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An age of wonders
— the story of the Newcastle 85+ Study | | Author(s) | Gordon Morris, Tom Kirkwood |
| Corporate Author | Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University |
| Publisher | Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2014 |
| Pages | 234 pp |
| Source | Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL. |
| Keywords | Octogenarians ; Nonagenarians ; Health [elderly] ; Diseases ; Social surveys ; Newcastle upon Tyne ; North Tyneside. |
| Annotation | In May 2006 a multidisciplinary team in the Institute for Ageing and Health at Newcastle University began a major study of health and ageing in the oldest old population. The Newcastle 85+ Study recruited a birth cohort of more than one thousand people from Newcastle and North Tyneside who were born in 1921. This major output from the Study looks at the lives of some of the participants, and why the research nurses found working with them so rewarding. It describes how the Study came into being, and gives an overview of how the data is being used to produce new insights. It looks at the bigger picture of research on ageing; the causes of age-related diseases such as dementia, arthritis and fibrosis; and the part played by diet, exercise and movement in healthy old age. It examines the opportunities and challenges for society: changing attitudes about ageing; engaging with older people; the contribution of the cultural and creative arts in promoting a more positive understanding of ageing; and how businesses associated with ageing are being supported and encouraged through developments at Newcastle University's Campus for Ageing and Vitality. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150707002 B |
| Classmark | BBM: BBR: CC: CJ: 3F: 86A: 86B |
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