Discussion Groups with Older People:An Interface of Participatory Ageing and Social Change

Lane, Kathleen (2023) Discussion Groups with Older People:An Interface of Participatory Ageing and Social Change. In: Adult Learning and Social Change in the UK. Adult Learning, Literacy and Social Change . Bloomsbury Academic, Great Britain, pp. 93-106. ISBN 978-1-3502-6212-6

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Abstract

This chapter describes discussion groups with older people who live in sheltered-housing, focusing on the participatory nature of the activity and elements of social change revealed among those who engage in it. Sheltered-housing for older people in the United Kingdom (UK), elsewhere often called assisted living, provides a supportive environment consisting of accommodation, typically flats or bungalows, and facilities including wardens and emergency safety alarms. Additional support and facilities can wary widely across individual sheltered-housing schemes, but nearly all schemes in the UK expect that residents can live independently. In the case discussed here, approximately seventy-five to eighty older adults ranging in age from seventy to over ninety years, the majority in their mid- to late eighties, live independently in a privately owned and managed sheltered-housing community in Norwich. Residents in this complex, whether self-funding or in receipt of social assistance, rent their accommodation.

Item Type:	Book Section
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Dementia & Complexity in Later Life Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Promotion Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023)
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	07 Jun 2023 13:30
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 02:20
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/92309
DOI:	10.5040/9781350262157.ch-6

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