Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... tion of the welfare state . In our time , if elderly people have ' lost ' their families , they have at least found a benevolent state to support them . We have moved , in this account , from welfare provided by the family to ...
... tion of the welfare state . In our time , if elderly people have ' lost ' their families , they have at least found a benevolent state to support them . We have moved , in this account , from welfare provided by the family to ...
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... tion , with rewards accruing to the worthy , and misfortune being singled out for the less worthy . Yet to ignore lifestyle factors for this reason is not sensible . Much illness is the result of life habits practised over many years ...
... tion , with rewards accruing to the worthy , and misfortune being singled out for the less worthy . Yet to ignore lifestyle factors for this reason is not sensible . Much illness is the result of life habits practised over many years ...
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... tion , abortion , pregnancy and childbirth , older people have been similarly failed in terms of the many wasting , degenerative diseases from which they suffer . Just as menstruation and birth have been seen as an ' illness ' , and ...
... tion , abortion , pregnancy and childbirth , older people have been similarly failed in terms of the many wasting , degenerative diseases from which they suffer . Just as menstruation and birth have been seen as an ' illness ' , and ...
Contents
reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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