter 9 Growing Old for Real: Women, Image and Identity; Afterword: Issues, Agendas and Modes of Engagement; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This collection on researching later life and ageing critically reflects upon the qualitative methods used in gaining knowledge of under-researched groups of older people and sets out future research agendas.
Social sciences.
Social groups.
Family.
Social policy.
Aging.
Childhood.
Adolescence.
Sociology.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Social Policy.
Aging.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Sociology, general.