This article sets out to examine ethnic differences in the key influences on quality of life for
older people in the context of the increasing health and wealth of British older people …

The starting point of this research was the concern that the circumstances, let alone quality
of life, of those who migrated to England during the postwar period and who are now …

British research on the quality of life in old age has neglected the increasing ethnic diversity
of the older population, and although studies of health and income inequalities have …

The rapid growth in aging populations in Britain, as in other countries, has led to a dramatic
academic and professional interest in gerontology. This book brings together major research …

The ethnic make-up of the UK population and how this has changed has been well
documented (Barot 1996; Modood et al. 1997; Mason 2003), especially by the inclusion of …

The study of social relationships in old age has a long history in gerontological research.
This can be seen from the classic studies such as those of Sheldon (1948), Townsend …

This paper reports the findings of a study using both quantitative and qualitative approaches
of the quality of life of older Chinese people in Melbourne. A total of 60 participants was …

There are now nearly a quarter of a million individuals aged 60 years or over belonging to
ethnic minority groups living in Britain. As the ethnic minority groups in Britain continue to …

As described elsewhere in this volume, dramatic changes are affecting life at older ages in
the UK, but the extent to which their impact might vary across different ethnic groups is …

Ethnic inequalities in health have been a major concern in the United Kingdom for several
decades. The collection of evidence on the nature, extent, and causes of these has been a …