Sports facilities in Madrid explain the relationship between neighbourhood economic context and physical inactivity in older people, but not in younger adults: a case study

This article explores the relationship between capital and education through the experiences of a British secondary school following a grading by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills that placed the school into special measures, considering the underlying assumptions and inequalities highlighted and obfuscated by the special measures label. The formulaic and ritualistic manner in which operational and ideological methods of reconstruction were presented as the logical (and only) pathway towards improvement is examined in an effort to disentangle the purpose of the ‘means-to-an-end’ approach within prevailing hegemonic structures, requiring a revisit to contemporary positioning of Gramscian concepts of ideology through the work of Gandin. The decontextualisation of schools from their socio-economic environments is probed in order to expose the paradoxes and fluidity of resistant discourse. The ambiguities between a Catholic ethos, neo-liberal restructuring and the socio-economic context of the school and the greater demands to acquiesce to externally prescribed notions of normativity are considered as a process that conversely created apertures, newly formed sublayers and corrugations where transformation could take root. Unforeseen epiphanies and structures of dissent are identified and will enrich the narrative of existence and survival in a special measures school in an economically deprived northern town in the UK.

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Occupational therapy in older people with stroke

Stroke in the Older Person ◽

10.1093/med/9780198747499.003.0015 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 249-268

Author(s):

Rowena Padamsey ◽

Avril Drummond

Keyword(s):

Occupational Therapy ◽

Older People ◽

Occupational Therapists ◽

Therapeutic Interventions ◽

Younger Adults ◽

Person Following ◽

Key Aspects ◽

Insight Into

‘Occupational therapy in older people with stroke’ examines how occupational therapists (OTs) increase people’s independence, quality of life, and satisfaction in all aspects of daily life. A fundamental philosophy of OT is to treat everyone as an individual, taking into account their personal roles, beliefs, attitudes, function, and environment. Consequently, the approaches to rehabilitation described in this chapter may be applied to both older and younger adults. A case study has been used for illustration. Key aspects of functioning affected by stroke are explored, focusing in particular on cognition and perception. The OT will work with the patient and their family to identify areas of function which are particularly important to them, and will aim to enable people to complete these activities as independently as possible. This chapter gives an insight into key fundamental therapeutic interventions with the older person following a stroke.

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Case study analyzing the relationship between the degree of complexity of a product page on an e-commerce website and the number of unique purchases associated with it

Harvard Deusto Business Research ◽

10.3926/hdbr.144 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 229

Author(s):

Nuria Puente Domínguez

Keyword(s):

Case Study Research ◽

Web Pages ◽

Competitive Advantages ◽

Strategic Decisions ◽

Food Sector ◽

Economic Context ◽

The Right ◽

Effective Product ◽

The Relationship

How are effective product pages designed for an e-commerce website? In the current economic context, Spanish companies must be able to justify all their investments. Therefore, so that they can compete effectively and obtain competitive advantages, they must know which elements generate value for the organization. This research analyzes the relationship between the degree of complexity of the product web pages and the number of unique purchases associated with them. The objective is to determine the most effective e-commerce merchandising strategies and techniques to help the companies in the food sector make the right strategic decisions, allowing them to increase the sales of their e-commerce websites. A case study research technique is used, the results of which conclude the importance of the visual aspects of the product web pages.

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“Wisdom of the Elders” or “Loss of Experience” as a Mechanism to Explain the Decline in Traditional Ecological Knowledge: A Case Study on Awaji Island, Japan

Human Ecology ◽

10.1007/s10745-021-00237-w ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Kaori Okui ◽

Yoshihiro Sawada ◽

Takehito Yoshida

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Knowledge Transfer ◽

Older People ◽

Traditional Ecological Knowledge ◽

Ecological Knowledge ◽

Wild Fruits ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

Successive Generations ◽

The Relationship

AbstractPrevious studies have reported that older people are more knowledgeable about nature than the younger generation. The relationship between people’s age and level of knowledge can be explained via two mechanisms: knowledge increases with age (wisdom of the elders), and opportunities to acquire knowledge decrease with successive generations (loss of experience). In this study, we examined the association between age and knowledge regarding the use of wild fruits among people living on Awaji Island in Japan. Analysis of the results revealed that the decline in knowledge among young people can be attributed to loss of experience. Furthermore, we found that the channels of knowledge transfer have changed between generations, earlier, children received it from their peers, but in recent years, it has been coming to them from older people and teachers.

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Tackling the invisible burden of physical inactivity in older people: A UK case study, 2014–2015

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckv175.230 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 25 (suppl_3) ◽

Author(s):

C Farrance ◽

F Tsofliou ◽

C Clark

Keyword(s):

Older People ◽

Physical Inactivity ◽

The Invisible

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The Relationship Between Antioxidant Nutrient Intake and Cataracts in Older People

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research ◽

10.1024/0300-9831.76.6.359 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 76 (6) ◽

pp. 359-366 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Rodríguez-Rodríguez ◽

Ortega ◽

López-Sobaler ◽

Aparicio ◽

Bermejo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Vitamin C ◽

Older People ◽

Dietary Intake ◽

Protective Effect ◽

Elderly People ◽

Nutrient Intake ◽

Institutionalized Elderly ◽

Weighing Method ◽

The Relationship

This study investigated the relationship between the intake of antioxidant nutrients and the suffering of cataracts in 177 institutionalized elderly people (61 men and 116 women) aged ≥ 65 years. Dietary intake was monitored for 7 consecutive days using a "precise individual weighing" method. Subjects, who during their earlier years were exposed by their work to sunlight, had a greater risk of suffering cataracts (OR = 3.2; Cl: 1.1–9.3, P < 0.05) than those who worked indoors. A relationship was found between increased vitamin C intake and a reduced prevalence of cataracts (i.e., when comparing those above P95 for vitamin C intake with those below P5; (OR = 0.08; Cl: 0.01–0.75, P 0.05). Among subjects with cataracts, 12.1% had vitamin C intakes of < 61 mg/day (P10) and only 2.2% had intakes of > 183 mg/day (P95) (p < 0.01). Subjects who consumed > 3290 μg/day (P95) of lutein were less likely to have cataracts (OR = 0.086; Cl: 0.007–1.084; p < 0.05) than those whose consumption was < 256 μg/day (P5). In men, high intakes of zeaxanthin seemed to provide a protective effect against the problem (OR = 0.96; Cl: 0.91–0.99; p < 0.05). The results suggest an association exists between exposure to sunlight and the development of cataracts, and that vitamin C, lutein, and zeaxanthin offer some protection against this disorder.

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