Synopsis This book considers key findings from the "Growing Older" research programme and presents these in a lively thematic format. It discusses topics such as environment, family, bereavement, identity, and social interaction and describes key concepts and measures. Using data drawn from a range of different research projects, the book illustrates considerable methodological diversity to capture a broad picture of quality of life. Key implications for future research on quality of of life in older age are then proposed. The book is a companion volume to "Growing Older - Extending Quality of Life" edited by Catherine Hennessy and Alan Walker. It will be recommended reading on a range of Masters level courses including social gerontology, social work, sociology and social policy.The contributors include : Alan Walker; Catherine Hagan Hennessy; Ken Gilhooly; Mary Gilhooly; Ann Bowling; Paul Higgs; Martin Hyde; Sara Arber; David Blane; Elizabeth Breeze; James Nazroo; Dick Wiggins; Caroline Holland; Leonie Kellaher; Sheila Peace; Thomas Scharf; Jane Gow; Lynda Clarke; Maria Evandrou; Peter Warr; Kate Davidson; Lorna Warren; Mary Maynard; Christina Victor; Kevin McKee; Murna Downs; Susan Tester; Fiona Wilson; Christopher McKevitt; John Baldock; Jan Hadlow; Jo Moriarty; Jabeer Butt; Peter Speck; Kate M.Bennett; Peter Coleman; Marie Mills; F. McKiernan; Philip T. Smith; and, Georgina M. Hughes. About the Author Alan Walker is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Sheffield, Director of the GBP3.5 million ESRC Growing Older Programme, and Director of the UK National Collaboration on Ageing Research. He is also Research Director for the Social Sciences Division in Sheffield University and is an experienced writer. He has published three previous books with Open University Press - Changing Services for Older People (1996), Ageing Europe (1996) and The Politics of Old Age in Europe (1999)
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