Celebrating Age

by Allen, J. M.; Barnett, Yvonne A.; Gibson, F.; McKenna, P. G.

• ISBN13: 9781856285896
• ISBN10: 1856285898
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-01-01
• Publisher: Avebury

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
1. The Health and Social Needs of Older People in the 90s: Politics and Policies	1	(11)
The Baroness Cox of Queensbury
2. An Ageing Population: Social and Economic Issues	12	(16)
Professor Alan Walker
3. Health Promotion and Older People	28	(7)
Dr Jane Wilde
4. Meeting the Challenge - The Pensioner's View	35	(6)
Jack Jones
5. Empowering Elderly People	41	(6)
Terry Bamford
6. Creative Genius in Old Age	47	(9)
Professor Tom Dormandy
7. Older People and Society: Integration or Marginalization?	56	(9)
Irvine Lavery
8. Do Older People have Special Nutritional Needs?	65	(13)
Dr Andrew Prentice
9. Why and How do we Age?	78	(15)
Dr Yvonne Barnett
10. Why it's Never too Late to Exercise	93	(15)
Dr Barbara Livingstone
11. Practical Implications of Nutrition for Residential and Nursing Homes	108	(15)
Jill Eaton-Evans
12. Health and Wellbeing Amongst Peers	123	(8)
Vera Ivers
13. Rural Action on Dementia Project	131	(6)
Anne O'Reilly
14. The Voices of Older People	137	(14)
Avril Osborne
15. Assessment of Health and Social Care Needs of People Aged 75 and Over	151	(7)
Margaret Bamford
16. Common Concerns in Housing Older Europeans	158	(6)
Nigel Appleton
17. Older People Volunteering	164	(4)
Ann Sweeney
18. Older People and the Built Environment	168	(7)
Ken Ewart
Professor Tom Wooley
19. Talking About our Generations	175	(6)
Paul Nolan
20. Developing a Campaigning Methodology in Work with Older People: The Work of the Action Age Project	181	(6)
Sharon Sinclair
21. Life History and Creative Writing: Computers and Older People	187
Gerry McAuley