ABSTRACT
Originally published in 1987, Social Gerontology presents papers from the British Society of Gerontology annual conference held at the University of Glasgow in September 1986. It shows much of the most innovative research and thinking in social gerontology and will interest a wide range of academics and professionals in the social and health sciences and services, interested in gerontology and the welfare of elderly people.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|56 pages
Research Influence on Policy and Practice
chapter Chapter One|21 pages
The Research-Led Attack on Sheltered Housing and its Policy Implications, A Review of Recent Studies
chapter Chapter Four|8 pages
Housing for Frail Elderly People - The Context, Early Findings and Question Marks
part Two|44 pages
Issues for Social Policy
part Three|58 pages
Ageing in Europe
chapter Chapter Ten|9 pages
Economic Activity of the Elderly in Turkey: An Analysis of Urban and Rural Populations
part Four|40 pages
Considerations for Care in the Community
chapter Chapter Thirteen|10 pages
Empowering Carers: Bexley ACE, the Bexley Community Care Scheme and the Health Service
chapter Chapter Fourteen|17 pages
Cornwall's Gaza Strip: Administrative and Cultural Constraints to Geriatric Care in a Peripheral Rural Area
part Five|22 pages
Mental Health in the Community
chapter Chapter Fifteen|7 pages
Development of the Geriatric Mental State Examination and Organic Depression Index as a Case Finding Instrument
chapter Chapter Sixteen|8 pages
The Liverpool Study of Continuing Health in the Community: Progress with the Year 3 Survey
part Six|48 pages
Conceptual Developments
chapter Chapter Twenty|17 pages
“Managing” - A Concept for Contextualising how People Live their Later Lives
part Seven|18 pages
Future Trends in Gerontology
