Psychologies of Ageing

Foreword; Christine Bryden.- Chapter 1 - The psychologies of ageing; Michael Murray, Elizabeth Peel.- Part I - Social and Critical Psychology.- Chapter 2 - Ageing identities in the twenty first century: The social and practical effects of talk about being old; Christine Stephens and Mary Breheny.- Chapter 3 - Ageing sexualities through a critical lens: Bringing social psychology, sociology and intersectionality into dialogue; Sharron Hinchliff, Andrew King.- Chapter 4 - Empathy as a way of acknowledging patients' personhood in palliative care interactions; Joseph Ford.- Part II - Cognitive and Biological Psychology.- Chapter 5 - Stress, the immune system and healthy ageing; Anna C. Whittaker.- Chapter 6 - Healthy lifestyle to reduce dementia; Jordan Elliott-King, Daniele Magistro and Eef Hogervorst.- Chapter 7 - Frailty and resilience: Are they necessarily mutually exclusive?; Carol Holland, Ian Garner and Holly Gwyther.- Part III - Community and Political Psychology.- Chapter 8 -Co-creating home and community: Building partnerships to support older adults to age-well-in-place; Judith Sixsmith, Mei Lan Fang and Sarah Canham.- Chapter 9 - Community connections and independence in later life; Charles Musselwhite.- Chapter 10 - Resisting negative social representations of ageing; Katie Wright-Bevans and Michael Murray.