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Baby boomers
— growing older but getting on with life? | | Author(s) | Toby Williamson |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 17, no 4, 2013 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2013 |
| Pages | pp 157-163 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com/wwop.htm |
| Keywords | Mental health [elderly] ; Well being ; Health [elderly] ; Good Health ; Projects. |
| Annotation | This paper describe the findings from the Mental Health Foundation's Ageing Well project, a research project that explored the mental health experiences and expectations of the so-called "baby boomer" population born between 1946 and 1955 who are now moving into later life. The research combined primary and secondary research, and a panel of experts. The primary research was both quantitative and qualitative. Findings covered issues of identity, health and wellbeing, family and relationships, work, occupation, retirement and financial security, as well as key implications for policy makers, opinion formers and decision makers. The "baby boomer" cohort is extremely large; and to provide definitive findings on such a wide range of aspects that potentially influence their mental health requires a much larger study than this, as well as one that focuses on particular sub-groups of this cohort. It also raises the question of similarities and differences between this cohort and the second wave of baby boomers born between the late 1950s and early 1960s. The wide range of resources and data which the project has drawn together provide a unique overview of a key dimension of health for this population group. Because of the very large number of people in this population group and their perceived shared life experiences, this research will be of great interest to policy makers, academics and the media, as well as members of this population cohort. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150529227 A |
| Classmark | D: D:F:5HH: CC: CD: 3E |
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