Example sentences of "[noun] that old people " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is often said that alcohol is ‘ the only little pleasure that old people have ’ , which may be true to an extent , but if drinking becomes a problem then it is for the individuals to decide how much of a pleasure drinking is , and whether they want help to stop . |
| 2 | Just as important as the specific commitment is the general recognition that older people have potential in the same way as the rest of the population , and that this should be given the chance to develop . |
| 3 | If there was recognition that older people have the capacity but are not given the opportunity for participation and decision-making in , for example , the way residential care and nursing homes are run , then a lot of things would have to change . |
| 4 | Most of the help that older people receive is provided by their family , neighbours and friends . |
| 5 | I would say early schizophrenia — the paranoid type that older people seem to be more susceptible to . |
| 6 | But yesterday , on his 91st birthday , Trafford , whose wife died in sheltered accommodation four years ago , told a community nursing conference in London that , though a Tory voter all his life who thought most of what Mrs Thatcher was doing was good , he saw a danger that old people might be heading back towards the workhouse if the Government went ahead with NHS cuts and changes in community care . |
| 7 | One of the saddest things that old people find is the gradual dropping away of people who come to visit them . |
| 8 | There is considerable evidence that older people are becoming less passive and more assertive in demanding their social and political rights . |
| 9 | However , there does seem to be evidence that older people from professional and managerial backgrounds overconsume primary care services , especially home visits from GPs . |
| 10 | But we find certain companies actually want the qualities that older people bring — experience , dependability and commitment . |
| 11 | Certainly the historical evidence as a whole gives little support for the quite widespread belief that older people in the past enjoyed a much more secure and respected position than they do in the present . |
| 12 | This is based upon the belief that older people are treated with greater compassion now than ever before . |
| 13 | The result is a tendency to ‘ blame the victim ’ , a belief that older people have caused the plight in which they find themselves . |
| 14 | And being safe means that older people and young children must also be able to go walking without fear of dangerous pesticides sprayed on paths or obstructions blocking the way . |
| 15 | The sense that many potential carers are guarding their own positions in situations where the care of a relative becomes a live issue in a family , is matched by the very clear message that older people in particular are wary of asking too much of their relatives , or of ‘ having ’ to rely on them . |
| 16 | The assumption that old people are rigid , less capable , less willing to adapt to new developments , and unable to change is firmly rooted in modern psychological theory . |
| 17 | Also , the gradual increase in the value of the basic pension in relation to average earnings is essential if we are to overcome the ageist assumption that older people have lesser needs than younger people . |
| 18 | Ageism intervenes here too with the common assumption that older people do not need as much food . |
| 19 | Small children can sometimes be persuaded to eat cow cake in the same way that old people will eat cat food , but the chief result of all this farming was to produce huge food mountains which we could then refuse to give to the Third World , or to the socialists of Eastern Europe , in order to teach them the error of their ways . |
| 20 | Passing sentence , Mr Justice Latham said : ‘ Adolescent emotions boiled over in a way that older people would have been able to cope with . ’ |
| 21 | Part of the problem that older people face when looking for employment is that advancing age is popularly associated with a declining capacity to work . |
| 22 | Our education system also subtly confirms the ageist idea that older people are not educable and are not interested in personal development . |
| 23 | The idea that older people live in the past , that they are always talking about the ‘ good old days ’ is common , and reminiscence has often been devalued as merely the aimless meanderings of an increasingly decrepit mind . |
| 24 | The counsellor has to avoid the simplistic but often convenient idea that older people withdraw from social activities and friendships because they no longer want them , or because withdrawal is inherently part of the nature of old age . |
| 25 | The idea that older people should leave the labour force at some point gained ground in the earlier part of the twentieth century with the popularity of ideas about scientific management , which implied that older people were bound to be inefficient workers . |
| 26 | A spokeswoman for the independent Kings Fund Institute said : ‘ There 's a myth that old people have been getting fitter . |
| 27 | This finding serves to refute the powerful myth that older people are neglected by their family and that the main burden of caring for older people falls upon the state . |
| 28 | I recall a debate at an Age Concern England governors ' meeting no less when , in answer to my piping treble advocating such a reform , there were those present who urged caution , on the grounds that old people became blinder , deafer and dafter ( to be fair , ‘ could n't take in things so quickly ’ and ‘ could n't concentrate as much ’ were the euphemisms actually employed ) . |
| 29 | At these times , the scarcity of employment opportunities has led to the view that older people should give up their jobs in order that younger people can benefit from the experience of work . |
| 30 | The power that older people might have collectively through the ballot box is not exercised . |