Sinead Keogh

Atlantic Technological University | ATU · Department of Enterprise & Technology

Although there are a number of approaches to constructing a measure of multidimensional social exclusion in later life, theoretical and methodological challenges exist around the aggregation and weighting of constituent indicators. This is in addition to a reliance on secondary data sources that were not designed to collect information on social ex...

Concepts related to positive health in later life are increasingly prevalent within community‐based health and social care policy. With a greater emphasis on inclusion health for older populations, there is a critical need to understand the determinants of such states for those most at risk of societal disadvantage. Focusing on two such groups, the...

This chapter analyses life-course interview data, collected as part of the DISCIT project, and focuses on three major themes relating to the use of accessible technology by people with disabilities. It shows how accessible technology can facilitate Active Citizenship by exploring themes. The first theme explores how information and communication te...