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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817269503321

Titolo

Quality in ageing and older adults : promoting excellence in services through research, policy and practice : older people as voters, citizens and changemakers / / guest editor, Stephen Burke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Bradford, England] : , : Emerald, , [2015]

©[2015]

ISBN

1-78560-279-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (73 p.)

Collana

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, , 1471-7794 ; ; Volume 16, Number 1

Disciplina

362.19897

Soggetti

Older people - Care

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Guest editorial; The coalition government and ageing policy: a critique; Standing up for today's and tomorrow's pensioners; Never had it so good? Boom time forolder people; Work, pensions and poverty: a better dealunder the next government; Health and social care for older people:progress, problems and priorities; Housing: the unacknowledged key to our ageing challenge?; What are the issues affecting grandparents in Britain today?; A world of social interaction for all; An age of opportunity for the voluntary sector

Addressing isolation: the importance of integration and the role of institutionsGrey Pride: priorities for a minister for older people; How older people will vote in the 2015 general election: a review of existing polling evidence; The road to 2020

Sommario/riassunto

This e-book of Quality in Ageing and Older Adults takes the opportunity to consider the impact of the coalition government since 2010 on and for older people. It looks forward to the next government, whatever shape it takes, and what that government needs to do to improve life for older people and prepare for an ageing population in the UK.