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Promoting social inclusion?
— the impact of village services on the lives of older people living in rural England | | Author(s) | Peter Dwyer, Irene Hardill |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 31, part 2, February 2011 |
| Pages | pp 243-264 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Services ; Community care ; Rural areas ; Over 70s ; Quality of life ; England. |
| Annotation | A project with a user-participatory approach examined the extent to which village services, or rural community-based services and activities, promote the social inclusion of people aged 70 or over living in remote rural communities in England. The study focused on services for older people (lunch clubs, welfare rights information and advice, befriending schemes and community warden support) in three different regions. The authors discuss the findings, using extracts from interviews with 69 service users and key informants involved in the management, delivery or financing of the services. They argue that village services promote social inclusion in various ways by enhancing older rural residents' access to resources, rights, goods and services that encourage social interaction and meaningful participation in community life. They also note that the overwhelming majority of users of village services are female, that older men are often reluctant to engage with the services on offer, and that village service providers need to find innovative ways of engaging with older men in rural areas. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110421004 A |
| Classmark | I: PA: RL: BBK: F:59: 82 |
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