Everyday Living in Later Life
edited by Bill Bytheway

'... of interest to practitioners and students ... and researchers looking for innovative, inclusive and potentially empowering ways of researching alongside [older people].'
The British Journal of Social Work

'This is a story about reaching parts ofther methods cannot reach, [and] really hearing the voices of older people. I would urge all researchers ... to read this book.'
Dementia

How do older people really get through their days? The contributions focus on the ways in which everyday life can be recorded and narrated using qualitative tools of documentary research - diaries, letters, logs - that enable the first-hand recording of people's experiences. They explore discrepancies arising from surveys and interviews in detailing daily activities; eating habits; managing long-term medication; and more general events of day-to-day living.

No 4 The Representation of Older People in Ageing Research Series

A joint series from the Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies at the Open University and the Centre for Policy on Ageing