Unequal ageing : the untold story of exclusion in old age / [electronic resource]
Cann, Paul,editor.
Dean, Malcolm,editor.
This book analyses money, health, place, quality of life and identity, and highlights the gaps of treatment and outcomes between older and younger people, and between different groups of older people. It provides strong evidence of the scale of disadvantage in the UK and suggests actions that could begin to change the picture of unequal ageing.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jul 2022).
How social age trumped social class? / Malcolm Dean -- Too tight to mention : unequal income in older age / Thomas Scharf -- The uneven dividend : health and well-being in later life / Anna Coote -- No place life home? Housing inequality in later life / Sue Adams -- What does it mean to be old? / Julia Neuberger -- A life worth living? Quality of life in older age / Bryan Appleyard -- Why is ageing so unequal? / Alan Walker -- Rewriting the story / Paul Cann.
This book analyses money, health, place, quality of life and identity, and highlights the gaps of treatment and outcomes between older and younger people, and between different groups of older people. It provides strong evidence of the scale of disadvantage in the UK and suggests actions that could begin to change the picture of unequal ageing.
Older people
Marginality, Social.
Intergenerational relations.