GO Findings
Growing Older
The ESRC Research Programme on Extending Quality of Life
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Findings
Number
Project Leader
Project Title
Elizabeth Breeze
Inequalities in Quality of Life Among People Aged 75 and Over Living in the Community
Chris McKevitt
Comparing Professional and Patient Perspectives on Quality of Life
Peter Coleman
Spiritual Beliefs and Existential Meaning in Later Life: The Experience of Older Bereaved Spouses
John Baldock
Housebound and Older People: The Links Between Identity, Self-esteem and the Use of Care Services
Maria Evandrou
Family, Work and Quality of Life: Changing Economic and Social Roles
Kate Bennett
Older Widow(er)s: Bereavement and Gender Effects on Lifestyle and Participation
Ann Bowling
Adding Quality to Quantity: Older People's Views on their Quality of Life and its Enhancement
Kevin McKee
Evaluating the Impact of Reminiscence on Quality of Llife of Older People
David Blane
Influences on Quality of Life in Early Old Age
Mary Maynard
Women, Ethnicity and Empowerment in Later Life
James Nazroo
Ethnic Inequalities in Quality of Life at Older Ages: Subjective and objective components
Sara Arber
Older Men: Their Social World and Healthy Lifestyles
Alexandra Withnall
Older People and Lifelong Learning: Choices and Experiences
Ivan Robertson
Older People's Experience of Paid Employment: Participation and Quality of Life
Mary Gilhooly
Quality of Life and Real Life Cognitive Functioning
Mary Gilhooly
Transport and Ageing: Extending Quality of Life for Older People via Public and Private Transport
Christina Victor
Loneliness, Social Isolation and Living Alone in Later Life
Sheila Peace
Environment and Identity in Later Life: A Cross-setting Study
Thomas Scharf
Older People in Deprived Neighbourhoods: Social Exclusion and Quality of Life in Old Age
Graham Beaumont
Quality of Life of the Healthy Older People: Residential Setting and Social Comparison Processes
Lorna Warren
Older Women's' Lives and Voices: Participation and Policy in Sheffield
Lynda Clarke
Grandparent: Its meaning and Contgibution to Older People's Lives
Jabeer Butt
Quality of Life and Social Sup;ort Among Older People from Different Ethnic Groups
Sue Tester
Exploring Perceptions of Qualtiy of Life of Frail Older People During and After the Transition to Institutional Care