Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: of Policy, Research and International Development at Help the Aged between 2000 and 2009, is the author of the concluding chapter.He begins by noting progress but regrets that 'big inequalities' remain.He italicises a series of themes: a sure start to later life, joined-up services, an observatory on age, opportunities for an integrated mid-life review, tackling isolation by promoting interdependence, and championing assistive technology, passing and implementing the Equality Bill.Anticipating an electoral victory for the Conservatives, he struggles to find reason for hope.In summary, the book is primarily about the ways in which older people currently have a raw deal: what is unequal in regard to health are (a) the ways in which the NHS relates to and serves the various age groups, and (b) the inequalities associated with poverty and wealth that persist in later life.It pays some attention to the current mess regarding policies on retirement age and agerelated benefits, but it is disappointing that it ignores issues of generational equity.It is clear that, in anticipation of the election, the editors and contributors were attempting to represent the interests of older people and to raise important issues, if not exactly to set a political agenda.Given the volatile outcome of the election, the editors should be encouraged to produce an updated second edition Bill Bytheway
Source: Sociology of Health & Illness
Author: Nathan Emmerich
Institution: Queen's University Belfast
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1687296153