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One voice: shaping our ageing society
- Authors:
- HARROP Andrew, JOPLING Kate
- Publisher:
- Age Concern; Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 67p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report begins with 35 indicators of old people's beliefs and opinions, showing if they have improved, worsened or remained unchanged. It moves on to an overview and discussions of the indicators: equal rights, money, care, health, accommodation, opportunities and contributions, the global picture, ending with notes on the indicators.
Perceiving age discrimination in response to intergenerational inequity
- Authors:
- GARSTKA Teri A., HUMMERT Mary Lee, BRANSCOMBE Nyla R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Issues, 61(2), June 2005, pp.321-342.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Young (N= 57), middle-aged (N= 57), and older adults (N= 47) were presented with an editorial that argued in favor of their age group's economic interests (e.g., their privilege was fair; their disadvantage was unfair) or against their age group's economic interests (e.g., their privilege was unfair; their disadvantage was fair). Participants completed measures of perceived age discrimination, attributions for outcomes, and support for age-based spending. Unfavorable intergenerational comparisons elicited higher perceived age discrimination in middle-aged adults, and more support among all age groups for funding to middle-aged adults compared to favorable comparisons. Young and older adults reported more age discrimination than middle-aged adults regardless of comparison type. Age group status consequences for responses to the intergenerational conflict debate are discussed.
The economy and older people
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In 2003 there were 20 million people over 50; by 2021 this will rise to almost 25 million. As well as shaping markets and public services older people contribute to the British economy, as unpaid and paid workers. Current Government policies for supporting older people make economic contributions include: forthcoming age discrimination legislation; amendments to the pensions system; Welfare to Work programmes for older and disabled workers; new entitlements to free education; and improved support for carers.
What do you expect at your age?: a Help the Aged conference on age discrimination, 17 March 2003
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This conference marked the first anniversary of the Help the Aged Scrap It! Campaign against age discrimination, a campaign that has exposed the devastating effects of age discrimination and the ways in which it deprives us all of the skills, talents and society of older people.
Earnings trends among older employees in England and Wales, 1972-2001
- Authors:
- MALLIER Tony, MORRIS David
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 23(3), May 2003, pp.363-374.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article considers the hypothesis that 'older people in full-time employment normally receive earnings below the level previously enjoyed', by examining the money and real earnings of older British full-time employees as they age. After a review of the factors that influence earnings, data from the New Earnings Survey of Great Britain are used to estimate average gross weekly money and real earnings of two cohorts of manual and non-manual workers as they age. The two cohorts were born respectively in 1927 and 1937, and male and female employees are considered separately. The estimates are used to develop time series age-earnings profiles of real earnings. These suggest that the average full-time older employee normally benefits over time from rising real earnings as a consequence of increases in national prosperity, although the increases vary by gender, occupational group and cohort. Older female employees benefited more than males from significantly higher percentage increases in their average real earnings, and between 1981-2000 average real earnings in non-manual occupations rose relative to manual workers' earnings.
Financing the future: mind the gap!: the implications of an ageing population; key findings and proposed actions
- Editors:
- BAKER David, PRICE Marcus
- Publisher:
- Financial Services Authority
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report examines the pensions crisis and advises on the risks involved, and the alternatives available to both employers and employees.
Older people
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 2000, 2000, pp.30-32.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
The link between growing old and declining income is well documented. Looks at research which highlights other factors than can increase older people's poverty and feelings of social exclusion.
Older workers and retirement issues
- Authors:
- MARSHALL Victor W., WALKER Alan
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing International, 25(3), Winter 1999, pp.10-13.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
This is part II of Ageing International's examination of Older Workers and Retirement Issues. Explores the impact of age discrimination, culture, class and gender influences on retirement, as well as programs and policies to enhance the employability of older workers.
Older and wiser
- Author:
- PASHLEY Glenys
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 24.7.97, 1996, pp.58-60.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This article argues that inequalities in health services available to older women can adversely affect their physical and psychological well-being.
Not dead yet
- Author:
- NEUBERGER Julia
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 358p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The author sets out a 10-point manifesto for old age which demands justice for an increasingly powerful, active and articulate segment of society. Each chapter describes one area that needs to be tackled: an end age discrimination; the right to work; ensuring a basic income; reclaiming the streets and providing better access to communities; open access to learning; real choice in housing; trained and well rewarded care assistants; access to health care; the right to die well; and grey rage - ensuring older people have to power to achieve this 10-point manifesto.