Unequal ageing : the untold story of exclusion in old age /
Unequal ageing : the untold story of exclusion in old age /
- Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2009.
- xi, 179 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and 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.
9781847424129 (hbk.) 1847424120 (hbk.) 9781847424112 (pbk.) 1847424112 (pbk.)
Older people--Social conditions.
Marginality, Social.
Intergenerational relations.
362.6 / CAN
Includes bibliographical references and 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.
9781847424129 (hbk.) 1847424120 (hbk.) 9781847424112 (pbk.) 1847424112 (pbk.)
Older people--Social conditions.
Marginality, Social.
Intergenerational relations.
362.6 / CAN