Imagining Age-Friendly “Communities within Communities”
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The meaning or lack of meaning that old age takes on in any given society puts that whole society to the test, since it is this that reveals the meaning or lack of meaning of the entirety of the life leading to that old age. In order to judge our own society we have to compare the solutions it has chosen with those adopted by others through space and time.
Simone de Beauvoir (1970)
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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. 
We are thrilled to highlight the newest book from our researchers! Featuring the work of Bodil H. Blix who is a registered nurse and a professor at UiT The Arctic University of Norway and chair of the research group Centre for Care Research North and Gudmund Ågotnes who is a social anthropologist and a professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and chair of the research group Community Work. This book challenges the notion of old age as something uniform and problematic. It examines how old people are represented, and how these representations shape our understanding of what old age is, and what it could and should be. 
Flavours of Home: Ottawa’s Ethnocultural Seniors Cookbook — Ottawa Community Partnerships For Health Equity
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- New Book Alert: Gray Matter: Representations of aging and old age by Bodil H. Blix and Gudmund Ågotnes
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- Coming Soon…Guytano Virdo and Tamara Daly, Turnover contemplation in long-term care: Examining personal and structural variables in Canada (Journal of the American Medical Directors Association)
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