Understanding quality of life in old age /
What constitutes quality of life for older people? How can quality of life be measured? How might policy makers improve quality of life for older people? This book considers key findings from the Growing Older research programme and presents them in a lively thematic format. It discusses essential t...
| Други автори: | Walker, Alan, 1949- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Maidenhead ; New York :
Open University Press,
℗♭2005.
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| Серия: |
Growing older.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=234146 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Understanding quality of life in old age. |
Съдържание:
- Investigating quality of life in the Growing Older Programme / Alan Walker and Catherine Hagan Hennessy
- Quality of life: meaning and measurement / Mary Gilhooly, Ken Gilhooly and Ann Bowling
- Dimensions of the inequalities in quality of life in older age / Paul Higgs [and others]
- Getting out and about / Caroline Holland [and others]
- Family and economic roles / Lynda Clarke, Maria Evandrou and Peter Warr
- Social involvement: aspects of gender and ethnicity / Kate Davidson, Lorna Warren and Mary Maynard
- social isolation and loneliness / Christina Victor and Thomas Scharf
- Frailty, identity and the quality of later life / Kevin McKee [and others]
- Identity, meaning and social support / Christopher McKevitt [and others]
- Elderly bereaved spouses: issues of belief, well-being and support / Peter Speck [and others]
- Conclusion: from research to action / Alan Walker.