About the authors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures and tables vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. About the authors viii
6. List of abbreviations ix
7. ONE The new age of ageing: how society needs to change 1
8. TWO Going on and on 13
9. THREE How society ages people 27
10. FOUR Time bombs and agequakes: the economics of ageing 49
11. FIVE Overlooked and under-estimated: older consumers 65
12. SIX Working longer together 83
13. SEVEN Media exclusion 99
14. EIGHT Cover up 111
15. NINE Everybody’s gotta be somewhere! 131
16. TEN Who cares? 151
17. ELEVEN The dark side 169
18. TWELVE The best bits 191
19. THIRTEEN Wiser together 211
20. FOURTEEN We’re still here 233
21. FIFTEEN Our vision for the future 249
22. Notes 253
23. Index 271