Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 9 Issue 4
Promoting excellence in services through research, policy and practice
Table of contents
Developing services for people with dementia: Findings from research in a rural area
Ann McDonald, Becky HeathServices for people with dementia in the UK have developed piecemeal in the context of wider agency agendas. Health and social care agencies located in rural areas face particular…
Sociological perspectives on the baby boomers: An exploration of social change
Rebecca Leach, Chris Phillipson, Simon Biggs, Annemarie MoneyThe ‘baby‐boom’ generation has emerged as a significant group in debates focusing on population change. The demographic context concerns the increase in the birth rate across…
The retention of older people in longitudinal studies: A review of the literature
Suneeta Bhamra, Anthea Tinker, Gill Mein, Richard Ashcroft, Janet AskhamResearch that follows people over a period of time (longitudinal or panel studies) is increasingly recognised as of great importance in helping us to understand the ageing process…
Death, dying and end‐of‐life care
June LeishmanDeath is a certainty for all of us. For many old people in Western society age, illness and social death are inextricably linked. It is predicted that the number of people in the…
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- Prof Fiona Poland