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| Older people's views and experiences of resources in later life | | Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Journal title | Findings, 2061, April 2007 |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, April 2007 |
| Pages | 4 pp |
| Source | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. Findings and full report available as free downloads from http://www.jrf.org.uk |
| Keywords | Pensions ; Savings ; Income [older people] ; Preparation [retirement] ; Attitude ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | With increasing numbers of older people living longer, the future of their financial and service provision is a key policy concern, while poverty among the present generation of older people remains an important issue. This qualitative study, by the University of Loughborough's Centre for Research in Social Policy, explores how older people value available resources, and how they had planned for retirement and are planning for future later life. The research is set against the background of the 2006 White Paper, "Security in retirement: towards a new pension system" (Cm 6841). 91 in-depth interviews were conducted with older people aged 65-84 during 2005. Although this a longitudinal piece of research (respondents will be interviewed up to twice more), these findings relate to the first round of interviews only. The focus is on experiences up to the time of interview and expectations about the future, in order to act as a foundation for issues to be explored in more depth in the next research stages. The full report, by Katherine Hill and colleagues, "Understanding resources in later life: the views and experiences of older people" is published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070515007 A |
| Classmark | JJ: JDD: JF: GA: DP: 3DP |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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