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Physical capability and the advantages and disadvantages of ageing
— perceptions of older age by men and women in two British cohorts | | Author(s) | Samantha Parsons, Catharine R Gale, Diana Kuh |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 34, no 3, March 2014 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, March 2014 |
| Pages | pp 452-471 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Physical capacity ; Good Health ; Life span ; Older men ; Older women ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | In an increasingly ageing society, its older members are receiving considerable political and policy attention. However, much remains to be learnt about public perceptions of older age, particularly the views and experiences of older individuals themselves. Drawing on qualitative interviews carried out with members of two British cohorts (N = 60) who have reached the 'third age', this paper discusses perceptions of age, focusing particularly on how perceived advantages and disadvantages differ by respondents' self-reported physical capability. The interviews were carried out in 2010 as part of the HALCyon (Healthy Ageing across the Life Course) collaborative research programme. Findings suggest there is some difference in the way older people view aspects of ageing by capability; and that although advantages are widely perceived, physical decline and associated health concerns were the overwhelming theme across the conversations. The article concludes by making tentative suggestions to inform the positive ageing agenda and its related policies. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150514012 A |
| Classmark | BI: CD: BG6: BC: BD: TOB: 3DP |
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