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Grey nomads and grey voyagers
Author(s) -
Westh Steve
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2001.tb00404.x
Subject(s) - population ageing , thematic analysis , population , gerontology , history , media studies , older people , sociology , library science , demography , medicine , social science , qualitative research , computer science
‘After six years of making films whose subjects have been ‘older people’ 1 have come to the conclusion that if there is such a thing as ‘old age’ it must refer to that final brief period when body and mind shut down and death is imminent. Everything before that is just living. IMPLICATIONS OF AN AGEING POPULATION 5–7 SEPTEMBER 2000 HYATT REGENCY HOTEL PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA Thematic Keynote Highlights 2000 FULBRIGHT SYMPOSIUM IMPLICATIONS OF AN AGEING POPULATION Thematic Keynote Highlights editors: Ruth Marquis Don Cameron Richard Hugman Duncan Boldy Freemasons Centre for Research into Aged Care Services Curtin University of Technology GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia, 6845 Telephone: 08 9266 7993 Facsimile: 08 9266 2508 Email: B.J.Hornerfgi.curtin.edu.au