Author: Christina R. Victor
Publisher: Policy Pr
Keywords: ageing, series, lifecourse, care, health
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2010-07-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1847420877
ISBN-13: 9781847420879

The ageing of the population has enormous policy implications for the provision of, and access to, health care. People aged 65+ are the major consumers of the health care system accounting for about half of all NHS resources. Furthermore those aged 85+ represent 1 percent of the population but consume 10 percent of all health-care resources. Christina Victor’s important new textbook provides: a comprehensive overview of the health status and experiences of older people; chapters on physical health, mental health, disability, and lifestyle; a synthesis of current policy developments relat

Author: Margaret Whitehead
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: physical, education, youth, sport, studies, routledge, literacy, throughout, lifecourse
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2010-05-05
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0415487439
ISBN-13: 9780415487436

What is physical literacy? What are the benefits of being physically literate? The term ‘physical literacy’ describes the motivation, confidence, physical competence, understanding and knowledge that individuals develop in order to maintain physical activity at an appropriate level throughout their life. Physical literacy encompasses far more than physical education in schools or structured sporting activities, offering instead a broader conception of physical activity, unrelated to ability. Through the use of particular pedagogies and the adoption of new modes of thinking, physical lite

Author: Allison E. Smith
Publisher: Policy Press
Keywords: ageing, exclusion, lifecourse, social, place, urban, neighbourhoods, attachment
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2009-09-02
List price: $41.95
ISBN-10: 1847422705
ISBN-13: 9781847422705

Many western nations have experienced a rise in the number of marginalised and deprived inner-city neighbourhoods. Despite a plethora of research focused on these areas, there remain few studies that have sought to capture the ’optimality’ of ageing in place in such places. In particular, little is known about why some older people desire to age in place despite multiple risks in their neighbourhood and why others reject ageing in place. Given the growth in both the ageing of the population and policy interest in the cohesion and sustainability of neighbourhoods there is an urgent

Author: Margaret Whitehead
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: physical, education, youth, sport, studies, routledge, literacy, throughout, lifecourse
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2010-05-03
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 0415487420
ISBN-13: 9780415487429

What is physical literacy? What are the benefits of being physically literate? The term ‘physical literacy’ describes the motivation, confidence, physical competence, understanding and knowledge that individuals develop in order to maintain physical activity at an appropriate level throughout their life. Physical literacy encompasses far more than physical education in schools or structured sporting activities, offering instead a broader conception of physical activity, unrelated to ability. Through the use of particular pedagogies and the adoption of new modes of thinking, physical lite