Workplaces are digitalizing, which leaves many older individuals with the choice between
upskilling and early retirement. How they approach this choice influences their financial well …

Individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) experience remarkably high rates of
mental health and substance use challenges, beginning early in life and extending …

With the aspiration for a long life now achievable for many individuals, the status of old age
as a distinct social position has become problematic. In this radical re-examination of the …

This paper provides a detailed understanding of how and why tourist behaviour changes in
old age. Multiple case studies are built employing qualitative biographical interviews with 23 …

At a time when social forces are making instability a way of life, researchers are developing
new modes of enquiry that take account of the dynamic nature of people's lives. Approaches …

First published Open Access under a Creative Commons license as What is Qualitative
Longitudinal Research?, this title is now also available as part of the Bloomsbury Research …

We would like to thank Rachel Hazelwood, our Editorial Administrator for the Routledge
Handbook of Cultural Gerontology who showed organisation, patience and kindness …

Once exceptional, a long life is now an everyday expectation for many citizens of the
prosperous nations. The consequence of this transformation in life expectancy however has …

Approaches to ageing that are organised around productivity, success, and active late life
have contributed to views of dementia as an unsuccessful, failed or 'frailed'old age …

This article proposes the development of an intersectional life course perspective that is
capable of exploring the links between structural inequalities and the lived experience of …