The book ‘Cultures of Care in Aging’ is about caring for older people in the 21st century. It shows the many facets of care and the diverse factors that influence the relation between the person depending on care and the care giver(s), the impacts of caregiving on the family and the larger social context, as well as socio-cultural and political aspects underlying the growing need for and the practice of formal and informal care. A multi-disciplinary cast of internationally renowned authors provides a first substantive integration of knowledge from geropsychology, other areas of ageing research, and cultural psychology. The book provides researchers and practitioners with new insights on problems of advancing age and caring tasks in globalised societies. By doing so it promotes a strong plea for solidarity between generations in family and society in a rapidly changing world. Kai Leichsenring and Henk Nies (Vilans, The Netherlands) contributed the chapter ‘Concepts and strategies of quality assurance in care for older people’. More ...
