Population ageing is now recognised as a global issue of increasing importance, and has
many implications for health care and other areas of social policy. However, these issues …

The sixth edition of this successful textbook discusses elements of the welfare system,
including cash benefits, the health service and education. The text argues that the welfare …

The conference was organized cooperatively with the Surface Engineering Division of the
ASM, and as part of Materials Week, and so was attended by a wider range of scientists from …

Ageing populations represent a key global challenge for the twenty-first century. Few areas
of life will remain untouched by the accompanying changes to cultural, economic and social …

This well-established and accessible text has been completely revised in this expanded fifth
edition. Each chapter has been updated, often extensively, to reflect current thinking, and an …

Quality of life and older people reviews the way that older people talk about their quality of
life and how this differs from the ways that younger people, researchers and scientists, policy …

This comprehensive text focuses on the social contexts of ageing, looking at the diversity of
ageing and older people, and at different factors that are important to experiences of old age …

European Welfare Futures presents a clear and up-to-date analysis of developments in
social policy in the main EU member states. It provides a systematic account of welfare …

Demographic ageing is a reality-within 25 years half the population of Western Europe will
be over 50, one quarter over 65, and the Less Developed Countries will contain one billion …

Recent decades have seen a fundamental change in the age structure of many western
societies. In these societies it is now common for a fifth to a quarter of the population to be …