Children’s Attitudes toward Older People: Current and Future Directions

The increase of human lifespans and the aging has brought increased attention to what factors contribute to aging healthy. People are not only interested in longevity but how to remain in the best health in their later years. Therefore, the aim of this chapter is to (a) understand the concept of positive aging (b) identifying the factors contributing to successful positive aging across health continuum (c) review strategies that promotes management healthy aging in elderly, and (d) identify future directions to promote successful population health management programs/interventions. The holistic approach, therefore provide an opportunity to improve the situation of older people in society.

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Pharmacoepidemiology in older people: Purposes and future directions

Therapies ◽

10.1016/j.therap.2018.10.006 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 74 (2) ◽

pp. 325-332 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marie-Laure Laroche ◽

Caroline Sirois ◽

Emily Reeve ◽

Danijela Gnjidic ◽

Lucas Morin

Keyword(s):

Older People ◽

Future Directions

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Young Children's Attitudes and Perceptions of Older Adults

The International Journal of Aging and Human Development ◽

10.2190/4j7n-rg79-hjqr-fldn ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 205-222 ◽

Cited By ~ 50

Author(s):

Judith Lee Burke

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Elementary Schools ◽

Older People ◽

Age Discrimination ◽

Attitude Formation ◽

Older Children ◽

Work Settings ◽

Attitudes And Perceptions ◽

Children's Attitudes

Children ages four to seven judged relative ages of unfamiliar adults from photographs and chose photographs of adults in response to sociometric items. Age discrimination was highly accurate by age six. Children identified older adults as sad, lonely and not busy, but older adults were bypassed on items like “knows a lot” and preferences for teachers. In interviews, most of the children accurately identified older people by relying on physiognomic cues. Most described their grandparents as examples of known older people and expressed positive views of the activities they share. Images of passivity, and of older people engaged in domestic, but not “outside” work were also present. Children's attitudes were found to parallel those held by older adults in recent polls; older children in the sample were more likely to hold stereotypical images. Two-thirds of the children preferred not to grow old. Contact of children with older adults other than their grandparents was limited, especially in work settings or schools. It was concluded that deliberate programming in preschools and elementary schools is important to offset early ageist attitude formation.

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Aging and Chronic Illness in Language and Sexuality

The Oxford Handbook of Language and Sexuality ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190212926.013.35_update_001 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Elizabeth Peel ◽

Sonja J. Ellis

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Public Health ◽

Type 2 Diabetes ◽

Chronic Illness ◽

Older People ◽

Chronic Conditions ◽

Health Issues ◽

Future Directions ◽

The Social

An aging demographic in Western societies as well as globally has made public health issues, such as dementia, subject to hyperbolic metaphor such as “tsunami” and “time bomb.” This chapter reviews the state of knowledge regarding language, sexualities, aging, and chronic illness. In particular, the discussion focuses on discursive research from across the social sciences that furthers understandings of older people’s lives and experiences. The chapter highlights research that has focused on ageism and chronic conditions impacting older people (specifically, dementia and type 2 diabetes), including empirical research on these conditions, and on manifestations of heterosexism and heteronormativity in these contexts. Using illustrative examples that emphasize the intersection of discourse and issues that relate to aging, the chapter foregrounds this area as an important element of language and sexuality scholarship. Last, future directions for the development of research focusing on these topics are indicated.

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Old age and fear of crime: cross-national evidence for a decreased impact of neighbourhood disadvantage in older age

Ageing and Society ◽

10.1017/s0144686x20001683 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-30

Author(s):

Göran Köber ◽

Dietrich Oberwittler ◽

Rebecca Wickes

Keyword(s):

Older People ◽

Fear Of Crime ◽

Age Groups ◽

Empirical Support ◽

Environment Interaction ◽

Future Directions ◽

Adult Lifespan ◽

Younger Age ◽

Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods ◽

Level Analysis

Abstract Fear of crime among older people has been a frequent topic in ageing research, criminology and urban studies. The ‘environmental docility hypothesis’ assumes that older people are more vulnerable to adverse neighbourhood conditions than younger age groups. Yet, few studies have tested this influential hypothesis using samples of respondents covering the complete adult lifespan. Looking at fear of crime, we investigated the person–environment interaction of age and neighbourhood disadvantage, using two independent surveys comprising 12,620 respondents aged 25–90 years residing in 435 neighbourhoods in four cities in Germany and Australia. We used multi-level analysis and cross-level interactions to model age-differential effects of neighbourhood disadvantage on fear. Contrary to the hypothesis, we found a weakening of neighbourhood effects on fear with age. The strong effect of neighbourhood disadvantage on fear of crime dropped by around half from the youngest (25 years) to the oldest age (90 years) in both countries. Younger people were almost as fearful as older people in the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods, but older people were considerably more fearful than younger ages in better-off neighbourhoods. We found limited empirical support for the assumption that this diminished association between neighbourhood disadvantage and fear can be explained by the stronger neighbourhood attachment of older people. The limitations of the analysis and potential future directions of research are discussed.

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