Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... older people suggesting a harsher reality . Retirement pensions are fixed at subsistence levels , so that for most older people , the end of paid employment means a significant drop in income . Residential care for dependent older ...
... older people suggesting a harsher reality . Retirement pensions are fixed at subsistence levels , so that for most older people , the end of paid employment means a significant drop in income . Residential care for dependent older ...
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... OLDER PEOPLE ... The internalization by older people of the bleak outlook of ageism leads to the underlying assumptions becoming self - fulfilling proph- ecies . The dominant social , economic and medical description of old age is ...
... OLDER PEOPLE ... The internalization by older people of the bleak outlook of ageism leads to the underlying assumptions becoming self - fulfilling proph- ecies . The dominant social , economic and medical description of old age is ...
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... older people . The carers of older people , whose motivation and commitment need not be questioned , are no less susceptible to the process . Their caring task necessitates working with the more dependent older people , rarely seeing ...
... older people . The carers of older people , whose motivation and commitment need not be questioned , are no less susceptible to the process . Their caring task necessitates working with the more dependent older people , rarely seeing ...
Contents
reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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