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Independent living in later life
— a report of research carried out by the Policy Studies Institute on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions | | Author(s) | Jane Parry, Sandra Vegeris, Maria Hudson |
| Corporate Author | Policy Studies Institute - PSI; Department for Work and Pensions - DWP |
| Publisher | Corporate Document Services, Leeds, 2004 |
| Pages | 142 pp (Department for Work and Pensions Research report, no 216) |
| Source | Corporate Document Services, 7 Eastgate, Leeds LS2 7EY. E-mail: orderline@cds.co.uk Website: www.cds.co.uk |
| Keywords | Living in the community ; Independence ; Services ; Usage [services] ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) commissioned the Policy Studies Institute (PSI) to carry out qualitative research exploring the factors that influence perceptions and experiences of independent living in later life. The research is based on in-depth interviews with 98 pensioner households (118 individuals) across socioeconomic groups, and with frontline staff from statutory, voluntary and private sector organisations. The report presents findings for four case study areas, and the meaning of independence as it relates to health, social support and income. It identifies and explores lifestyle transitions such as retirement and bereavement, and then considers pensioners' help needs and their patterns of service use, and the implications of these for negotiating independence. The report introduces the DWP's Customer Segmentation Model (CSM), which classifies the pensioner population into seven categories according to differing levels of health, social support and income. The report presents evidence that strong, well-managed support systems that complement older people's own priorities play an important role in maintaining independence in later life. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040917002 B |
| Classmark | K4: C3: I: QLD: 3DP |
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