... evaluation received ethical approval from the Gloucestershire NHS Research Ethics Committee. Care homes Community Quality of life Prevention Older people Community care United Kingdom In this section we present findings in relation to the three specific areas of interest to this article...

... 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...

...@gulbenkian.org.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Intergenerational Foundation Loneliness Commonality Communities Co‐design Contribution Competences Portugal United Kingdom Age groups As we know only too well, our societies are ageing. For the first time in our history...

..., 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...

... and massage used for “relaxing”: Older people Complementary and alternative medicine Well‐being Decision making Elder care United Kingdom Alternative medicine The proportion of the UK population aged over 65 years rose from 15 per cent in 1984 to 16 per cent in 2009 and is projected...

... Group Publishing Limited 2012 Older people Hospital visiting Experience Service user perspectives Participatory research United Kingdom Elder care Social care The idea for this research arose from one of our member's personal experience of hospital visiting. The topic is little...

... and friends. Andrea Kenkmann can be contacted at: a.kenkmann@uea.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Older people Residential care Qualitative research Food provision Homes for the aged Food services United Kingdom Elder care Food service Residential care may...

.... 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...