List of figures and tables // Notes on contributors // Acknowledgements // Preface // 1 Social work and critical gerontology: why the former needs the latter 1 - Sarah Donnelly and Sandra Torres // PART I Critical gerontology as guiding principles for social work with older people // 2 The lifecourse and old age 19 - Alisoun Milne // 3 Human rights and older people 35 - Joan R. Harbison // 4 Agency and autonomy 51 - Paul Higgs // 5 Poverty and late-life homelessness 66 - Amanda Grenier and Tamara Sussman // 6 Sexuality and rights in later life 81 - Paul Willis and Trish Hafford-Letchfield // 7 Ethnicity, race and migrancy 97 - Sandra Torres // PART II Applying the critical gerontological lens to social work research, policy and practice // 8 Assessment, care planning and decision making 115 - Anna Olaison and Sarah Donnelly // 9 Elder abuse 130 - Lorna Montgomery and Gemma M. Carney // 10 Dementia: a disability and a human rights concern 146 - Suzanne Cahill // 11 User involvement - 161 - Peter Beresford // 12 Opportunities and future prospects for gerontological social work with a critical lens 177 - Marjaana Seppanen and Mo Ray // Index 192