Abstract
This chapter examines social wellbeing from a policy and social science perspective through the dualisms of capability and disability, and independency and dependency. Using official statistics from selected European countries it shows how these concepts are socially constructed in public policy. The relevance of professional and policy perspectives on capability and independency for older people are examined through ideas about disease, disablement, and the related concepts of health and illness. The chapter considers biopsychosocial factors that might influence the perceptions and experience of capability/disability and independency/dependency. Policies aimed at facilitating capability and independency are examined.
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