Unequal Ageing : The Untold Story of Exclusion in Old Age
- Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Policy Press, 2009.
- xi, 179 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
includes index
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.