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Sheila Peace is professor of social gerontology at The Open University, and associate dean (research) in the Faculty of Health and Social Care.

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By Professor Sheila Peace (The Open University)

17 July 2009

Help The Aged estimate that there are between five and six million unpaid carers in the UK looking after a relative or friend. Further, over...  Read more : Caring within marriage

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Katz, Jeanne; Holland, Caroline; Peace, Sheila and Taylor, Emily (2011). A Better Life - What Older People With High Support Needs Value. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Peace, Sheila; Holland, Caroline and Kellaher, Leonie (2011). 'Option recognition' in later life: variations in ageing in place. Ageing and Society, 31(5), pp. 734–757.

Leece, Janet and Peace, Sheila (2010). Developing new understandings of independence and autonomy in the personalised relationship. British Journal of Social Work, 40(6), pp. 1847–1865.

Peace, Sheila and Hughes, Jonathan eds. (2010). Reflecting on User-Involvement and Participatory Research. The representation of older people in ageing research (10). London, UK: Centre for Policy on Ageing / The Open University.

Clark, Andrew; Holland, Caroline; Katz, Jeanne and Peace, Sheila (2009). Learning to see: lessons from a participatory observation research project in public spaces. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 12(4), pp. 345–30.

Chapman, Sherry Ann and Peace, Sheila (2008). Rurality and ageing well: 'a long time here'. In: Keating, Norah ed. Rural Ageing: A good place to grow old? Bristol, UK: The Policy Press, pp. 21–32.

Holland, Caroline; Clark, Andrew; Katz, Jeanne and Peace, Sheila (2007). Social interactions in urban public places. Public Spaces. Bristol, UK: Policy Press.

Reynolds, Jill and Peace, Sheila (2007). Managing care environments: reflections from research and practice. In: Aldgate, Jane; Healy, Lynne; Malcolm, Barris; Pine, Barbara; Rose, Wendy and Seden, Janet eds. Enhancing social work management: theory and best practice from the UK and USA. London: Jessica Kingsley, pp. 179–198.

Peace, Sheila; Werner-Wahl, Hans; Oswald, Frank and Mollenkoph, Heidrun (2007). Environment and ageing. In: Bond, John; Peace, Sheila; Dittmarr-Kohli, Freya and Westerhof, Gerben eds. Ageing in Society: European Perspectives on Gerontology. London, UK: Sage Publications, pp. 209–234.

Bytheway, Bill; Ward, Richard; Holland, Caroline and Peace, Sheila (2007). Too old: older people's accounts of discrimination, exclusion and rejection: A report from the Research on Age Discrimination Project (RoAD) to Help the Aged. Help the Aged, London, UK.

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Sheila Peace is professor of social gerontology at The Open University, and associate dean (research) in the Faculty of Health and Social Care. Sheila completed her doctoral work in environmental gerontology at the University of Swansea where she held a University of Wales award.

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