scholarly journals THE HISTORY OF BEAUTY AND THE AESTHETICS OF LONGEVITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S307-S307
Author(s):  
Naomi Woodspring
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Central Research ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Cultural Narrative ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Uk

Abstract A long standing cultural narrative is aging appearance is neither attractive nor acceptable. This has not always been the case; the aesthetics of older appearance has been appreciated other times in history. Significant numbers of older people in the public sphere, as a result of the longevity revolution, has created a sense of visibility of among older people, particularly women. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore current notions of beauty and age among the postwar generation. A diverse group of thirty-four women and men (born between 1945 -1955) from the US and the UK were interviewed with a focus on their own self-presentation and the acts of seeing and being seen. This paper explores the some of the findings from this study which asked the central question – can old people be beautiful and, if so, how is age and beauty defined? The majority of research participants answered in the affirmative and responded with clearly defined notions of age and beauty. The findings found significant gender differences; not within the central research question but in regard to their own appearance. There were also significant gender differences in terms of a ‘competitive’ or ‘cooperative’ gaze when observing other older people. This small study invites further research and points to a possible shift in the aesthetics of old age, in part, as a result of the longevity revolution. It provides an outline for further exploration of the importance of appearance, meaning, and a sense of self in old age.

Income, Capital and the Cost of Care in Old Age

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Gibbs
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Cost Of Care ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Ageing Society ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Cost

ABSTRACTAccording to ‘conventional wisdom’ older people are now relatively well off and, as a result, many are in a position to pay for their own care and housing needs in old age. In reviewing the evidence for this latter proposition the article provides a brief overview for the UK population and the implications of an ageing society for the care services. A summary of the main sources of income available to older people is undertaken, including home ownership and ways of releasing equity which might be employed to generate extra income. On the basis that it is also important to match information about financial resources available to older people to the cost of different services, the article reviews the likely costs of residential and nursing home care and the little that is known about the costs of domiciliary services. In short, the article presents a summary of the relevant background information and examines the issue of whether elderly people could (but not necessarily ‘should’) finance their housing and care needs in old age.

Too old to sedate: How old is too old?

Dental Update ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-113
Author(s):  
Natalie Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
General Anaesthesia ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Clinical Relevance ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Anxiety Control ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Dental Work

The UK population is ageing with over a quarter of people predicted to be over 65 by 2040. People are retaining their teeth into old age, often having experienced complex restorative dental work over the years. The increasing complexity of dental treatment that older people require will create challenges for those who provide care for this population, including dental treatment under sedation or general anaesthesia. This article discusses the medical, dental and social considerations that need to be taken into account when planning dental care for older patients under sedation or general anaesthesia. CPD/Clinical Relevance: Dentists who provide sedation must be able to appropriately assess and manage their older patients safely if considering this method of pain and anxiety control for dental treatment.

scholarly journals Early-onset dementia

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 380-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Jefferies ◽  
Niruj Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Early Onset ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Clinical Excellence ◽  
Liaison Psychiatry ◽  
Early Onset Dementia ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Dementia Services

SummaryDementia is is stereotypically associated with older people. However, in a significant minority it can affect people in their 40s and 50s, or even younger. Currently there is a lack of awareness, even among healthcare professionals, and there is a dearth of appropriate services for such patients. Despite the attention given to this condition by National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines, provision of specialist early-onset dementia services in the UK remains patchy. Carers and patients often find themselves being passed ‘from pillar to post’ between psychiatry and neurology, and also between adult, old age and liaison psychiatry. The responsibility for identifying available and appropriate help is often left with carers. This leads to unnecessary delays, causes undue distress to patients and places an added burden on carers.

Sustaining the self in later life: supporting older people in the community

2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
DENISE TANNER
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Older Person ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
The Uk

This paper emanates from a small-scale qualitative study, currently in progress, looking at the implications for older people of decisions made by a social services department that they are ineligible for service provision. While the operation of eligibility criteria in the UK has been shown to exclude an increasing number of prospective users from receiving a service, little is known about how those refused a service contend with their difficulties or the implications these strategies have for them. The paper focuses on themes that have emerged during the first phases of the study in relation to how older people endeavour to manage their ‘unmet need’. It is suggested that a key integrative theme concerns their efforts to maintain a positive sense of self indicating, it is argued, the need for processes involved in the seeking, receiving and giving of help to be managed in a way that sustains the sense of self of the older person.

Dignity in health care: reality or rhetoric

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Win Tad ◽  
Tony Bayer ◽  
Paul Dieppe
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
National Service ◽  
Death With Dignity ◽  
National Service Framework ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right To Dignity ◽  
Service Framework

Increasingly, the term ‘dignity’ is becoming a part of contemporary discussions of health care. Phrases such as ‘respect for human dignity’, ‘treatment with dignity’, ‘death with dignity’ and the ‘right to dignity’ are so commonplace as to have almost become clichés. This is especially so in the context of older people. In the UK, the NHS Plan uses the term ‘dignity’ on a number of occasions (Chapter 15 is entitled ‘Dignity, security and independence in old age’) and the National Service Framework for Older People explicitly mentions dignity in relation to person-centred care. However, practice has often failed to measure up to this much-cited aspiration.

scholarly journals No scope for complacency: time to improve healthcare for older people

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (12) ◽  
pp. 441-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Hilton
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Community Psychiatry ◽  
Age Discrimination ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
The Uk

SummaryThe Equality Act 2010 should prevent age discrimination in the provision of healthcare and other services in the UK. The Royal College of Psychiatrists' Faculty of the Psychiatry of Old Age and General & Community Psychiatry Faculty have offered constructive guidance to help achieve this. However, there are pitfalls. First, legislation does not guarantee enforcement. Second, discrimination in the form of persisting negative attitudes of society towards older people and their ability to benefit from health interventions is associated with a deficit in funding old age services that has accumulated gradually during the 60 years of the National Health Service. These difficulties will need to be overcome to achieve effective implementation of the Act.

Risk Transferin Public Private Partnership/Private Finance Initiative Procurement Documents:The Differencebetween The United Kingdom and Malaysia

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Nooriha Abdullah ◽  
Darinka Asenova ◽  
Stephen J. Bailey
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Private Finance Initiative ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Risk Transfer ◽  
Private Finance ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk

The aim of this paper is to analyse the risk transfer issue in Public Private Partnership/Private Finance Initiative (PPP/PFI) procurement documents in the United Kingdom (UK) and Malaysia. It utilises qualitative research methods using documentation and interviews for data collection. The UK documents (guidelines and contracts) identify the risks related to this form of public procurement of services and makeexplicittheappropriateallocation of those risks between the public and the private sector PPP/PFI partners and so the types of risks each party should bear. However, in Malaysia, such allocation of risks was not mentioned in PPP/PFI guidelines. Hence, a question arises regarding whether risk transfer exists in Malaysian PPP/PFI projects, whether in contracts or by other means. This research question is the rationale for the comparative analysis ofdocumentsand practicesrelatingtorisk transfer in the PPP/PFI procurements in both countries. The results clarify risk-related issues that arise in implementing PPP/PFI procurement in Malaysia, in particular how risk is conceptualised, recognised and allocated (whether explicitly or implicitly), whether or not that allocation is intended to achieve optimum risk transfer, and so the implications forachievement ofvalue for moneyor other such objectivesinPPP/PFI.

Editorial: Antisemitism in the UK Labour Party

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley Klaff
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Labour Party ◽  
Research Note ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Exciting Development

I am pleased to publish an open-access online preprint of two articles and a research note that will appear in the forthcoming issue of the Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism 3, no. 2 (Fall 2020). This preprint is a new and exciting development for the Journal. It has been made possible by the generous donations from sponsors, including BICOM's co-chairman, David Cohen, whose support for the work of the Journal allows for timely scholarly analysis to be put into the public sphere.

Working in Old Age in the UK

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Lluberas ◽  
Jonathan Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
The Uk
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