edited by Alan Walker and Catherine Hagan Hennessy.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Maidenhead :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Open University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (x, 268 pages) :
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illustrations.
SERIES
Series Title
Growing older
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introducing the Growing Older Programme on extending quality of life / Alan Walker -- Quality of life in old age from the perspectives of older people / Zahava Gabriel and Ann Bowling -- Ethnic inequalities / James Nazroo [and others] -- Environment, identity and old age : quality of life or a life of quality? / Leonie Kellaher, Sheila M. Peace and Caroline Holland -- Poverty and social exclusion : growing older in deprived urban neighbourhoods / Thomas Scharf, Chris Phillipson and Allison E. Smith -- Loneliness in later life / Christina R. Victor [and others] -- Older men : their health behaviours and partnership status / Kate Davidson and Sara Arber -- A participatory approach to older women's quality of life / Joanne Cook, Tony Maltby and Lorna Warren -- Social support and ethnicity in old age / Jabeer Butt and Jo Moriarty -- The meaning of grandparenthood and its contribution to the quality of life of older people / Lynda Clarke and Ceridwen Roberts -- Frailty and institutional life / Susan Tester [and others] -- Conclusion / Catherine Hagan Hennessy.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Annotation.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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OverDrive, Inc.
Stock Number
40F9D880-23B8-4D30-92BC-628FC75C2AC3
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Growing older.
International Standard Book Number
9780335215089
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Older people-- Great Britain-- Social conditions.
Quality of life-- Great Britain.
Personnes âgées-- Grande-Bretagne-- Conditions sociales.