scholarly journals The Elderly Poor in Rural Ontario: Inmates of the Wellington County House of Industry, 1877-1907

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stormie Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
County Governments ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Inmate Population ◽  
Welfare Institutions ◽  
Gender Specific ◽  
Demographic Evolution

Abstract Late in the nineteenth century, a number of Ontario county governments financed and built social welfare institutions. Essentially modelled after English and American work-houses, these institutions were intended to provide indoor relief to all indigent members of the community. By the turn of the century, however, the inmate population was almost uniformly elderly. This paper traces the demographic evolution of one such institution, the Wellington County House of Industry, and examines the circumstances and problems, frequently gender-specific, which compelled aged men and women to enter.

scholarly journals A SOCIOLOGICAL READING OF THE LEGAL ‎SYSTM OF SOCIAL WELFARE INSTITUTIONS‎

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (08) ◽  
pp. 120-134
Author(s):  
Safaa CHARKAOUI
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Welfare Institutions ◽  
Approach Method ◽  
Made In ◽  
Scientific Framework

This research derives its importance from the scientific framework that Is rich in theoretical ‎approaches in the field of sociology, management systems and governance,and then from ‎the field framework related to the reality of managing social welfare institutions in Morocco, its ‎developments in legal and financial aspects and the current repercussions on the level of ‎social welfare. it also aims to raise the level of social welfare for the beneficiary groups, by ‎evaluations the efforts made in managing these institutions based on an exact scientific ‎approach, method and tools. As a result, we will try to answer in this scientific study, the ‎answer to the following problematic question. «To what extent is the sociological approach ‎adopted in the current legal system of social welfare institutions in Morocco and what is ‎impact on the profitability of these institutions»‎ It is efforts that Is divided into two parts, the first is theoretical and the second is ‎methodological and field, in which we focus on the sociological study of the current reality of ‎the legal and financial system for the management, and evaluations of social welfare ‎institutions in Morocco and the reflection of this evaluations on the profitability of these ‎institutions, especially for the elderly and the time allotted for completion‎‎‎. Keywords: Socıologıcal Reading, Socıal Welfare Instıtutıons‎, Management Systems.

Family Care of the Elderly in a Nineteenth-Century Devonshire Parish

1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 505-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Robin
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Family Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Considerable Part ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Elderly Parents ◽  
Parish Registers

ABSTRACTThe focus of this paper is on the part played by children and relatives in the care of the elderly in a Devonshire parish in the mid-nineteenth century. The cohort of men and women aged 50–59 years recorded in the 1851 census was divided into two groups, according to whether or not the parish registers or censuses showed members to have had offspring who survived childhood. Cohort members and their families were then traced through the 1861 and 1871 censuses in order to establish their residence patterns at different stages in the life cycle. It was found that children, whether married or single, played a considerable part in providing care for their elderly parents. By contrast, relatives living in the same household as the elderly were more likely to be receiving than providing care. The possibility that a proportion of the cohort members who left the parish during the period did so to join children elsewhere was investigated through an examination of those of comparable age coming into the parish.

scholarly journals Quality of life of the elderly: a comparison between community-dwelling elderly and in social welfare institutions

MEDISAINS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Stefanus Mendes Kiik ◽  
Muhammad Saleh Nuwa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Welfare Institutions

Background: Quality of life (QoL) among the elderly is a neglected issue, especially in developing countries, including Indonesia. The QoL of the elderly is dependent on four domains. Living arrangements play an important role in determining QoL.Objective: The present study aimed to compare the differences in QoL among community-dwelling elderly and in social welfare institutions.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Participants were sampled from two settings: social welfare institutions and the community. The study subjects in each area were selected using a simple random technique. The total sample were 163 respondents. QoL was assessed through the WHOQOL-Bref. Data analysis was performed by the Mann-Whitney U Test.Results: There were significant differences depending on the residence of the elderly: the average QoL in a community is higher (84.16) than in social welfare institutions (63.95), and p-value < 0.001.Conclusions: The results of our study indicate that community-dwelling elderly have higher QoL compared to residents of social welfare institutions.

PENGARUH TERAPI TERTAWA TERHADAP PENURUNAN TEKANAN DARAH LANSIA DI UPT PANTI WREDHA BUDHI DHARMA YOGYAKARTA

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niken Setyaningrum ◽  
Andri Setyorini ◽  
Fachruddin Tri Fitrianta
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Group Comparison ◽  
Control Blood Pressure ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Treatment Of Hypertension ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Difference

ABSTRACTBackground: Hypertension is one of the most common diseases, because this disease is suffered byboth men and women, as well as adults and young people. Treatment of hypertension does not onlyrely on medications from the doctor or regulate diet alone, but it is also important to make our bodyalways relaxed. Laughter can help to control blood pressure by reducing endocrine stress andcreating a relaxed condition to deal with relaxation.Objective: The general objective of the study was to determine the effect of laughter therapy ondecreasing elderly blood pressure in UPT Panti Wredha Budhi Dharma Yogyakarta.Methods: The design used in this study is a pre-experimental design study with one group pre-posttestresearch design where there is no control group (comparison). The population in this study wereelderly aged over> 60 years at 55 UPT Panti Wredha Budhi Dharma Yogyakarta. The method oftaking in this study uses total sampling. The sample in this study were 55 elderly. Data analysis wasused to determine the difference in blood pressure before and after laughing therapy with a ratio datascale that was using Pairs T-TestResult: There is an effect of laughing therapy on blood pressure in the elderly at UPT Panti WredhaBudhi Dharma Yogyakarta marked with a significant value of 0.000 (P <0.05)

العربية المقاربة المقاصديّة في ردّ ابن فودي على القادح في جلستهم الدعويّة

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alawiye Abdulmumin Abdurrazzaq ◽  
Ahmad Wifaq Mokhtar ◽  
Abdul Manan Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Subject

This article is aimed to examine the extent of the application of Islamic legal objectives by Sheikh Abdullah bn Fudi in his rejoinder against one of their contemporary scholars who accused them of being over-liberal about the religion. He claimed that there has been a careless intermingling of men and women in the preaching and counselling gathering they used to hold, under the leadership of Sheikh Uthman bn Fudi (the Islamic reformer of the nineteenth century in Nigeria and West Africa). Thus, in this study, the researchers seek to answer the following interrogations: who was Abdullah bn Fudi? who was their critic? what was the subject matter of the criticism? How did the rebutter get equipped with some guidelines of higher objectives of Sharĩʻah in his rejoinder to the critic? To this end, this study had tackled the questions afore-stated by using inductive, descriptive and analytical methods to identify the personalities involved, define and analyze some concepts and matters considered as the hub of the study.

Stages for implementing the “Moscow Longevity” program

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 65-72
Author(s):  
MARINA V. KORNILOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Active Lifestyle ◽  
Welfare Institutions ◽  
Cultural Sites ◽  
New Period

The article examines the work of the “Moscow Longevity” state project/program. The analysis is carried through on the assessments given by the elderly residents of Moscow, as well as specialists from social welfare institutions responsible for the implementation of the program. The program is newly established and has been working in Moscow for over two years. The author names 4 stages for the implementation of the program: preparatory, trial, main, and “special” stages. This staging is based on the existing legal acts regulating the implementation of the project, as well as on the analysis of sociological research. The primary sources of data are: interviews conducted by the author with elderly residents of Moscow regarding the “Moscow Longevity” program (April-May 2020); surveys and focus groups conducted by the author during her work at the Moscow Institute of Additional Professional Training of Social Workers (2016-2017). The article examines statistics and publications in the mass media concerning the success of the “Moscow Longevity” project. Elderly Muscovites and employees of social organizations highly appreciated the ongoing activities, noting their relevance and timeliness, both for involving senior citizens in an active lifestyle and for adapting the elderly to a new period of life “for themselves”. Participants of the program take computer courses, study foreign languages, attend dance lessons, go to sports classes, develop artistic and aesthetic skills, master tourism, and visit cultural sites in Moscow. However, the program also has significant drawbacks, eliminating which requires significant material and technical resources as well as personnel work. Each year the participants voiced the same problems associated with the poor condition of the premises and the lack of an individual approach to activities’ organization. The “special” stage related to the situation with the coronavirus pandemic revealed a lack of computer skills among the program participants (despite the conducted computer classes) and inability to quickly adapt to new conditions.

Priesthood Ordination

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan A. Stapley
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Black Men ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Joseph Smith ◽  
Book Of Mormon ◽  
The Temple ◽  
The Church ◽  
Power And Authority

Early Mormons used the Book of Mormon as the basis for their ecclesiology and understanding of the open heaven. Church leaders edited, harmonized, and published Joseph Smith’s revelation texts, expanding understandings of ecclesiastical priesthood office. Joseph Smith then revealed the Nauvoo Temple liturgy, with its cosmology that equated heaven, kinship, and priesthood. This cosmological priesthood was materialized through sealings at the temple altar and was the context for expansive teachings incorporating women into priesthood. This cosmology was also the basis for polygamy, temple adoption, and restrictions on the participation of black men and women in the church. This framework gave way at the end of the nineteenth century to a new priesthood cosmology introduced by Joseph F. Smith based on male ecclesiastical office. As church leaders expanded the meaning of priesthood to comprise the entire power and authority of God, they struggled to integrate women into church cosmology.

Acting Between the Spheres: Charlotte Cushman as Androgyne

1996 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-66
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Recent Article ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Audience Member ◽  
Gender Ideologies ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Contemporary Theatre ◽  
Separate Spheres ◽  
Theatrical Performances ◽  
Human Figure

On 29 December 1845, Charlotte Cushman did an extraordinary thing at the Haymarket theatre: she convincingly transformed herself into a man. Audience members who witnessed this performance were captivated by “the transmuting power” of Cushman's “genius” as she became Romeo. This production (and Cushman's Romeo in general) continues to fascinate both contemporary theatre historians and feminist scholars, who are equally impressed with Cushman's seeming ability to create an unsettling paradox. In a recent article, Anne Russell discusses the positive reception that Cushman's Romeo received and questions how the cross-dressed actress could have been so successful “in a period when dominant gender ideologies assumed clearly delineated separate spheres for men and women, when stage reviewers as a manner of routine assessed the ‘womanliness’ or ‘manliness’ of characters and performers.” As Russell explains, the nineteenth-century audience member, critic, and/or commentator read the human figure on stage as either male or female; indeed, such antithetic thinking was pervasive throughout nineteenth-century culture. Cushman was unique, however, in that she repeatedly defied such categorization, both in her theatrical performances and in her “private” life.

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