Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 3 Issue 2

Editorial

Ron Iphofen

Reflections on the Third Age

Christopher Ball

Staying stronger longer

Julie Sobczak

A growing interest in exercise and life‐style for older people is helping to debunk old myths that reinforce negative attitudes and beliefs, such as that ‘older people should take…

Older people in deprived areas: Perceptions of the neighbourhood

Thomas Scharf, Chris Phillipson, Allison Smith, Paul Kingston

Neighbourhoods contribute significantly to shaping their residents' identities. The neighbourhood may be even more important for older than younger people and has been associated…

Listening to the dementia workforce: Local providers' perceptions of dementia services

Jill Manthorpe, Helen Alaszewski

This article reports on the findings of a small research study exploring provision at local level for people with dementia. The study involved a survey of practitioners and…

Morale and quality of life among frail older users of community care: Key issues for the success of community care

Charles Patmore

Many social services departments have successfully developed services which meet older people's physical survival needs so that they can continue living in their own homes despite…

Advisers, advocates, counsellors and mediators in elder abuse casework

Yvonne Craig

Complex conflicts in elder abuse, its causes, typology, protection and prevention, suggest that co‐operation by multi‐disciplinary social services should be a major consideration…

To Have and to Hold. The Bond Between Older People and the Homes they Own

Janet Askham, Helen Nelson, Anthea Tinker, Ruth Hancock