In the cultural imagination, midlife signifies the onset of ageing
and is thus framed in a discourse of decline. For women, it is
often considered in terms of menopause and the end of fecundity and
fertility. This book proposes that women's experience of midlife is
much broader than this; instead, it is characterised by
transformation in multiple life domains and health status is
important. The continuity theory of ageing is useful here: identity
is re/constructed during the ageing process in response to changing
bodily circumstances, such as health problems. Women in rural
Australia described how health status shaped their midlife
experiences and mediated their identity construction. For them,
midlife was about reconstructing their identity to incorporate
their changed health status. Interrogating health and illness in
the ageing process has important implications for midlife health
promotion. indings suggest that health services, and the cultural
scripts informing them, need to incorporate the diverse needs,
goals and aspirations of midlife women. This analysis should be
useful to a range of health professionals concerned with women's
health from the middle years and beyond.
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