Ageing and the elderly
By: series editor: Cara Acred
Series: Issues -- v. 239; Issues -- v. 239.
Publisher: Independence Educational Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9781861686374
Subjects: Aging; Social aspects
Description: This work looks at the financial and social implications of an ageing poulation, covering issues such as the economics of ageing, isolation, elder abuse, care issues, and health in older age.
Notes: Includes index.

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Table of contents: title: Ageing trends (What is ageing? ; Are your ready? what you need to know about ageing ; Talkin'bout my generation ; UK performs poorly on experience of ageing ; Older people are happier in Brazil and South Africa ; Lesbian, gay and bisexual people in late life ; implementing a ban on age discrimination in the NHS; title: making effective, appropriate decisions ; What is ageism? ; Ten priority actions to maximise the opportunity of ageing populations ; Does life begin again at retirement?); title: The cost of ageing (The dangers of our ageing population ; Why our ageing population is an asset not a burden ; More than one in five British pensioners at risk of poverty ; pensioners in work doubled since 1993 ; Pension gap : a father's and son's tale ; Care in crisis 2012 ; Social care : how it could be paid for in the future ; Government to implement Dilnot care reforms 'as soon as it is able"); title: Heath issues (Age-related illnesses ; top ten tips for better ageing ; What is dementia? ; Are you worried about dementia? Depression in later years ; Elderly drinking is on the rise ; Recognise and report elder abuse ; About loneliness ; Living alone 'raises death risk in elderly' ; Can technology help us to support the ageing population? ; One in three over-65s in the UK want to be more socially active).