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Unequal ageing — Briefing 4: Quality of life
Corporate Author	Help the Aged
Publisher	Help the Aged, London, 2009
Pages	13 pp
Source	Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ. www.helptheaged.org.uk Email: info@helptheaged.org.uk
Keywords	Quality of life ; Ageism ; Rights [elderly] ; Citizenship ; Participation.
Annotation	The third wave of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) considered the concept of "social detachment" as a measurement of exclusion in older age. This Help the Aged briefing considers various aspects of older people's social, civic and cultural engagement, and its impact on quality of life. It considers both inequalities within the older population and ways in which older people may be disadvantaged in general. Although a considerable body of evidence may be available to researchers, this may not necessarily be available to the general public. Even where such knowledge exists, there remain elements which are not "age-proofed" or where assumptions have been made about older people which may no longer be correct. Ways of rectifying such errors or gaps in our knowledge are suggested. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-090809001 P
Classmark	F:59: B:TOB: IKR: IKC: TMB *
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