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Recent trends in life expectancy at older ages: update to 2014
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 29
- Place of publication:
- London
A summary of recent trends in life expectancy among those aged 65 and over in England, in the English regions and local authorities. The report shows that the overall upward trend in life expectancy at all older ages continues. Life expectancy at older ages in England is now the highest on record for all the age and sex groups studied, except for females aged 85, for whom it is the same as it was in 2011. The report shows however, that despite this overall picture of improvement, calculated life expectancy for older people in some parts of the country did not increase or fell. At English local authority level there are significant variations in the trend in life expectancy at older age for which there is no apparent explanation. The report also includes trends in life expectancy in the European Union. (Edited publisher abstract)
Local strategies for an ageing population
- Author:
- BENINGTON John
- Journal article citation:
- LGIU Equalities News, 21, July 1994, p.11.
The growth in the numbers and proportion of pensioners and very elderly people in Europe and the UK is altering the composition of the population, and changing the key client groups served by the welfare state. Reports on the work of a Local Authorities Research Consortium based at Warwick University which is developing and evaluating local inter-agency strategies for an ageing population.
Equal opportunities and Europe: a checklist for councils
- Author:
- CHELIAH Ramani
- Publisher:
- Local Government Information Unit
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A checklist for local authorities when addressing the needs of the most disadvantaged in society, within a European context. Includes sections on: race, women, disability, gay men, lesbians, older people, and funds from Europe.
Caring for children and older people in Europe: a comparison of European policies and practice
- Author:
- ROSTGAARD Tine
- Journal article citation:
- Policy Studies, 23(1), March 2002, pp.51-68.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article sets out to present a conceptual framework for the comparative understanding of social care benefits in arguing that the study of social care policies benefits from incorporating cash as well as service benefits, for the old as well as for children. Looking at the development of social care policies in seven countries over a period of 15 years reveals that social care has come under increasing focus. Policies have been evaluated with reference to the organization of care, the need for introducing new providers and for an increased share of user payment. Models of efficiency, marketization and consumerism have challenged former models of equity and professionalism, resulting in a greater mix of providers, as well as a benefit provision as high as ever in terms of number of recipients.
Welfare and the ageing experience: a multidisciplinary analysis
- Editors:
- BYTHEWAY Bill, JOHNSON Julia
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 221p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Collection of papers based on presentations at the 1988 conference of the British Society of Gerontology in 1988. These include: a mixed economy of welfare and the ageing experience; private sector provision of sheltered housing; the reaction of social workers to the challenge of private sector growth in residential care; adjusting to mental infirmity in local authority homes; a survey of delayed hospital discharge; lessons for the future of day care; preparation for retirement in the EC; emerging issues in feminist groupwork; types of inter-generational relations; and the meaning and experience of 'home' in later life.