scholarly journals Older People and Policy Issues in Europe J. Berghman. 1997. The resurgence of poverty and the struggle against exclusion: a new challenge for social security in Europe? International Social Security Review, 50 (1), 3–21. P. Hennessy. 1997. The growing risk of dependency in old age: what role for families and for social security? International Social Security Review, 50 (1), 23–39. Richard Hugman. 1996. Health and welfare policy and older people in Europe. Health Care in Later Life, 1 (6), 211–222.

1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 727-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Maltby
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
International Social

AGEING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION Daniel Callahan, Rudd H. J. ter Meulen and Eva Topkinkova (eds): A World Growing Old: The Coming Health Care Challenges. Georgetown University Press, Washington, 1995, 175 pp. ISBN 0 878 40576 3.

1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-92
Author(s):  
MALVIN SCHECHTER ◽  
HAROLD L. SHEPPARD ◽  
ALAN MAYNARD ◽  
ROBERT H. BINSTOCK ◽  
STEPHEN G. POST ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Alzheimer Disease ◽  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Georgetown University

A geriatrician's perspectiveThe problem and its rootsWho shall have when all will die?RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND SOCIETAL RESPONSES TO OLD AGESpecial Issue of Ageing and Society, Volume 15 part 2, June 1995Commentaries:1.) And a Few Pinches of Politics and Economics2.) The case of Alzheimer disease3.) Professional and political influence on resource allocation for older peopleReply to Commentaries:Facts, Values, Ideologies and Ageing

The Elders: A New Generation

1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidney Jones
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Voluntary Activity ◽  
Scientific Images ◽  
Life Education ◽  
New Generation

ABSTRACTDrawing upon evidence from Britain, this paper advances the proposition that new generations of older people are experiencing a healthier, materially better off and more satisfying old age. It is argued that both popular and scientific images of later life are out-dated and unduly negative. In advancing this analysis, attention is given to key areas of personal experience and social life: education, leisure and holidays, retirement, voluntary activity, spirituality, economic status, health and political involvement. A re-construction of the societal position of older people is indicated.

scholarly journals Factors affecting primary care practitioners’ alcohol-related discussions with older adults: Qualitative study

2021 ◽  
pp. BJGP.2020.1118
Author(s):  
Bethany Kate Bareham ◽  
Jemma Stewart ◽  
Eileen Kaner ◽  
Barbara Hanratty
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Older People ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Long Term Conditions ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Comparison Results ◽  
Primary Care Practitioners

Background: Risk of harm from drinking is heightened in later life, due to age-related sensitivities to alcohol. Primary care services have a key role in supporting older people to make healthier decisions about alcohol. Aim: To examine primary care practitioners’ perceptions of factors that promote and challenge their work to support older people in alcohol risk-reduction. Design and Setting: Qualitative study consisting of semi-structured interviews and focus groups with primary care practitioners in Northern England. Method: Thirty-five practitioners (general practitioners, practice/district nurses, pharmacists, dentists, social care practitioners, domiciliary carers) participated in eight interviews and five focus groups. Data were analysed thematically, applying principles of constant comparison. Results: Practitioners highlighted particular sensitivities amongst older people to discussing alcohol, and reservations about older people’s resistance to making changes in old age; given drinking practices could be established, and promote socialisation and emotional wellbeing in later life. Age-related health issues increased older people’s contact with practitioners; but management of older people’s long-term conditions was prioritised over discussion of alcohol. Dedicated time to address alcohol in routine consultations with older people, and training in alcohol intervention facilitated practitioners; particularly pharmacists and practice nurses. Conclusion: There are clear opportunities to support older people in primary care to make healthier decisions about alcohol. Dedicated time to address alcohol, training in identification of alcohol-related risks, particularly those associated with old age; and tailored interventions for older people, feasible to implement in practice settings, would support primary care practitioners to address older people’s alcohol use.

scholarly journals Age-Friendly Approaches and Old-Age Exclusion: A Cross-City Analysis

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tine Buffel ◽  
Samuèle Rémillard-Boilard ◽  
Kieran Walsh ◽  
Bernard McDonald ◽  
An-Sofie Smetcoren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older People ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Research Gap

Developing ‘Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (AFCC)’ has become a key part of policies aimed at improving the quality of life of older people in urban areas. Despite this development, there is evidence of rising inequalities among urban elders, and little known about the potential and limitations of the age-friendly model to reduce old-age exclusion. This article addresses this research gap by comparing how Brussels, Dublin, and Manchester, as three members of the Global Network of AFCC, have responded to social exclusion in later life. The article combines data from document analysis and stakeholder interviews to examine: first, the age-friendly approach and the goal of reducing social exclusion; and second, barriers to developing age-friendly policies as a means of addressing exclusion. The paper suggests that there are reciprocal benefits in linking age-friendly and social exclusion agendas for producing new ways of combatting unequal experiences of ageing in cities.

scholarly journals When Frail Older People Relocate in Very Old Age, Who Makes the Decision?

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Scheibl ◽  
Morag Farquhar ◽  
Jackie Buck ◽  
Stephen Barclay ◽  
Carol Brayne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Old People ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Age In Place

Abstract Background and Objectives Older people are likely to transition to a new home closer to family who can provide assistance or to long-term residential care as their health declines and their care needs increase. A minority choose to move to “age-friendly” housing before the onset of disability, but the majority prefer to “age in place” and defer moving until health crises compel a transition. Older people living with dementia are likely to move into residential care, but not much is known about the role they play in decision making around these moves. This qualitative study addresses this gap in knowledge by examining how a rare cohort of “older old” people, most with some level of cognitive impairment, were involved in decisions surrounding assistance seeking and moving to a care home. Research Design and Methods Thematic analysis of qualitative interview data from Cambridge City over-75s Cohort (CC75C) study participants aged 95 years and older, who had moved in later life, and their proxy informants (n = 26). Results Moves at such an old age were made due to a complexity of push and pull factors which had layered dynamics of decision making. In most cases (n = 22), decision making involved other people with varying degrees of decision ownership. Only four older people, who moved voluntarily, had full ownership of the decision to move. Many relatives reported being traumatized by events leading up to the move. Discussion and Implications “Older old” people are sometimes unable to make their own decisions about moving due to the urgency of health crisis and cognitive decline. There is a need to support relatives to discuss moving and housing options at timely junctures before health crises intervene in an effort to optimize older people’s participation in decision making.

scholarly journals The ideology of ageism versus the social imaginary of the fourth age: two differing approaches to the negative contexts of old age

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (8) ◽  
pp. 1617-1630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Higgs ◽  
Chris Gilleard
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Social Imaginary ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Social Gerontology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Key Aspects

AbstractThe development of social gerontology has led to the emergence of its own terminology and conceptual armoury. ‘Ageism’ has been a key concept in articulating the mission of gerontology and was deliberately intended to act as an equivalent to the concepts of racism and sexism. As a term, it has established itself as a lodestone for thinking about the de-valued and residualised social status of older people in contemporary society. Given this background, ageism has often been used to describe an overarching ideology that operates in society to the detriment of older people and which in large part explains their economic, social and cultural marginality. This paper critiques this approach and suggests an alternative based upon the idea of the social imaginary of the fourth age. It argues that not only is the idea of ageism too totalising and contradictory but that it fails to address key aspects of the corporeality of old age. Adopting the idea of a social imaginary offers a more nuanced theoretical approach to the tensions that are present in later life without reducing them to a single external cause or explanation. In so doing, this leaves the term free to serve, in a purely descriptive manner, as a marker of prejudice.

Constitutional Commitment to Social Security and Welfare Policy

2016 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Avi Ben-Bassat ◽  
Momi Dahan
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Income Support ◽  
Work Injury ◽  
The World

AbstractIn this paper we construct an index of constitutional commitment to social security (CCSS) in seven areas: Old Age, Survivors, Disability, Unemployment, Sickness, Work Injury, and Income Support. We have found a positive connection between our measure of constitutional commitment to social security and the extent and coverage of actual measures of social security laws. The constitutional text of each nation seems to play a role in explaining the large variations in welfare state coverage around the world.

The other Victorians: age, sickness and poverty in 19th-century Ireland

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (06) ◽  
pp. 1157-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRIS GILLEARD
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Later Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Great Famine ◽  
Victorian Period ◽  
The 19Th Century

ABSTRACTDrawing primarily upon data from the various censuses conducted in Ireland after the Act of Union in 1800, this paper seeks to elucidate the changing position of older people in Ireland during the Victorian period. Following the Great Famine of 1845–1849, it is argued, Ireland was transformed from a young, growing country to one that, by the end of the 19th century, had become ‘prematurely’ old. By the end of Victoria's reign, not only had Ireland grown ‘old’, but its older population were more likely to be identified as paupers. Later-life expectancy decreased and sickness and infirmity among the over-60 s increased. By employing a stricter form of ‘less eligibility’ in the drafting and implementation of the Irish Poor Law, proportionately more older people received indoor relief than outdoor relief compared with the rest of the British Isles. Not until the Old Age Pensions Act in 1908 did these disparities begin to change, by which time many of these ‘other’ Victorians had passed away.

scholarly journals Is Bullying Victimization in Childhood Associated With Mental Health in Old Age

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-172
Author(s):  
Bo Hu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Unobserved Heterogeneity ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Substantial Contribution ◽  
Bullying Victimization ◽  
Negative Impacts

Abstract Objective This study investigates the relationship between bullying victimization in childhood and mental health in old age. Methods The study uses data from a nationally representative sample of 9,208 older people aged 60 and older collected through the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) conducted in 2014 and 2015. Results Older people who were bullied in childhood have more severe depressive symptoms and are more likely to be dissatisfied with life than those without the experience of bullying victimization. The negative impacts remain significant after childhood confounders (15 types of familial adversities), four groups of contemporary confounders (demographic, health, social support, and socioeconomic factors), and community-level unobserved heterogeneity are all controlled for. The negative impacts of bullying victimization on mental health are attenuated among people in very old age, which confirms the socioemotional selectivity theory. Discussion The consequences of bullying victimization for mental health are comparable to, or even greater than those of familial adversities and contemporary risk factors. The factors threatening mental health vary considerably for older people in different age groups. Effective anti-bullying schemes in childhood and personalized support in later life can make a substantial contribution to healthy aging.

CULTURE AND DECLINE: AGE AWARENESS AND LIFE REVIEW Margaret Morganroth Gullette. Aged by Culture. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2004. 267 pp., pbk $18.50, ISBN 0 226 31062 0. Anita Brookner. The Next Big Thing. Viking, London, 2002. 247 pp., hbk £16.99, ISBN 9 780670 913022. Margaret Drabble. The Seven Sisters. Viking, London, 2002. 307 pp., hbk £16.99, ISBN 0 670 91335 0. Alan Sillitoe. Birthday. Flamingo, London, 2002. 249 pp., pbk £6.99, ISBN 0 00 710883 4. Louis Begley. About Schmidt. Serpent's Tail, London, 2003. 274 pp., pbk £8.99, ISBN 1 85242 843 0.

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 785-793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Hepworth
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Life Review ◽  
Biological Processes ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Margaret Drabble ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
University Of Chicago Press ◽  
Age Awareness

Since the publication of her first book in 1988, Margaret Gullette has been a vigorous exponent of the view that the imaginative novels we read about ageing are an important cultural resource for making sense of the biological processes of growing older. Through the emphasis they choose to give to positive or to negative aspects of ageing and old age, authors can encourage and support the ageist tendencies in western culture, or alternatively can celebrate creativity and renewal in later life and, in so doing, make a potentially age-liberating contribution to the diminishment of prejudice against older people.

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