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Everyday age discrimination — what older people say
Corporate Author	Help the Aged
Publisher	Help the Aged, London, 2004
Pages	34 pp
Source	Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ.
Keywords	Ageism ; Social policy ; Case studies ; Social surveys.
Annotation	When Help the Aged launched its "Scrap It!" campaign in 2002, it published "Age discrimination in public policy: a review of evidence". Now, "Everyday age discrimination" records how age discrimination was experienced by some 200 older people over an 18 month period, from Spring 2002 to autumn 2003. Their stories are presented as case studies on the themes of employment, citizenship, social security, insurance, banks and retail services, health, social care, and advertising and the media. Given that these examples of age discrimination pervade every facet of older people's daily lives, the report recommends: banning age discrimination in the workplace through legislation; promoting age equality in employment through education; calling for a ban on age discrimination in all aspects of life and throughout the UK; and calling for a single Equality Act. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040604002 B
Classmark	B:TOB: TM2: 69P: 3F
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