ISBN:
9781000803068
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (182 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.260941
Keywords:
Aging-Social aspects-Great Britain
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of plates -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Introduction: Ageing as a societal issue -- Social policy and ageing: Historical antecedents -- New paradigms on ageing: Active and healthy ageing -- The age-friendly paradigm -- Why a book on age-friendly practices in the UK? -- Structure of the book -- 2 Understanding the nature of the age-friendly movement -- Introduction -- The scope of the age-friendly agenda: The World Health Organization model -- Age-friendly: A nebulous concept? -- Becoming an age-friendly community -- The existing research literature on age-friendly issues: A selective overview -- Thematic analysis of the AFC literature -- The policy context for age-friendly development: The application of the community development model -- Global models of AFC implementation -- Summary -- 3 Developing age-friendly communities in the UK: Perspectives from practice -- Introduction -- The research study -- Findings -- How did the age-friendly idea come about in each locality? -- Working challenges -- Innovation as a work challenge -- Perception of ageing as a construct -- Political economy and the development of age-friendly communities -- Summary -- 4 The reach, impact and implementation of age-friendly communities in the UK -- Introduction -- Communicating with older residents: A perennial challenge? -- Participants' perspectives on communicating with older people -- Funding and investment -- Environmental improvements -- Advocacy -- Older residents and leisure time -- The visitor economy: An area for development? -- Engagement with the visitor economy -- Summary -- 5 Where to next? Critical reflections and prospects for age-friendly communities -- Introduction -- The dimensions of re-creating places for ageing.
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