Annex 2
PROJECTS FUNDED UNDER THE GROWING OLDER RESEARCH
PROGRAMME BY TOPIC AREA
1. DEFINING AND
MEASURING QUALITY
OF LIFE
Mr J Baldock, University of Kent at Canterbury
How older people sustain their identities and preferences in
the face of a limiting physical condition and the need to accept
health and care services.
Prof J G Beaumont, Roehampton Institute London
Defining and measuring quality of life among the healthy elderly:
impact of residential setting and social comparison processes.
Dr A P Bowling, Whittington Hospital Campus
Adding quality to quantity: older people's views on their quality
of life and its enhancement.
Prof P G Coleman, University of Southampton
Spiritual beliefs and existential meaning in later life: the
experience of older bereaved spouses.
Dr C J McKevitt, Guy's, King's and Thomas' Medical School
An anthropological investigation of lay and medical "qualities
of life".
Dr S M Peace, Open University
Environment and identity in later life: a cross setting study.
2. INEQUALITIES IN
QUALITY OF
LIFE
Dr D B Blane, Imperial College London
Influences on quality of life in early old age.
Ms E Breeze, University of London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine
Inequalities in quality of life among people aged 75 and over
in the community: health and social factors contributing to differentials.
Dr J Y Nazroo, University College London
Ethnic inequalities in quality of life at older ages: subjective
and objective components.
Dr T S Scharf, University of Keele
Older people living in deprived neighbourhoods: social exclusion
and quality of life in older age.
Ms S Tester, University of Stirling
Exploring perceptions of quality of life of frail older people
during and after their transition in to institutional care.
3. THE ROLE
OF TECHNOLOGY
AND THE
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Prof M L M Gilhooly, University of Paisley
Transport and ageing—extending quality of life for older
people via public and private transport.
4. HEALTHY AND
PRODUCTIVE AGEING
Prof M L M Gilhooly, University of Paisley
Quality of life and real life cognitive functioning.
Dr K J McKee, University of Sheffield
Evaluating the impact of reminiscence on the quality of life
of older people.
Prof I T Robertson, University of Manchester
Older peoples' experience of paid employment: key psychological
and circumstantial influences.
5. FAMILY AND
SUPPORT NETWORKS
Prof S L Arber, University of Surrey
Quality of life of older men: social relationships and healthy
lifestyles.
Dr K M Bennett, De Montfort University
Later life widowhood: the effects of bereavement and gender
on lifestyles and participation.
Ms M Evandrou, Age Concern Institute for Gerontology
Family, work and quality of life: changing economic and social
roles.
Prof M G Fisher, National Institute for Social Work
Quality of life and social and support networks in a representative
sample of minority and majority older people.
6. PARTICIPATION AND
ACTIVITY IN
LATER LIFE
Ms L Clarke, Family Policy Studies Centre
Grandparenthood: its meaning and its contribution to older
peoples' quality of life.
Dr C R Victor, St George's Hospital Medical School
Loneliness, social isolation and living alone in later life.
Prof M A Maynard, University of York
Empowerment and disempowerment: comparative study of Afro-Caribbean,
Asian and White British women in their third age.
Dr L Warren, University of Sheffield
Older women's lives and voices: participation and policy in
Sheffield.
Dr A Withnall, Keele University
Older people and lifelong learning: choices and experiences.
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