“I think I'm better at it myself”: the Capability Approach and Being Independent in Later Life.

Current policies on ageing in the global north emphasize that ‘ageing well’ is an individual responsibility, and tend to undervalue the social, economic and cultural context of ageing. The capability approach is well-suited to address the interplay between context and individual in later life. In t...

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Main Authors: Louise Meijering, Bettina van Hoven, Sepideh Yousefzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hipatia Press 2019-01-01
Series:Research on Ageing and Social Policy
Online Access:https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/rasp/article/view/3678