... resilience and protect participants from toxic stress. Research limitations/implications Monitoring and preventing adverse (childhood) experiences, supporting active/emotional coping strategies, psychotherapy and life story work may facilitate coping with negative events and enhance QoL of elderly people...

... Complex needs Older people Seamless support Interventions Elder care Elderly people Care coordination is an established policy concern in developed countries (Allen et al., 2004) and is seen as critical to the delivery of effective support to individuals with complex health...

... clubs Elderly people Mental health Over half of all people aged 75 and over in the UK live alone (Office of National Statistics Older People, 2010) and it has been suggested that the number of people aged over 65 who are often, or always, lonely totals over 1 million (Age Concern and Help...

... are achievable, and as such we should collaboratively work on these successes. Involving young people in their communities has many benefits: Intergeneration Social housing Youth voice Ageing Landlord Elderly people Young adults United Kingdom Housing Best practice It is our firm belief...

... to life's ebbs and flows no matter how much loneliness is understood to be a social ill. Connections Intergenerational Isolation Loneliness Older age Elderly people United Kingdom Quality of life The natural empathy that loneliness arouses is as human as the condition itself. Despite...

... for further analysis and discussion. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Active ageing Wellbeing Older people Intergenerational Intervention Injury prevention Population Healthy ageing Carers Quality of life Elderly people Accident prevention United Kingdom An ounce...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Grandparents Grandchildren Child care Family Employment Wellbeing Informal care Intergenerational exchange Welfare reform Public policy Family roles United Kingdom Quality of life Family life Elderly people There are nearly 14...

... Social housing Communities Ageing Elderly people United Kingdom Young adults Prospex is a youth work charity that, for the past ten years, has been working with deprived and disadvantaged young people living in Islington, North London. We have carried out our work in three specific ways. First...

... in the United States, based on the authors' work in this area. Donna M. Butts can be contacted at: dbutts@gu.org © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Intergenerational Programme Public policy United States of America Ageing (biology) Elderly people Citizenship Quality of life...

...@londonbubble.org.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Intergenerational theatre Participatory arts Community arts Ageing Elderly people Age groups Young adults Brenda sits at the back of the air raid shelter – she has a chair unlike the other younger shelterers, who are squashed down...

... (Table AII). The resulting dependency ratio is therefore higher than it would be if calculated using unadjusted employment figures. Declan Gaffney can be contacted at: declangaffney@hotmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Employment Ageing Intergenerational Elderly people...

..., the evidence‐base for other specific interventions is limited. Older people Evidence Complex interventions Review Prevention Disablement Health promotion Elderly people United Kingdom In developed countries the population of older people is expected to rise as life expectancy increases...

... efficacy Elderly people Health care Diseases United Kingdom Resilience, the ability to adapt positively to adversity, is increasingly recognised as a feature of optimal psychological functioning. The importance of resilience may increase from middle to old age with older people facing...

..., there is a need for a wider cultural change in the way supportive programmes are viewed and funded. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Older people Loneliness Social isolation Telephone befriending Organizational change Delphi survey Elderly people Social care United Kingdom...

.... Older adults Residential care Engagement Occupations Case studies Observational methods Elderly people Social care United Kingdom Experience Recent statistics suggest that in the UK, 9 percent of the population over 65 are now resident in care homes and this proportion increases...

... of America Elderly people Personal health Focus groups in the Midwest of adults between 60 and 80 years of age, which assessed what kind of social support they would need to eat healthier, found that older adults reported a need for more information about how to eat and cook healthy (unpublished...

... can be contacted at: randall.smith@bristol.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Pets Companion animals Care homes Nursing homes Elderly people It is not difficult to imagine the concern an older person might feel about the future of their personal pet when...

... at: david.walton@rbkc.gov.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Elderly people Mental health Outcome measures Collaborative working Social care Health care The UK Government and Department of Health have a focus on outcomes and have developed Outcome Frameworks for Health and Social...

... Independence Choice Elderly people There are lots of different befriending projects operating throughout the UK supporting older people with all levels of need. At the last count, the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation was in touch with over a 500 projects supporting older people. Mentoring...

...). Ana João Santos can be contacted at: anajoaocsantos@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Prevalence Older adult abuse and neglect Elder mistreatment Elder abuse screening Elderly people Portugal The abuse and neglect of older adults is an important social...