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Growing older in socially deprived areas
— social exclusion in later life : summary | | Author(s) | Thomas Scharf, Chris Phillipson, Allison E Smith |
| Corporate Author | Help the Aged; Keele University; University of Wolverhampton |
| Publisher | Help the Aged, London, 2002 |
| Pages | 6 pp |
| Source | Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ. |
| Keywords | Poor elderly ; Crime ; Isolation ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Newham ; Manchester ; Liverpool. |
| Annotation | The degree to which people living in inner city neighbourhoods experience exclusion from what most people would define as an acceptable old age is examined. The research carried out in the most deprived electoral wards of England's three most deprived local authorities - Liverpool, Manchester and the London Borough of Newham - suggests that older people living in such areas are at least twice as likely to experience poverty as those in Britain as a whole. This summary of the research outlines the multiple risks experienced and their policy implications: vulnerability to serious crime; social isolation and/or severely loneliness; and exclusion from involvement in formal social relationships and civic activities within their communities. Key recommendations are made with regard to deprivation and poverty, crime and the fear of crime, and neighbourhood and social integration. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021014206 B |
| Classmark | F:W6: TWA: TP: RH: 82LQ: 83E: 84B |
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