Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 8 Issue 3

Editorial

Ron Iphofen

‘We are too busy being active and enjoying ourselves to feel the aches and pains’: perceived health benefits of line dancing for older women

Krishnavelli Nadasen

This paper examines the perceived benefits of line dancing for a group of women between 60 and 80 years of age. It is based on a one‐year qualitative research study in Cape Town…

Education and the quality of life in later years

Anne Jamieson

This article explores the benefits to older people of participation in formal study, and considers these in the context of the general debate about the constituents of quality of…

Promoting control and interdependence for those living in care homes by establishing ‘friends of care home’ groups

Sheila Furness

In order to improve the quality of life of older people, whether they live in care homes or domestic settings, new strategies are required that will allow people to have greater…

Baby boomers and adult ageing: issues for social and public policy

Simon Biggs, Chris Phillipson, Rebecca Leach, Annemarie Money

This paper provides a critical assessment of academic and policy approaches to population ageing with an emphasis on the baby boomer cohort and constructions of late‐life…

Monitoring people with dementia ‐ controlling or liberating?

Celia Price

In the increasing discussion about electronic assistive technology, the most emotive reactions are provoked when it is suggested that technology is used to monitor older people…