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The allocation of responsibility for later life: Canadian reflections on the roles of individuals, government, employers and families
Ageing and Society - Tập 23 Số 6 - Trang 737-760 - 2003
Set against the backdrop of an ageing population and the discourse surrounding
old age, risk and the welfare state, this paper draws on 51 semi-structured
life-history interviews to examine how mid- and late-life Canadians discuss and
allocate responsibility for the provision of social, financial and medical
supports in later life. Whatever their personal circumstances, most individuals
articulate...
Gender and the negotiation between older people and their carers in the prevention of falls
Ageing and Society - Tập 24 Số 1 - Trang 75-94 - 2004
Little is known about how negotiation between older people and their carers
varies according to gender. This paper reports a study of older men and women
who have had multiple falls and the actions of their key family members to
prevent multiple falls. In-depth interviews were conducted with 35 older people
who had had recurrent falls, and separately with the identified key family
member. The acti...
Attributes of age-identity
Ageing and Society - Tập 25 Số 4 - Trang 479-500 - 2005
Chronological age can be an unsatisfactory method of discriminating between
older people. The lay concept of how old people actually feel may be more
useful. The aim of the analyses reported in this paper was to investigate
indicators of age-identity (or subjective age) among a national random sample of
people aged 65 or more years living at home in Britain. Information was
initially collected by ...
The Structured Dependency of the Elderly: A Creation of Social Policy in the Twentieth Century
Ageing and Society - Tập 1 Số 1 - Trang 5-28 - 1981
ABSTRACTIf we are to develop better methods of integrating elderly people into
society then above all we need a better sociology of the ageing and the aged. In
this paper I wish to put forward the thesis that the dependency of the elderly
in the twentieth century is being manufactured socially and that its severity is
unnecessary. The process can therefore be revised or at least modified. Certain
...
The Meaning of Informal Care: Gender and the Contribution of Elderly People
Ageing and Society - Tập 10 Số 4 - Trang 429-454 - 1990
ABSTRACT‘Caring’ and ‘carers’ are words in frequent use in social policy, but
their meaning is often vague and undefined, encompassing a wide range of
activities and relationships. This paper discusses the meaning of caring and
focuses particular attention on older carers. Secondary analysis of the 1985
Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys (OPCS) Informal Carers Survey data
shows that of the...
Exploring the health and wellbeing benefits of gardening for older adults
Ageing and Society - Tập 35 Số 10 - Trang 2176-2200 - 2015
ABSTRACTResearch shows that contact with nature plays a vital role in our
psychological wellbeing. Domestic gardening is common among older adults who
spend more leisure hours gardening than any other age group. Despite this, few
studies have systematically explored the significance of domestic gardens in
relation to older adults' health and wellbeing. This study examined the
perceived therapeutic...
A critical review of the literature on social and leisure activity and wellbeing in later life
Ageing and Society - Tập 31 Số 4 - Trang 683-712 - 2011
ABSTRACTAn engaged lifestyle is seen as an important component of successful
ageing. Many older adults with high participation in social and leisure
activities report positive wellbeing, a fact that fuelled the original activity
theory and that continues to influence researchers, theorists and practitioners.
This study's purpose is to review the conceptualisation and measurement of
activity among ...
‘Payback time’: community volunteering among older adults as a transformative mechanism
Ageing and Society - Tập 25 Số 4 - Trang 567-584 - 2005
This qualitative study explores the conditions and experiences of older adults'
‘formal’ volunteering through non-profit organisations (NPOs) in Toronto from
both organisational and individual perspectives. In spite of the ageing
population and the need for NPOs to expand their services, the participation of
Canadian seniors in community volunteering has been stagnant for 15 years. What
organisati...
Internet use, social isolation and loneliness in older adults
Ageing and Society - Tập 41 Số 12 - Trang 2723-2746 - 2021
AbstractThe aim of this study was to explore associations between internet/email
use in a large sample of older English adults with their social isolation and
loneliness. Data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing Wave 8 were used,
with complete data available for 4,492 men and women aged ⩾ 50 years (mean age =
64.3, standard deviation = 13.3; 51.7% males). Binomial logistic regression was...
Factors Affecting the Use of Social and Health Services Among the Elderly
Ageing and Society - Tập 1 Số 1 - Trang 95-115 - 1981
ABSTRACTThis study has systematically examined the use of health and social
services among non-institutionalized elderly people according to the Andersen
model which groups factors influencing use into predisposing, enabling and need
variables. Need for service as evidenced by physical and psychological
functioning was the most important predictor of use of physician services and
hospitalization. ...
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