Ageing Equitably with Care

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.

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.

1. Ageing with Care: Aiming for Equity and Inclusion - Tamara Daly and Susan Braedley Part 1: Ageing Equitably with Care: Power, Knowledge, Skills 2. Traversing the Cityscape: Locating Age-Friendly, Age-Inclusion and Age-Equity - Tamara Daly and Tesia Wood 3. Age-Friendly for All? Equality and Equity in the Changing Landscape of the Social Democratic Welfare State - Gudmund Ågotnes and Bodil Blix-Hansen 4. Who Gets Counted? Ageing Statistics and Advancing Age Equity - Madeline McCoy and Renate Ysseldyk 5. Counting Care Workers: When the 'Muddle' Is the Message - Tamara Daly, Sara Charlesworth, Frode F. Jacobsen and Katherine Laxer 6. Ageing, Intersectionality, Social Location, and Identity - Donna Baines and Renate Ysseldyk Part 2: Ageing Equitably with Care: Policies, Practices, People 7. Queering Age-Friendliness - Susan Braedley, Christine Streeter, and Oliver Debney 8. Super-Invisibility: Older Care Workers in Long-Term Care - Tamara Daly, Sara Charlesworth, and Frode F. Jacobsen 9. Resistance, Resilience, and Relationship: Indigenous Older Adults and Ageing in the Canadian City - Lauren Brooks-Cleator and Sean Hillier 10. Triple Jeopardy: Age Equity for Older Immigrant Women - Susan Braedley, Karine Cote-Boucher and Renate Ysseldyk 11. 'East' Meets 'West': Trans-National Ageing in a Space of 'Cultural Liminality' - Elias Chaccour and Tamara Daly 12. The Promise of Dementia-Friendly Approaches: Addressing Stigma - Sienna Caspar and Kelsey Berg 13. Addressing Social Barriers to Age-Equitable Public Transportation: Don't Miss the Bus! - Madeline McCoy, Susan Braedley and Renate Ysseldyk 14. Your Days Are Numbered: A Critical Look at Active Ageing and Self-Monitoring - Albert Banerjee, Jacqueline Choiniere, and Martha MacDonald 15. The Longevity Divide in a Globalized Climate - A Forward Conclusion - Tamara Daly