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Does money matter?
— older people's views of their monetary resources | | Author(s) | Glenda Cook, Jan Reed, Susan Childs |
| Corporate Author | Centre for Care of Older People (CCOP), University of Northumbria; IMRI (Information Management Research Institute), University of Northumbria; Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, 2004 |
| Pages | 74 pp |
| Source | York Publishing Services, 64 Hallfield Road, Layterthorpe, York YO31 7ZQ. PDF version (ISBN 1859351603) available at www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop |
| Keywords | Income [older people] ; Attitude ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Research for this project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) was carried out by two research centres, the Centre for Care of Older People (CCOP) and IMRI (Information Management Research Institute), both at the University of Northumbria. Their study has two strands: the first eliciting the views of older people about the role of money in later life, the second searching for and reviewing the literature. Sources used range from "grey literature" to individual interviews and focus group discussions; gaps and anomalies are highlighted. Findings from these sources are outlined on: the importance of money in later life; financial literacy; living on a low income; the poverty trap; money and resources for a comfortable later life; financial resources as a mediator of disability, ill health and frailty; direct payments and brokerage schemes that give control back to older people dependent on care; and older people's contribution to society. The overriding conclusion is that money is valued, not as an end; rather, as a means to an end, what it enables older people to do, and the sense of control over personal circumstances that it gives. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040204004 B |
| Classmark | JF: DP: 64A |
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