ABSTRACT

There has been a growing focus on healthy aging in the political agenda. Discourses contained within policy documents have the potential to shape our notions of healthy aging and well-being. This comprehensive critical document analysis of provincial aging policies in Newfoundland and Labrador (2006–2015) contributes to a larger research study exploring aging women’s notions of health and the body in relation to the aging process. The findings highlight how healthy aging discourses focus on the concept of productivity and how a certain type of health is required for ongoing contribution. The paper concludes by arguing that if healthy aging is framed around one’s ability to remain productive, notions of health will remain limited to an externalized measure of output versus subjective experience of well-being.

摘要

在政治议程中，人们越来越关注健康老龄化。政策文件中包含的话语有可能塑造我们关于健康老龄化和福祉的概念。这份对纽芬兰和拉布拉多省（2006-2015 年）省级老龄化政策的全面批判性文件分析有助于开展一项更大规模的研究，以探索与老龄化过程相关的老龄化女性的健康和身体观念。研究结果强调了健康老龄化话语如何关注生产力的概念，以及持续贡献如何需要某种类型的健康。该论文的结论是，如果健康老龄化是围绕一个人保持生产力的能力而构建的，那么健康的概念将仍然局限于对产出的外部化衡量，而不是对幸福的主观体验。