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Too old: older people's accounts of discrimination, exclusion and rejection
— a report from the Research on Age Discrimination Project (RoAD) to Help the Aged |
| Author(s) | Bill Bytheway, Richard Ward, Caroline Holland |
| Corporate Author | Research on Age Discrimination Project (RoAD); Faculty of Health and Social Care, Open University; Help the Aged |
| Publisher | Help the Aged, London, 2007 |
| Pages | 94 pp |
| Source | Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ. E-mail: info@helptheaged.org.uk Website: www.helptheaged.org.uk |
| Keywords | Ageism ; Isolation ; Services ; Consumer ; Participation ; Research. |
| Annotation | Research on Age Discrimination (RoAD) is a 2-year participatory research study funded by the Big Lottery Fund, and undertaken by the Open University (OU) and Help the Aged. More than 300 older people from across the UK were involved in the project, which is based on a definition of age discrimination as exclusion, either threatened or actual. This report notes participants' use of diaries to provide systematic evidence of how age discrimination features in everyday life. Four chapters relate to issues experienced by all older people: the use of public places; being consumers; managing one's appearance (focusing on hairdressing and fashion); and health. Five further chapters relate to experiences of some older people but not all: culture and ethnicity; sexuality and sexual orientation; family life and families' attitudes towards age and care issues; vulnerability (particularly in residential care); and fear and isolation. The conclusion remarks on the distinctiveness of the RoAD approach and the defining of age discrimination in terms of how it is experienced. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070502012 B |
| Classmark | B:TOB: TP: I: WY: TMB: 3A |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |