Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy

Biggs, Simon; Phillipson, Chris; Leach, Rebecca; Money, Annemarie

Abstract

This paper provides a critical assessment of academic and policy approaches to population ageing with an emphasis on the baby boomer cohort and constructions of late-life identity. It is suggested that policy towards an ageing population has shifted in focus, away from particular social hazards and towards an attempt to re-engineer the meaning of legitimate ageing and social participation in later life. Three themes are identified: constructing the baby boomers as a force for social change, a downward drift of the age associated with 'older people' and a shift away from defining ageing identities through consumption, bacl towards work and production. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications for future social and public policy.

Citation

Biggs, S., Phillipson, C., Leach, R., & Money, A. (2007). Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 8(3), 32-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/14717794200700019

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 1, 2007
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2007
• Journal: Quality in Ageing
• Print ISSN: 1471-7794
• Publisher: Emerald
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 32-40
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/14717794200700019
• Keywords: Baby boomers, Identity, Consumers, Retirement, Older workers, Resources
• Public URL: https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/403470
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/14717794200700019