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Minimum income for healthy living
— older people | | Author(s) | Jerry Morris, Alan Dangour, Christopher Deeming |
| Corporate Author | Policy Unit, Age Concern England - ACE; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London |
| Publisher | Age Concern Reports, London, September 2005 |
| Pages | 57 pp |
| Source | Age Concern England, Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER. http://www.ageconcern.org.uk |
| Keywords | Income [older people] ; Cost of living ; Poverty ; Health [elderly] ; Health services ; Reports. |
| Annotation | A new goal for health and social policy in later life is proposed by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. They suggest that minimum income should be guaranteed for all older people that will enable them to meet essential personal costs for healthy living, as objectively defined by current evidence. The objective of this study is to define, using available knowledge, the requisites for healthy living of people aged 65+ with no defined disability living in private households in England, and the minimum personal costs that would currently be entailed. The report considers the constituent parts of the Minimum income for healthy living (MIHL), and gives the total weekly costs for a single person or couple aged 65+. These constituent parts are estimated and assessed in turn: diet and nutrition; physical activity, health, anti-ageing and autonomy; housing; health care; psychosocial relations and social inclusion, active minds and autonomy; hygiene - personal care and the home; getting about and transport; and other costs (items such as clothing, footwear and household goods). A summary report (22 pp) is also available. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-051209003 B |
| Classmark | JF: J3C: W6: CC: L: 6K |
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