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| Developing a locality-based approach to prevention with older people | | Author(s) | Mary Godfrey, Tracy Randall |
| Corporate Author | Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds |
| Publisher | Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, 2003 |
| Pages | 54 pp + bibliography |
| Source | Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds, 71-75 Clarendon Road, Leeds LS2 9PL. www.nuffield.leeds.ac.uk |
| Keywords | Services ; Community care ; Preventative medicine ; Living in the community ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | The Preventative Task Group has commissioned this study, with a particular interest in exploring how the model of prevention developed in respect of children and young people, Communities that Care (UK), might also be applicable for use with older people. The paper sets out elements of a socio-cultural model of "successful" ageing. It explores loss over the ageing process, focusing on loss relating to ill health, disability and bereavement and the impact of the transition from work to retirement. The "resource" elements of family and wider social networks are examined, to identify those key factors contributing to variation in access to networks that might support successful ageing. Those features of localities and communities that impinge on the life quality of older people are examined, to find out how and in what ways the physical and social environments constrain or support successful ageing. The final section draws out the implications for development of a locality-based approach to prevention. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030217204 B |
| Classmark | I: PA: LK2: K4: 64A |
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