Amanda Grenier 
Transitions and the Lifecourse [PDF ebook] 
Challenging the Constructions of ‘Growing Old’

Part One: The context of growing old: The study of transition in late life; Critical perspectives on ageing and the lifecourse; Multidisciplinary approaches to transition; The intersections of policy, practice, and experience; Socio-cultural constructs of late life; Part Two: Contested models of ageing and late life: Narratives of transition on ageing and late life; Rethinking transition; Social location and ‘othered’ constructs of age; The fourth age: impairment in late life; Future directions

Amanda Grenier is Professor in Health Aging and Society, the Gilbrea Chair in Aging and Mental Health, and the Director of the Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging at Mc Master University.