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Changes in the living arrangements of older women: an international study
- Author:
- WOLF Douglas A.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 35(6), December 1995, pp.724-731.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This study analyses trends in the percentage of older women living alone in 21 European and North America countries over the period of 1960-1992, the general pattern is one of substantial annual increases in the percentage of elderly women living alone. This trend is shown to result mainly from demographic changes, with little evidence of a role for economic variables. The analysis suggests a reversal of the current trend in coming years, as mothers of post-war baby booms reach old age.
A profile of older people in Northern Ireland: annual update (2015)
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Statistics and Research Agency
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 126
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
The fourth in a series of annual statistical reports produced to highlight the socio-economic circumstances of older people in Northern Ireland, monitor changes in their circumstances over time and the factors that cause them to be at risk of exclusion. Chapters cover: population estimates and projections; health, residential care, community care and carers; numbers and characteristics of pensioner households; composition of low income pensioner groups; risk of falling into low income pensioner groups; comparison of low income groups in Northern Ireland and the UK; lifestyle, including access to the internet; fuel poverty; and crime. Findings reported include: that number and proportion of older people in the population is steadily increasing and is projected to continue to do so; as age increases so does the likelihood of them suffering a long term condition; and that households headed by older people were much more likely to be living in fuel poverty than other households in 2011. (Edited publisher abstract)
Old age
- Author:
- VINCENT John
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 190p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The latter decades of the 20th century saw a fundamental change in the age structure of many Western societies. In these societies it is now common for a fifth to a quarter of the population to be retired, for fewer babies to be born than is required to sustain the size of the population and for life expectancy to exceed 80 years old. This volume provides an overview of the key issues arising from this demographic change, asking questions such as: what if any, are the universal characteristics of the ageing experience?; what different ways is it possible to grow old?; and what is unique about old age in the contemporary world? The author also examines issues ranging from the social construction, diversity and identity of old age to areas of social conflict over population, pensions and the medicalisation of old age.
Our homes, our lives: choice in later life living arrangements
- Editor:
- SUMNER Keith
- Publisher:
- Centre for Policy on Ageing/Housing Corporation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 208p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
The involvement of older people as active partners in planning their future living arrangements, and elements of care support, must be at the heart of day-to-day practice, policy planning and design. Contributors provide an overview of the current situation faced by older people in terms of policy issues, architectural and design perspectives, and conceptual understandings of autonomy and independence.
Dementia in Fermanagh Northern Ireland
- Author:
- GILMOUR Helen
- Publisher:
- Sperrin Lakeland Health and Social Care Trust/Alzheimer's Society
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 65p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Enniskillen
This survey demonstrates the value of collecting and collating local data on dementia with the help of carers and local professionals. The project addresses the lack of social research regarding people with dementia and has a specific focus on those living in a rural environment.
Development, reliability, and validity of the Expectations Regarding Aging (ERA-38) survey
- Authors:
- SARKISIAN Catherine A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 42(4), August 2002, pp.534-542.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Using focus groups, cognitive interviews, and multitrait scaling analysis, researchers developed a 38-item survey to measure expectations regarding aging (ERA-38). The survey consisted of 10 scales, each representing a domain of expectations. Considerable support for the reliability and construct validity of the ERA-38 was obtained in this field study of 429 older adults. This instrument should be useful to investigators interested in measuring expectations regarding aging among older adults.
The black elderly: satisfaction and quality of later life
- Authors:
- COKE Marguerite M., TWAITE James A
- Publisher:
- Haworth Press
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 137p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton, NY
Looks at: demographic correlates of life satisfaction among older black people in the United States; West African culture, slavery, and the role of older people in Black American families; the church; a model for predicting life satisfaction; an empirical investigation of predictors of life satisfaction among black elders; and a policy framework for older black people.
Ageing, health and care
- Author:
- VICTOR Christina R.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 224p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This publication provides an overview of the health status of older people. It discusses how older people define and understand the meaning of health in old age; the nature of health problems and policy and service responses; and an examination of the variability of health experiences of older people with gender, age socioeconomic status and ethnicity. Chapter One provides the demographic context and discusses how older people understand their health. Chapters Two and Three consider the different aspects of physical health in old age, including the methodological difficulties of studying health in old age and the stereotype view that older people's health experiences are the same. Chapter Four focuses on mental health, covering dementia, cognitive impairment, depression and suicide. Chapter Five looks at health and lifestyle including diet, exercise and the 'long history of trying to live longer'. Chapter Six covers health and social care provision and the relationship with informal care. Chapter Seven looks at the likely health experiences of the next generation of older people and the potential impacts of an ageing population in a global context. Each chapter includes key definitions of terms, activities, further reading and useful websites. The publication is part of the Ageing and the Life Course series.
Pfizer's pan-European healthy ageing survey: presented at the Pfizer Silver Summit; Rome, September 2002
- Author:
- TAYLOR NELSON SOFRES. Social Research Division
- Publisher:
- Taylor Neslon Sofres
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- Richmond
The conclusions from a pan-European survey of 2,500 'older citizens' indicated the need for urgent action on the core issues of: social inclusion; contributing to society; increasing access to quality healthcare; and preserving independence. Contents include: family and relationships; fitness, healthy eating and lifestyle; medicine and healthcare; retirement, pensions and money; society' attitude to age.
Aging, social inequality and public policy
- Author:
- PAMPEL Fred
- Publisher:
- Pine Forge Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 176p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Thousand Oaks, CA
By attending to the social inequality between and within age groups the book tries to steer between the two extremes of social determinism and individualism. Structural inequality between age groups shapes personal experiences of individuals, but at the same time inequalities within age groups counter generalisations that apply to people of similar ages. From this it follows that aging has different meanings and consequences for people from different classes, races, ethnic groups and generations.