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Transitions in later life
— a review of the challenges and opportunities for policy development | | Author(s) | Guy Kerr Robertson |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 18, no 4, 2014 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2014 |
| Pages | pp 186-196 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com/wwop.htm |
| Keywords | Retirement ; Informal care ; Ill health ; Dying ; Adjustment ; Policy ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | This paper outlines an approach to understanding later life issues through the conceptual framework of "transitions". The paper draws on a wide-ranging review of the literature, supported by two workshop sessions involving key stakeholders and experts in the field. It analyses the efficacy or otherwise of the support available for people undergoing these major transitions: retirement; becoming a carer; acquiring a health condition; and preparing for end of life. It comments on key issues relating to these transitions: resilience, personal capabilities, and community support. The study derives its data largely from a review of published literature, and therefore lacks the input from older people themselves. The analysis provides guidance to policy makers and others interested in the later life agenda with well-researched recommendations for change. There are significant social implications in the recommendations and the opportunity for the experiences in later life to be framed in a transitions paradigm. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150529237 A |
| Classmark | G3: P6: CH: CX: DR: QAD: 64A |
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