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Unequal ageing : the untold story of exclusion in old age /

Contributor(s): Cann, Paul | Dean, Malcolm.
Publisher: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2009Description: xi, 179 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781847424129 (hbk.); 1847424120 (hbk.); 9781847424112 (pbk.); 1847424112 (pbk.).Subject(s): Older people -- Social conditions | Marginality, Social | Intergenerational relationsDDC classification: 362.6
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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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 362.6 CAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0075259
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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.

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