{"product_id":"connecting-the-dots-work-life-balance-ageing","title":"Connecting the Dots: Work.Life.Balance.Ageing","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the ever-increasing personal and professional demands of living in the twenty-first century, trying to strike a balance between these two overlapping but never separate areas of life pose many challenges. \u003cem\u003eConnecting the Dots: Work. Life. Balance. Ageing\u003c\/em\u003e examines the many complexities the working-age population faces when trying to find this balance, the effects these challenges pose to health, well-being, and family structures, and offers insights into the issues with which the ageing population grapple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn out of a three-year research project conducted in the Caribbean, through a mixed-methods approach, including talking circles, time-use journals, and in-depth interviews, \u003cem\u003e Connecting the Dots\u003c\/em\u003e delves into issues that examine the breadth of adulthood. Issues such as stress, care giving, gendered division of familial labour, the labour market, growing older, illness, and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditors Patricia Mohammed and Cheryl-Ann Boodram oversee this inter-disciplinary and insightful body of work, spanning the fields of gender studies, anthropology, social work, and gerontology, which offers a roadmap for future researchers follow and a guideline for policymakers to ensure a healthier, balanced, and more productive population.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMohammed, Patricia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Patricia Mohammed is Emerita Professor, Gender and Cultural Studies, and retired as Director, Graduate Studies and Research, University of the West Indies, St Augustine.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoodram, Cheryl-Ann:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Cheryl-Ann Boodram is Lecturer (Social Work Practicum Co-ordinator) in the Department of Behavioural Science, University of the West Indies, St Augustine.","brand":"Ian Randle Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50381058867474,"sku":"9789768286000","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c2c67dae-08df-4b6c-8550-ea9694aa31c6.jpg?v=1728692564","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/connecting-the-dots-work-life-balance-ageing","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}