Insights Into Ageing in Ireland
Published on 16. March 2012
71 pages
978-1-78052-849-6 (ISBN)
Description
Ireland, north and south, is witnessing a transformation in the meaning and experience of later ageing. Issues affecting older people are increasingly a focus of government policy, service providers, the research community, media, and of course older people themselves. However, it does seem that too often our increasing life spans and ageing populations are being seen as a problem and talked about only in terms of a burden and cost.
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Content
- Cover
- Table of contents
- Foreword
- Editorial
- CARDI: a model for working across disciplines, sectors and borders
- Exploring community perceptions of the relationship between age and social exclusion in rural areas
- Inequalities in old age: the impact of the recession on older people in Ireland, North and South
- Coping with the cold - exploring relationships between cold housing, health and social wellbeing in a sample of older people in Ireland
- Older people's views of support services in response to elder abuse in communities across Ireland
- Guidelines for nursing homes delivering end-of-life care to residents with dementia across the island of Ireland
