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An investigation into the circumstances of older people with sight loss: analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
- Author:
- THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST
- Publisher:
- Thomas Pocklington Trust
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This study focuses on the demographic profile and social circumstances of people aged 50 and older in England who have a self-assessed visual impairment. The project uses cross-sectional data from the first wave of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA).
The demographic characteristics of the oldest old in the United Kingdom
- Author:
- TOMASSINI Cecilia
- Journal article citation:
- Population Trends, 120, Summer 2005, pp.15-22.
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics
Those aged 85 and over are the fastest growing age group in the population of many developed countries. This article draws together demographic characteristics of people aged 85 and over from various different national data sources to provided and up-to-date picture of the oldest old.
The health of elderly people: an epidemioligical overview; vol.1
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 71p.,tables,diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
Brings together nationally available information about elderly people regarding health, use of health services and socio-demographic information, with limited coverage of aspects of mental health such as dementia. A companion volume contains updated papers from a Department of Health workshop "Health in Elderly People" held on 28 February 1991.
The Gospel Oak Project: the use of health and social services by dependent elderly people in the community
- Authors:
- LIVINGSTON G., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health Trends, 22(2), 1990, pp.70-73.
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics
Describes demographic and morbidity data and service use of a sample of elderly people.
Who are the baby boomers of the 1960s?
- Authors:
- YOUNG Aideen, TINKER Anthea
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 21(4), 2017, pp.197-205.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The 8.3 million babies who were born during the 1960s in the UK are 48-57 years old. With growing concern about population ageing, and the oldest of this large cohort on the brink of later life, it is timely to provide an overview of selected characteristics of this cohort in order to help predict likely needs and choices for services and products in later life. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach: A synthesis (non-systematic) of the academic and grey literature plus data from various sources including the Office for National Statistics was used to construct a picture of the 1960s baby boomer. Findings: Characteristics with the potential to signify lifestyle changes among this, compared with previous, cohorts of older people include: a higher probability of living alone in old age due to high rates of childlessness and divorce; a possibly larger proportion of their lives spent with one or more chronic conditions, although the prevalence of disability affecting activities of daily living is lower than for previous cohorts; high levels of home ownership; increased rates of employment at older ages; but reduced wealth compared with previous cohorts. Originality/value: The term baby boomer is generally used to denote people born in the undifferentiated surge of births that occurred in the USA between 1946 and 1964. In the UK, post Second World War spike in births was followed by a separate, broad surge in births across the 1960s but there has been very little analysis specifically of the 1960s cohort in this country. This paper addresses that gap, by bringing together the available evidence and data on this specific cohort in the UK. (Publisher abstract)
Older international migrants: who migrates to England and Wales in later life?
- Authors:
- GREEN Marcus, EVANDROU Maria, FALKINGHAM Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Population Trends, 137, Autumn 2009, pp.33-40.
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics
This article explores the demographic characteristics of individuals who migrate to England and Wales from outside the UK at retirement age and contracts their profiles against those of the total residential population of the same age. The article focuses on characteristics such as ethnicity, marital status, housing tenure and health.
The World Health Organisation perspective on gender, ageing and health
- Author:
- KALACHE Alexandre
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing International, 24(4), Spring 1998, pp.39-48.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Ageing and Health Program has adopted the notion of gender as a key perspective to it's programme components. In this article the author cites health and ageing examples from Japan, Africa and other nations to demonstrate why there is a need for increasing recognition of gender differences.
One hundred cases of suicide in elderly people
- Authors:
- CATTELL Howard, JOLLEY David J.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 166, April 1995, pp.451-457.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The prevention of suicide is receiving public attention at present because the White Paper, The Health of the Nation specifically targets a reduction in suicide rate. Preventative strategies must be guided by an understanding of the demography and antecedents of suicide. These issues are examined in relation to suicide by older people in Manchester.
Health behaviors and demographic factors of chronic health conditions among elderly veteran men
- Authors:
- TRAN Thanh V., CANFIELD Julie, WANG Kaipeng
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 55(4), 2016, pp.328-345.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
As male veterans age, there are unique opportunities for health-related prevention efforts to be introduced throughout the life cycle to ameliorate the effects of chronic health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, asthma, arthritis, and diabetes. This study analysed data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2012) with a sample of 27,187 male veterans aged 65–84 years and 4,079 male veterans over 85 years of age. The study examined associations between behaviours, demographics, and five chronic health conditions with variables that included marital status, health insurance coverage, alcohol consumption, smoking history, and income levels. These associations varied between the two age groups, suggesting the need for intervention with veterans across their lifespans. Public health social workers could help veterans modify their health behaviours to prevent the occurrence or worsening of chronic health conditions over time and across the ageing process. (Edited publisher abstract)
Sociodemographic characteristics and health status of Asian, Hispanic, and Non-Hispanic White family caregivers of older adults across generations
- Author:
- MIYAWAKI Christina E.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 24(4), 2015, pp.257-279.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Using the 2009 California Health Interview Survey, this study examines and compares the sociodemographic characteristics and health conditions of Asian (N = 591), Hispanic (N = 989), and White (N = 6,537) American caregivers of older adults by race/ethnicity and three successive immigrant generations. Second-generation Asian and Hispanic caregivers were the youngest while White counterparts were the oldest. The later the Asian and Hispanic generation, the better their educational attainment, but the poorer their health status. Findings suggest the importance of awareness of generational differences so that social workers can provide culturally and generationally appropriate services to racially/ethnically diverse caregiver populations more effectively. (Publisher abstract)