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New Agendas in Social Theory and Practice
In this timely and authoritative overview on social gerontology and social theory, Chris Phillipson outlines the changing contexts and experiences ass...
Everyday Life During the Pandemic
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book provides new insights into the challenges facing older people in the context ...
Critical Perspectives
This work covers theoretical developments and issues influencing the study of adult ageing. It explores contemporary trends in social policy drawing o...
Ageing in Place in Urban Environments considers together two major trends influencing economic and social life: population ageing on the one side and ...
A Study of the Experiences of Bangladeshi Women Living in Tower Hamlets
The Bangladeshi population is the fastest growing ethnic group within the UK. Despite this, Bangladeshis in Britain are an under-researched group. Thi...
Social and Pharmacological Perspectives
During the 1970s and 1980s prescription and over-the-counter drugs had come to play a major role in the health care of older people. Originally publis...
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"The present recession is hitting particularly hard at elderly people, especially as it coincides with increasing numbers in the 60+ age group in many...
Social Networks and Social Support in Three Urban Areas
Family life has changed rapidly over te past fifty years and the number of people living longer increases year on year Family and Community Life of Ol...
There is no shortage of political and moral commentary on family life. Frequently the underlying theme of these commentaries is the decline of contemp...
A Longitudinal Evaluation
Social & Pharmacological Perspectives
Social Policy and the Older Worker
The fall in the proportion of older workers in paid employment has been a major social trend over the past two decades in most industrialized countrie...
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A Review of the Research Literature
What is the future of old age? How will families, services, and economies adapt to an older population? This book places these questions, and many mor...
Ageing populations represent a key global challenge for the twenty-first century. Few areas of life will remain untouched by the accompanying changes ...
Elder Abuse in Perspective examines how the mistreatment of older people is defined, theorized and researched. It places the problem in its social and...
Age-Friendly Neighbourhood Report
the role of paid carers
Developing a New Social Contract
This report provides a detailed overview of the various transitions affecting people in their 50s and beyond. It challenges calls for an upward revisi...
A Training Manual for Helping Professionals
Engaging Older Learners
This report reviews the engagement of older learners (defined as those aged 50 and over) in education and training with particular reference to their ...
A Review of the Literature for the Social Exclusion Unit in the Breaking the Cycle Series