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Growing older in socially deprived areas
— social exclusion in later life | | 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 | 124 pp |
| Source | Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ. Emmail: info@helptheaged.org.uk Website: www.helptheaged.org.uk |
| 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. This report arises from the project, "Older people in deprived neighbourhoods: social exclusion and quality of life in older age" developed by researchers at the Centre for Social Gerontology, Keele University, as part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Growing Older (GO) Programme. Carried out in the most deprived electoral wards of England's three most deprived local authorities - Liverpool, Manchester and the London Borough of Newham - the research suggests that older people living in such areas are at least twice as likely to experience poverty as those in Britain as a whole. The report examines and makes recommendations with regard to policy implications for: the impact of multiple deprivation and poverty; crime and the fear of crime; older people's perceptions of their neighbourhood; social isolation and/or severely loneliness; and neighbourhood and social integration to prevent exclusion from involvement in formal social relationships and civic activities within communities. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030925512 B |
| Classmark | F:W6: TWA: TP: RH: 82LQ: 83E: 84B |
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