This volume presents contributions from academics, practitioners and researchers who reflect on aging and argue that while the financial impact of aging appears to be receiving increased attention, the more personal, familial and communal consequences of aging must also be examined. This collection delves further into the topic of aging as both personal and social phenomenon.The perspectives the papers engage with range from theoretical to applied. This demonstrates how those perspectives can and must engage with each other. From the invisibility of aging persons, to the manner in which discourses of aging-well rely on normative assumptions, to the ways in which we engage with persons with dementia, to the responsibility of providing care locally and across borders, this collection endeavours to advance aging as a positive challenge that can enrich us all.
Monique Lanoix is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Canada. Iva Apostolova is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Dominican University College in Ottawa, Canada.
IntroductionIva Apostolova and Monique Lanoix1- Hospitality and the Embodied Self1. The Ethics of Hospitality: Reflections on AgingSophie Cloutier, Saint-Paul University2. The Other within Us: Reframing, with Spinoza, the Self's Relationship with Aging and DisabilityIva Apostolova and Elaina Gauthier-Mamaril, University of Aberdeen (PhD candidate)2- Aging and the Loss of Presence3. Aging and the Loss of Social PresenceChristine Overall, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario4. LGBT Elders, Isolation and Loneliness: An Existential AnalysisTim R. Johnston, Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders5. Aging and Aesthetic ResponsibilityElizabeth Lanphier, Vanderbilt University (PhD candidate)3- Dependence and Independence in the Context of Care and Aging 6. Fostering Community Care: Supporting a Shared Experience of Aging in Co-HousingMagdalene Goemans, Carleton University7. Dependence and Vulnerability in the 21st Century: The Swedish CaseHildur Kalman, Umea University8. Caring across Borders: Lessons from Transnational FamiliesMarta Rodriguez-Galan, St. John Fisher College4-Critical Perspectives on Aging9. The Missing Voices in Aging Well Frameworks: A Postcolonial CritiqueLauren Brooks-Cleator, University of Ottawa (PhD candidate) and Audrey Giles, University of Ottawa