Name: The Ageing Population
ISBN: 978-1-349-19093-5

Editors:

Nicholas Wells (Associate Director)⁰,
Charles Freer (General Practitioner and Senior Lecturer in Primary Health Care)¹

Nicholas Wells
1. Office of Health Economics, UK
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Charles Freer
1. University of Southampton, UK
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Table of contents (18 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xviii

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The Ageing Population: Burden?
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 1-1
  
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2. Old Myths: Frequent Misconceptions about the Elderly
  
  Charles Freer
  
  Pages 3-15
3. Arguments about Ageing: Long Life and its Consequences
  
  Mike Bury
  
  Pages 17-31
4. The Elderly Today. 1: An Economic Audit
  
  Ken Wright
  
  Pages 33-51
5. The Elderly Today. 2: A Social Audit
  
  Mark Abrams
  
  Pages 53-64
6. Geriatric Medicine Today
  
  Michael Hall
  
  Pages 65-86
7. Demographic and Health Trends in the Elderly
  
  Michael Alderson
  
  Pages 87-102
The Challenge of Providing for the Elderly
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 103-103
  
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2. The Elderly as Members of Society: An Examination of Social Differences in an Elderly Population
  
  Rex Taylor
  
  Pages 105-129
3. The Role of the Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
  
  David Hobman
  
  Pages 131-141
4. The Role of the General Practitioner and the Primary Health Care Team
  
  Charles Freer, Idris Williams
  
  Pages 143-153
5. The Nurse’s Role in Health Promotion and Preventive Health Care of the Elderly
  
  Karen Luker
  
  Pages 155-161
6. New Horizons in Hospital-based Care
  
  Peter Millard
  
  Pages 163-175
7. The Elderly and High Technology Therapies
  
  Bryan Jennett
  
  Pages 177-190
8. The Community Care Approach: An Innovation in Home Care by Social Services Departments
  
  David Challis, Bleddyn Davies
  
  Pages 191-202
9. Living Environments for the Elderly. 1: Living at Home
  
  Muir Gray
  
  Pages 203-216
10. Living Environments for the Elderly. 2: Promoting the ‘Right’ Institutional Environment
  
  Sheila Peace
  
  Pages 217-234
11. Living Environments for the Elderly. 3: The Mixed Economy in Long-term Care
  
  William Laing
  
  Pages 235-248
12. Economic Resources and Ageing
  
  Alan Maynard
  
  Pages 249-260

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Editors and Affiliations

Office of Health Economics, UK

Nicholas Wells
University of Southampton, UK

Charles Freer

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: The Ageing Population
Book Subtitle: Burden or Challenge?
Editors: Nicholas Wells, Charles Freer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19093-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editors and the Contributors 1988
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-45313-1Published: 01 March 1988
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-19093-5Published: 01 March 1988
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 270
Topics: Sociology, general
Industry Sectors: Engineering, Pharma

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Front Matter

The Ageing Population: Burden?

Front Matter

The Challenge of Providing for the Elderly

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Keywords

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Office of Health Economics, UK

University of Southampton, UK

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