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Unequal Ageing : The Untold Story of Exclusion in Old Age

Contributor(s): Cann, Paul | Dean, Malcolm.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Policy Press, 2009Description: xi, 179 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781847424129 (hbk.); 1847424120 (hbk.); 9781847424112 (pbk.); 1847424112 (pbk.).Subject(s): Older people | Marginality, Social | Intergenerational relations | Alter | Soziale Situation | Ausgrenzung | GenerationsbeziehungDDC classification: 362.608694
Contents:
How social age trumped social class? / Malcolm Dean -- Too tight to mention : unequal income in older age / Thomas Scharf -- The uneven dividend : health and well-being in later life / Anna Coote -- No place life home? Housing inequality in later life / Sue Adams -- What does it mean to be old? / Julia Neuberger -- A life worth living? Quality of life in older age / Bryan Appleyard -- Why is ageing so unequal? / Alan Walker -- Rewriting the story / Paul Cann.
Summary: This study analyses issues such as money, health, place, quality of life, opportunity and identity, and demonstrates the gaps of treatment and outcomes between older and younger people.
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Books Books SCHOOL OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES LIBRARY

School of Health and Medical sciences Library Mbweni

Library shelves
non fiction 362.608 CAN (Browse shelf) Available M000000684

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How social age trumped social class? / Malcolm Dean -- Too tight to mention : unequal income in older age / Thomas Scharf -- The uneven dividend : health and well-being in later life / Anna Coote -- No place life home? Housing inequality in later life / Sue Adams -- What does it mean to be old? / Julia Neuberger -- A life worth living? Quality of life in older age / Bryan Appleyard -- Why is ageing so unequal? / Alan Walker -- Rewriting the story / Paul Cann.

This study analyses issues such as money, health, place, quality of life, opportunity and identity, and demonstrates the gaps of treatment and outcomes between older and younger people.

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