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So much more than just walking
- Authors:
- LE MESURIER Nick, NORTHMORE Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 7(3), September 2003, pp.11-14.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Describes the principles behind social rehabilitation and reports on the results of an evaluation of five pilot social rehabilitation projects run by Age Concern. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 28 users of the project. Interviews were also held with staff, volunteers, referrers and other professionals. Feedback on the service was positive and highlighted how social rehabilitation can help break down barriers of low confidence and isolation. The evaluation was commissioned by Age Concern England and undertaken by the University of Birmingham.
The hidden store: older people's contributions to rural communities
- Author:
- LE MESURIER Nick
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 57p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report considers the characteristics of older people in the English countryside and the experience of Age Concern in providing services for and with them. It reviews the literature on older people in rural communities, and finds that, where they are mentioned at all, it is usually between the lines and in the margins of most studies of rural society. This in spite of the fact that the English countryside contains a higher proportion of older people than urban areas, and that many voluntary services which help to maintain social capital in the countryside are run for and by older people themselves.