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Older and colder
— the views of older people experiencing difficulties keeping warm in winter | | Author(s) | Fay Wright |
| Corporate Author | Help the Aged; British Gas Help the Aged Partnership; King's College London, University of London |
| Publisher | Help the Aged, London, 2004 |
| Pages | 60 pp |
| Source | Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ. www.helptheaged.org.uk Email: info@helptheaged.org.uk |
| Keywords | Winter care ; Heating systems ; Fuel expenditure ; Social policy ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | The British Gas Help the Aged Partnership was established in January 1999, to combat fuel poverty and to prevent older people dying needlessly each winter, a figure put at between 20,000 and 50,000. Research for this qualitative study aimed to gain greater understanding of a sample of 64 older homeowners' and 29 private renters' experiences of keeping the home warm in winter, and of the multi-dimensional issues of fuel poverty. About half of those interviewed were concerned about keeping their homes warm in winter. The study showed that those older people in fuel poverty were in overlapping circumstances: in a single person household, with a low household income, paying a high price for fuel (often in areas without mains gas), in energy inefficient property, and in poor health. The study thus offers an important perspective on what should be done to ensure that older people in the UK live in warm homes during the winter months. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040810208 B |
| Classmark | IB: YF: J6: TM2: 3DP |
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