Establishing a critical and interdisciplinary dialogue, this text engages with the typically disparate fields of social gerontology and disability studies. It i
This is the first book to address the issue of ageing after a long life with disability. It breaks new ground through its particular life course perspective, ex
The United States is in the midst of a major demographic shift. In the coming decades, people aged 65 and over will make up an increasingly large percentage of
Mainstream gerontological scholarship has taken little heed of people ageing with disability, and they have also been largely overlooked by both disability and
As the global population ages, disability demographics are shifting. Societal change and global health inequities have changed who is likely to live to old age,