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In the early 1980s, it had only recently been appreciated that what was known of the epidemiology of dementia in the elderly living in the community was just the tip of the iceberg. First published in 1984, this book presents information on the nature of dementia, its prevalence and the pattern of services available at the time.

Using a combination of statistical analysis of census material and social history, this book describes the ageing of Ireland's population from the start of the Union up to the introduction of the old age pension in 1908. It examines the changing demography of the country following the Famine and the impact this had on household and family structure. It explores the growing problem of late life poverty and the residualisation of the aged sick and poor in the workhouse. Despite slow improvements in many areas of life for the young and the working classes, the book argues that for the aged the union was a period of growing immiseration, brought surprisingly to an end by the unheralded introduction of the old age pension.--

Pushing forward new sociological theory, this book explores the theoretical and practical issues raised by ageing, and the associated problems of mental and physical frailty in later life.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Cultural studies and ageing -- 'Postmodernity' and cultural fragmentation -- The centrality of ageing -- Notes -- 2 From political economy to the culture of personal identity -- The rise and fall of structured dependency theory -- Structured dependency theory in the UK -- Ageing in America -- From political economy to moral economy -- The cultural turn -- Notes -- 3 Retirement, identity and consumer society -- Social identities and postmodern culture

Introduction / Sakari Taipale, Terhi-Anna Wilska and Chris Gilleard -- Historical, theoretical, and methodological perspectives -- The place of age in the digital revolution / Chris Gilleard -- Generational analysis as a methodological approach to study mediatised social change / GÖran Bolin -- Generational analysis of people's experience of ICTS / Leslie Haddon -- Family generations and ICT -- Mobile life of middle aged employees : fragmented time and softer schedules / Mia Tammelin and Timo Anttila -- Intergenerational solidarity and ICT usage : empirical insights from Finnish and Slovenian families / Sakari Taipale, Andrae Petrovic, and Vesna Dolnicar -- Gendering the mobile phone : a life course approach / Carla Ganito -- How young people experience elderly people's use of digital technologies in everyday life / Leopoldina Fortunati -- ICTS and client trust in the care of old people in Finland / Helena Hirvonen -- Mobile phone use and social generations in rural india / Sirpa Tenhunen -- Consumption, lifestyles and markets -- Necessities to all? : the role of ICTS in the everyday life of the middle-aged and elderly between 1999 and 2014 / Terhi-Anna Wilska and Sanna Kuoppamäki -- A risk to privacy or a need for security? : digital domestic technologies in the lives of young adults and late middle-agers / Sanna-Mari Kuoppamäki, Outi Uusitalo, and Tiina Kemppainen -- Personality traits and computer use in midlife : leisure activities and work characteristics as mediators / Tiia Kekäläinen and Katja Kokko -- Electronic emotions, age and the life course / Jane Vincent -- Conclusions / Chris Gilleard, Terhi-Anna Wilska, and Sakari Taipale.

The short lifetime of digital technologies means that generational identities are difficult to establish around any particular technologies let alone around more far-reaching socio-technological 'revolutions'. Examining the consumption and use of digital technologies throughout the stages of human development, this book provides a valuable overview of ICT usage and generational differences. It focuses on the fields of home, family and consumption as key arenas where these processes are being enacted, sometimes strengthening old distinctions, sometimes creating new ones, always embodying an inherent restlessness that affects all aspects and all stages of life.Combining a collection of international perspectives from a range of fields, including social gerontology, social policy, sociology, anthropology and gender studies, Digital Technologies and Generational Identity weaves empirical evidence with theoretical insights on the role of digital technologies across the life course. It takes a unique post-Mannheimian standpoint, arguing that each life stage can be defined by attitudes towards, and experiences of, digital technologies as these act as markers of generational differences and identity.It will be of particular value to academics of social policy and sociology with interests in the life course and human development as well as those studying media and communication, youth and childhood studies, and gerontology.