Impoverishing the Elderly: A Case Study of the Financial Risk of Spend-Down Among Massachusetts Elderly People

ABSTRACTThis paper presents an analysis of access to social and health services of elderly people at three community and social service centres (CLSCs) in Montreal. Workers at the CLSCs were interviewed about service accessibility for elderly people in their neighbourhood. The elderly clientele of one CLSC, located in the centre of Montreal, primarily consists of French-Canadians and English-Canadians; the second CLSC is in a neighbourhood with many elderly Portuguese and the third CLSC is in a neighbourhood where a large concentration of elderly Chinese people live. No problems of access to services were perceived for elderly French-Canadian, English-Canadian or Portuguese people while serious problems of access were perceived for elderly Chinese people. Services provided for elderly people of the dominant cultures and elderly Portuguese are limited or unavailable to elderly Chinese people of Montreal. This suggests institutional racism against elderly Chinese people.

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Issues of urban redevelopment confronted by the elderly people in Hong Kong : case study : Ma Tau Kok/Hung Hom Districts

10.5353/th_b5334735 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

So-yin Ng

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Elderly People ◽

Urban Redevelopment ◽

The Elderly

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Stormy Sunset: Old age and recluse: A Study on elderly people in Karbi Anglong district of Assam, A case study of Diphu Town

iJARS International Journal Of Humanities and Social Studies ◽

10.20908/ijarsijhss.v2i3.10162 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Dr. Mousumi Choudhury

Keyword(s):

Elderly People ◽

Geographical Area ◽

The Elderly ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

Private Life ◽

Human Values ◽

Tribal Population ◽

Diverse Communities ◽

Micro Level

This paper intends to investigate the plight and predicament of the elderly people in a certain geographical area (Karbi Anglong District of Assam). Given the increasing plight of elderly people in today's materialistic world wherein love, care, dedication and selfless efforts of the parents get a severe nudge by their own children, the question that occupies us to search out the reasons for such frailty in human nature. A couple of factors interplay in such disorder and decline of human values that figure out in the literature as well as the micro level research that we have conducted in the course of the study. The helpless condition of the elders and their broken mind in most cases lie in their private life due to the embarrassment and pain attached to it. Though the problem is psycho social, none can ignore economic and cultural factors also to understand the problem. Karbi Anglong district is inhabited predominantly by the tribal population along with the significant presence of diverse communities. It is observed that the marginalization, abuses and torture on the elders are aplenty on the communities like Assamese, Bengali, Bihari etc. and this prompted us to concentrate our study on the aforesaid groups.

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HUBUNGAN DUKUNGAN KELUARGA, PENGETAHUAN, DENGAN KEAKTIFAN LANJUT USIA (Lansia) MENGIKUTI KEGIATAN POSYANDU LANSIA DI WILAYAH PUSKESMAS GADING SURABAYA

Medical Technology and Public Health Journal ◽

10.33086/mtphj.v4i1.796 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

NINDY VARA MEIGIA

Keyword(s):

Health Center ◽

Family Support ◽

Elderly People ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

The Elderly ◽

Design Data ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Bivariate Data ◽

Quality Regulation ◽

Cross Sectional Design

Minimum Standards Service is basic service quality regulation that is entitled to be obtained by every citizen. Elderly people must obtain 100% health services. Various factors can lead to low visits to the elderly posyandu in the Gading Puskesmas area in 2017. Objective: to find out the relationship between family support, knowledge, and elderly activities in the elderly posyandu in Gading Surabaya puskesmas. Method: The type of research is observational analytic with a cross-sectional design. Data processing and analysis is done by univariate and bivariate. Data collection techniques by conducting simple random sampling with a sample of 94 elderly people. Location and time of research from December 2018 at the posyandu in the Gading Surabaya health center area. Results: There is a significant value of 0,000 <0,05, so it can be concluded is have a relationship with family support, knowledge of elderly with activity following the elderly posyandu at Gading Surabaya health center

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Forms of physical activity of the elderly

European Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine ◽

10.15584/ejcem.2020.3.10 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 221-228

Author(s):

Piotr Czarnecki ◽

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Justyna Podgórska-Bednarz ◽

Lidia Perenc ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Elderly People ◽

Population Aging ◽

Human Life ◽

Good Health ◽

The Elderly ◽

Polish Society ◽

Central Statistical ◽

Key Phrases ◽

The Impact

Introduction. Physical activity is known to be an important factor influencing health throughout human life. This issue has become crucial for public health due to the aging of the population in both developed and developing countries. Aim. is to present a literature review on the forms of physical activity undertaken by the elderly, as well as on issues related to physical activity and the population aging. Material and methods. The study was prepared on the basis of a review of Polish and foreign literature. The following databases and data sources were used: EBSCO, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar. An additional source of data were the websites of the Central Statistical Office. Strictly defined key phrases were used during the collection of literature. The work has been divided into thematic subsections on the aging of the society, the impact of physical activity on health and the main topic, i.e. forms of physical activity selected by the elderly. Analysis of the literature. The number of elderly people in Polish society has increased by almost 3.7 million over three decades. Therefore, an important topic is prophylaxis aimed at increasing the number of days in good health, largely covering the broadly understood activation of the elderly. The available data indicate that only 12% of elderly people undertake physical activity once a week. The most common form of spending free time actively is walking (as many as 73% of people in this population declare this form of physical activity in one of the presented studies). Conclusion. Organized forms of physical activity are undertaken much less frequently by the analyzed age group mainly due to financial limitations and limited availability of sports infrastructure.

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