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  1. Old Folks Take Heart in New Houses

    Date released
    1 Jan 1948
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1757
    NoS ID
    040861
    Story no
    6 / 6

    Recently revealed plight of old-age pensioners in Croydon stirs Council to help them. Islington, London, starts block of flats intended for old people. Home for aged in Streatham makes merry at Christmas.

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  2. Hard Times (1970 Film)

    Director
    Richard Broad
    Producer
    Ian Martin
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Discusses poverty in Britain in the 1970s. Old age pensioners, unsupported mothers and disabled people describe their difficulties.

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  3. Will Power (2002 Radio)

    Producer
    Mark Whitaker

    Radio documentary. Twice a week for almost ten years 61-year-old actor Bob Smith (author of the memoir Hamlet’s Dresser) has travelled to New York City from his home in Connecticut to read Shakespeare with...

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  4. Royal Diary

    Date released
    25 Jul 1955
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2546
    NoS ID
    045950
    Story no
    9 / 11

    Queen Mother opens home for old people.

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  5. Under Stress (1988 Video)

    Director
    Anne-Marie Sweeney
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

    Discusses the effects of hospital cuts on community care and how the policy of reducing the number of long-stay bed for old people in the NHS affects their quality of life.

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  6. Abuse of Older People (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 53 min., 1999 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Trainer/consultant Jacki Pritchard talks to Malcolm J Brown about the concept of abuse, what constitutes abuse both in the community and in institutions, the signs of abuse, the role of the social worker and...

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  7. Future of Old Age, The (2003)

    Subject
    FE; Politics & government; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 65 minutes), £35.00

    With nearly a quarter of the population over sixty and life expectancy increasing, old age is on the agenda. This video resource examines our often contradictory attitudes to age and ageing. Questions and...

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  8. Royal Diary

    Date released
    30 Apr 1956
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2626
    NoS ID
    046555
    Story no
    3 / 6
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list, 1 programme

    Princess Margaret presents silver drums to Welch Regiment and opens club for old people.

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  9. Aging Successfully: The Psychological Aspects of Growing Old (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Psychology; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 31 min., 2000 sale: US$250.00 (+p&p)

    Systematic examination of old age is a new field inspirecd by the unprecendented number of people living long enough to become elderly. Rigorous research on the part of the Berlin Group under Paul Baltes has...

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  10. Retired, Not out (1986 Video)

    Director
    Frances Berrigan
    Subject
    Social welfare; Sociology
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

    Examines stereotyping surrounding retirement and old age. A group of retired people, who study on the ‘Learning in Later Life’ course at the Polytechnic of North London, act out scenes which they feel...

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