Example sentences of "which old [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A consequence of these processes , as Walker puts it , has been ‘ periodic expressions of alarm at the ‘ burden ’ of dependency' which old people create for the rest of us . |
| 2 | If there is one lesson to emerge from consideration of the changing balance of dependence and independence in old age , it is the flexibility and adaptability for which old people are given so little credit . |
| 3 | The kind of situations in which old people find themselves is another salient factor in considering dependence and independence . |
| 4 | Literature is replete with tales of the power which old people have exercised over property and the way this has been used in intergenerational interactions . |
| 5 | There is a terrifying slippery slope in the process , by which old people come to be regarded as less than fully human and are therefore not treated as persons deserving equal respect . |
| 6 | There is a danger , however , that such generalisations are used to disguise significant variations in the reaction to the position in which old people have been placed . |
| 7 | Encouragement of the private sector could take the form of providing ‘ cash ’ ( perhaps in the form of tokens or vouchers ) by which old people , without adequate financial support , could purchase the services which they require . |
| 8 | Virtually all the services which old people need are allocated through formal channels , whether it is home helps , day care , aids and adaptations , or the time of a remedial therapist . |
| 9 | If some form of assessment of need for such care is introduced , as seems likely , we shall then have a situation in which old people with private means can choose such care but most will have to prove need . |
| 10 | When one attempts to describe and discuss this elusive concept of community care , one is immediately beset by the range and variety of the situations in which old people find themselves , and of the provision which is made by formal and informal carers in different areas . |
| 11 | In addition , local authorities may have difficulty in knowing which old people need help and of getting help to them in time . |
| 12 | Age Concern England receives thousands of enquiries a year about many of the problems which older people face and the changes which they may have to cope with . |
| 13 | In this briefing paper we can only illustrate some of the needs which older people may have . |
| 14 | Where these opportunities are not as good as possible , we have tried to show some of the many ways in which older people can be helped . |
| 15 | Young people frequently dismiss remarks which older people may make about their impending or eventual death . |
| 16 | While profitability remains the key factor in the use of expensive floor space , it would make sense to display the products which older people are likely to buy on the ground floor . |
| 17 | Day care schemes run by voluntary organisations and social services departments , to which older people can go for a few hours daily , are very helpful . |
| 18 | Disengagement is explained as the process by which older people gradually relinquish roles and activity within their society . |
| 19 | Other statistics , for example , show that households with retired heads have fewer domestic amenities of most kinds than younger households ( GHS 1986 : 67 ) ; and there is a serious shortage of sheltered housing at prices which older people can afford ( Tinker 1984 : 86–8 ) . |
| 20 | In fact , as Table 5.9 indicates , the situation in 1980 was very different in regard to two tasks for which older people often need assistance — shopping and cutting toe-nails . |
| 21 | The large concentration of older people living by themselves has tended to divert attention away from the often complex household structures in which older people live . |
| 22 | ( 1987 ) report that a 25-category classification system was required to fully represent the variety of types of household structure in which older people in Great Britain lived . |
| 23 | Despite the availability of statistics describing societal level changes in household formation which have influenced the type of household in which older people live , this still remains the subject of considerable mythology . |
| 24 | Health behaviour in later life is clearly rooted in the social context in which older people live and reflects the influence of such activities at earlier phases in the life cycle . |
| 25 | Two types of behaviour , diet and exercise , dominated the activities proposed as the health promoting behaviour in which older people participated in ( Table 6.6 ) . |
| 26 | The moral decline which older people detected in the 1920s was blamed by some on the new mass entertainment , especially on the " movies " . |
| 27 | The real value of current state pensions has been eroded , whilst means tested support on which older people increasingly rely has similarly suffered cuts in real value . |
| 28 | This , in turn , can be traced to ageist values within society generally , which permeate social and political thinking and thereby influence the extent to which older people as a group are viewed as less important , less in need , or just less interesting than other groups of people ( e.g. Hughes and Mtezuka , 1992 ) . |
| 29 | The practitioner is responsible for bringing to the process a wide range of knowledge and theoretical perspectives about the kinds of needs and risks which older people may face , and the ways in which these are mediated by gender , race , class , life history , and circumstances of a person 's life . |