Growing Older in EuropeAlan Walker Provides a comprehensive picture of quality of life in old age in five very different European Union countries. This book covers important issues concerning quality in later life, including physical and mental health, the environments of ageing, employment and income, family and support networks and participation and social integration. |
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definitions environments | 31 |
quality of life in old age I | 55 |
quality of life in old age I | 83 |
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activities age group aged 65 Alan Walker anziani assessment average Baltes cent of older cognitive countries Deeg dementia disability early retirement East Germany economic elderly employment environment ethnic European European Commission F M F factors feel frequently gender Geriatrie Germany gerontology grandchildren grandparents Growing Older health status higher household housing important income quintile increase indicators individual institutions ISTAT Italy labour market Lamura less living conditions loneliness major measures neighbourhood Netherlands number of older nursing homes OECD old age older age older Italians older people living older people's participation pension percentage physical population problems programme proportion public transport QoL in old recent relatively residential residents retirement age role satisfaction service routes significant social contacts social networks social relationships socio-economic Statistics Sweden subjective health subjective wellbeing survey Sweden Table third age University of Sheffield users Walker younger
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Enduring Questions in Gerontology Debra J. Sheets,Dana Burr Bradley,Jon Hendricks, PhD Limited preview - 2006 |
Ageing in Society John Bond,Sheila M Peace,Freya Dittmann-Kohli,Gerben Westerhof Limited preview - 2007 |