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Extending quality life
— policy prescriptions from the Growing Older Programme | | Author(s) | Alan Walker |
| Journal title | Journal of Social Policy, vol 35, part 3, July 2006 |
| Pages | pp 437-454 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org |
| Keywords | Quality of life ; Social policy ; Research ; Methodology. |
| Annotation | To date, the 5-year ESRC Growing Older Programme of research on quality of life in old age is the largest UK social sciences research endeavour in the field of ageing. This article provides a policy-oriented overview of the Programme, states its main objectives, and summarises some of its unique contributions to knowledge and research methods. Most of the article focuses on the relationship between research and policy, first in general terms, and then specifically with regard to the Programme's operation and outputs. The particular methods used by the Programme to engage with the policy process are described, within a broad enlightenment framework. This is followed by an outline of the key elements of the skeletal strategy derived from the Programme's comprehensive evidence base: inequalities in old age; environments of ageing; economic and family roles; participation and involvement; and family and identity. In each case the policy implications of the research evidence are illustrated. Finally, the role of older people in living their own lives of quality is discussed, and the results of the Programme are used to show how aspects of both structure and agency combine to determine the quality of later life. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060727201 A |
| Classmark | F:59: TM2: 3A: 3D |
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