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Loneliness and social isolation of ethnic minority/immigrant older adults: a scoping review Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Mengxing Joshi, Nissa Finney, Jo Mhairi Hale
Loneliness and social isolation among older adults are emerging public health concerns. Older adults from ethnic minority communities or with immigration backgrounds may be particularly vulnerable when encountering loneliness and social isolation due to the double jeopardy of their old age and minority status. The goal of this study is to conduct a scoping review of published journal articles on ethnic
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Labour market exit routes in high- and low-educated older workers before and after social insurance and retirement policy reforms in Sweden Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-31 Melody Almroth, Daniel Falkstedt, Tomas Hemmingsson, Maria Albin, Kathryn Badarin, Jenny Selander, Per Gustavsson, Theo Bodin, Emelie Thern, Kuan-Yu Pan, Katarina Kjellberg
Few previous studies have investigated how socioeconomic differences in labour market exit have changed after restrictions in social insurance policies. The aim of this register-based study is to investigate how early labour market exit pathways among older men and women with different levels of education changed after major restrictive social insurance and retirement policy reforms in Sweden. Cohort
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Social engagement and wellbeing in late life: a systematic review Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Joana Miguelote Monteiro, Raquel Gonçalves, Alice Bastos, Maria Raquel Barbosa
Social engagement is considered a relevant modifiable factor for older adults' wellbeing. Theory and policies highlight its importance for ageing well. Empirical evidence shows that social activities are associated with positive psychological outcomes and might buffer wellbeing declines in late life. Despite growing research, social engagement lacks conceptual clarity, it is difficult to adopt standardised
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Understanding older adults' travel behaviour and mobility needs during the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of the hierarchy of travel needs: a systematic review Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Melisa Yazdanpanahi, Evangelia Pantelaki, Carol Holland, Rose Gilroy, Ben Spencer, Richard Weston, Allyson Rogers
The aim of this article is to critically review the scientific literature about the changes in travel behaviour and mobility amongst older adults caused by the COVID-19 pandemic across various countries, identify unmet travel needs and highlight patterns of inequalities in older adults' mobility. We have collected articles from four academic databases: PubMed, Scopus, Transportation Research International
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Tragedy and value of life of older persons in long-term care homes during COVID-19: a critical discourse analysis Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Sabrina Lessard, Oluwagbemiga Oyinlola, Tamara Sussman
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the media provided daily coverage of this unprecedented crisis in the history of the 21st century. Some topics, such as how the virus affected older adults, were widely covered. The way in which COVID-19 was documented evoked a ‘tragedy’ narrative through consistent reporting about the suffering it was causing and the deleterious consequences it had on specific populations
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Late-life divorce and familyhood interplaying: a familial and dyadic perspective Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Chaya Koren, Yafit Cohen, Michal Egert, Naor Demeter
Late-life divorce is a growing phenomenon in the Western world, likely to expand due to increasing expectancy and changes in marital and family values. However, existing research on divorce and its consequences for offspring focuses on young and middle-aged adults, analysing individual rather than familial/dyadic perspectives. Accordingly, our study employs a holistic perspective on the family unit
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‘The boots will be on the coffin!’: multiple meanings of ageing for older people playing walking football Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Gareth M. Thomas
A narrative of decline dominates the ageing process in the Global North. At the same time, older people have shared more positive stories of ageing, particularly with respect to their leisure practices. I explore this tension by drawing on an interview-based study with people playing walking football in the United Kingdom. My contention is that older people express multiple meanings of ageing that
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Forced to live in the present: older people's temporal experiences of the lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Emilia Leinonen, Salla Era
This article explores the temporalities experienced by persons aged 70 years and over during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland. Although the temporalities of the pandemic have been analysed from multiple perspectives, we contribute to this line of research in two ways. First, we show how deeply the pandemic affected older people's experiences of temporality. Second, we further develop
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‘I can still swing a spade’: a qualitative exploratory study of gardening groups for people with dementia Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Helen Foster-Collins, Raff Calitri, Mark Tarrant, Noreen Orr, Rebecca Whear, Ruth A. Lamont
This exploratory qualitative study aimed to evidence how community-based gardening groups can be used to support the psychological, physical and social health of those living with dementia. The views of people living with dementia in the community, care partners and group leaders were sought to better understand the benefits gained from gardening groups, as well as the features of gardening groups
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Ageing of the Australian LGBQ population: estimates and projections to mid-century Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Jeromey Temple, Tom Wilson
Although evidence on aspects of individual ageing of LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or intersex) people is mounting, there is a poor understanding of the macro aspects of population ageing within the LGBTQI population itself. This paper seeks to address this lacuna through an examination of structural and numerical ageing of the Australian LGBQ population. Drawing upon new data
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Ageing with spinal cord injury: a longitudinal study Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Haoai Zhao, Shu Cole, Karo Omodior, Dubravka Svetina Valdivia
Limited studies have evaluated the impact of recreation on successful ageing (SA) for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) in a longitudinal manner. Most existing SA models emphasise biomedical-based dimensions of physical functioning, which has been criticised as unrealistic and limited, especially for people with disabilities. Various researchers and organisations have proposed that SA needs
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How do research participants with age-related vision loss talk about their experiences? A secondary discourse analysis of published qualitative extracts Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Jamie Enoch, Ahalya Subramanian, Carla Willig
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a chronic, progressive eye condition that can affect individuals in later life and lead to loss of central visual function. In this analysis, we aimed to explore the discursive landscape of talk about AMD, drawing on extracts published in peer-reviewed qualitative studies on AMD. Drawing on procedures of qualitative meta-synthesis, we compiled a corpus of raw
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‘Only my family can help’: the lived experience and care aesthetics of being resident on an NHS psychiatric/mental health inpatient dementia assessment ward – a single case study Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Lesley Jones, Nicky Cullum, Ruth Watson, James Thompson, John Keady
In the United Kingdom, people living with dementia admitted to National Health Service (NHS) psychiatric/mental health inpatient dementia assessment wards (dementia assessment wards) are nearly always compulsorily detained under a section of the Mental Health Act 1983 owing to the risk and complexity of the presenting condition. As such, dementia assessment wards admit some of the most vulnerable patients
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Gendered repartnering in later life: structural and processual dimensions of the transition into new relationships Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Luisa Bischoff
Against the backdrop of demographic change and the pluralisation of living arrangements, the article focuses on repartnering after widowhood, divorce and separation in older age in Germany. While theoretically framing repartnering as a lifecourse transition, the question arises of how later-life relationships form in relation to gender- and ageing-specific as well as structural and processual dimensions
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What socio-cultural, emotional and relational factors shape older people's experiences of death and dying in residential aged care? A scoping review Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Georgia van Toorn, Emma Kirby, Myra Hamilton, John MacArtney
Research internationally has revealed a range of medical and health-related issues that shape care at the end of life for people living in residential aged care facilities (RACFs), their families and the staff who care for them. Yet, less is known about the lived experiences of residents, and the broader socio-cultural, emotional and relational factors that shape experiences of dying within such settings
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Intrinsic post-retirement work motivation in formal Chilean workers at retirement age: a qualitative study Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Milda Galkutė, M. Soledad Herrera
The unstable employment trajectories and low wages of Chilean workers mean that the amount of savings accrued in pension funds are often insufficient to cope with the high costs of living in the country, compelling many older adults to remain in the labour market. Although financial need seems to be an important reason for post-retirement work in Chile, a national survey revealed that a majority of
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Participation, autonomy and control are shared concepts within older people's interpretations of independence: a qualitative interview study Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Emily Taylor, Julia Frost, Susan Ball, Andrew Clegg, Lesley Brown, Victoria A. Goodwin
To date, support for independence in older people has been largely focused on achieving practice- and policy-orientated goals such as maintenance of function, remaining in one's own home and reducing the impact of receiving care. Uncertainty about what independence means to older people means that these goals may not align with what matters and should be considered for a more person-centred approach
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‘I'm a fighter and I do not give up’ – Socially isolated older adults' experiences with meaning in life Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Anja Machielse
Positively experienced relationships with family, partners and friends are the most important source of meaning in life for older persons. At the same time, Western countries are confronted with a growing number of socially isolated older adults who lack those relationships. This study aims to explore whether and how older adults who live in social isolation experience meaning in life. Data were collected
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Who receives most? Gendered consequences of divorce on public pension income in West Germany and Sweden Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Sarah Schmauk, Linda Kridahl
Sweden and West Germany have had persistently high divorce rates in recent decades, but these two welfare states were differently equipped to mitigate the economic consequences of divorce for individual security in old age: Sweden followed a gender-equal policy approach to enable women and men to achieve economic autonomy, while West Germany, following the male-breadwinner model, introduced the system
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Family carers’ experiences of care home visiting restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a relational autonomy perspective Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Josie Dixon, Edmund Stubbs
Care home residents were vulnerable to severe effects from Covid-19 infection and experienced high mortality, especially early in the pandemic. In response, many countries introduced visiting restrictions to limit transmission. These often proved extensive and prolonged, drawing fresh attention to issues of autonomy and human rights in long-term care. We conducted in-depth interviews with 27 family
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The third age interrupted: experiences of living in a retirement village during the first year of COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Andrew Simon Gilbert, Stephanie M. Garratt, Joan Ostaszkiewicz, Frances Batchelor, Bianca Brijnath, Christa Dang, Briony Dow, Anita M. Y. Goh
The COVID-19 pandemic in Australia has profoundly affected older adults, particularly in the state of Victoria, which experienced strict lockdown restrictions six times since the pandemic began in 2020; totalling 245 days over three years. This study explored the experiences of older adults living in retirement villages during the first three lockdowns in Victoria from March 2020 to February 2021.
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What it means to be poor: dimensions of economic hardship among older people living in poverty across Europe Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Liisa-Maria Palomäki, Aart-Jan Riekhoff, Kati Kuitto
There is a lack of comparative and quantitative research on how poverty manifests itself in the economic wellbeing of older people across European countries. In this study, we focus in on two central dimensions of economic wellbeing: the ability to pay for usual expenses and unexpected expenses. Our aim is to find out how often older people living at risk of poverty experience hardship on these dimensions
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Coping with COVID-19 lockdown: a qualitative study of older adults in alcohol treatment Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Paulina Trevena, Jennifer Seddon, Lawrie Elliott, Sarah Wadd, Maureen Dutton
The COVID-19 global pandemic had a major impact on older people's mental health and resulted in changes in alcohol use, with more older adults increasing than decreasing consumption levels among the general population. So far, no studies have focused on older people who were already experiencing problem alcohol use. This qualitative research is the first to provide a nuanced understanding of changes
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Older people enacting resilience in stories about living alone and receiving home care Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Kristin S. Voie, Janine Wiles, Bodil H. Blix, Margrethe Kristiansen, Ann Karin Helgesen, Kjersti Sunde Mæhre
Although older people who live alone might be in a vulnerable situation, they have often managed their everyday life for a long time, frequently with health challenges. In this article, we explore how nine older persons who live alone, who receive home care and are identified by home care professionals as being frail, manage their everyday lives by inquiring into their stories about living alone and
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Finding a balance: resilience in older adults after depression in later life Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Lieneke Glas, Didi Rhebergen, Guy Widdershoven, Martijn Huisman, Almar A. L. Kok
Older adults who have had a major depressive disorder (MDD) have a high risk of relapse. Although risk factors for depression have been researched extensively, less is known about protective factors, and what experiences might strengthen subsequent resilience and help to prevent relapse. Therefore, this qualitative study explored factors of resilience in older adults who recovered from MDD and did
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The impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on care-givers of people with cognitive impairment and their support needs: a mixed-methods systematic review Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Loretta Baldassar, Thi Ngoc Minh Nguyen, Bronte Jones, Catriona Stevens, Lukasz Krzyzowski, Silvia Lozeva, Simone Marino, Maria Greta Carleze Du Plooy, Johanne Eldridge, Osvaldo P. Almeida, Manonita Ghosh
The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing restrictions/lockdowns have caused significant physical and psychological consequences for people with cognitive impairment who are heavily dependent on their care-givers. However, little is known about the impact on care-givers, the factors that exacerbate their situation and what supports they need. The aims of this paper are threefold: (a) to examine the impact
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Coping strategies for increased wellbeing and mental health among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic – a Swedish qualitative study Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Linda Beckman, Johanna Gustavsson
Older adults were particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic, necessitating significant efforts to avoid contamination. This extraordinary situation posed an increased risk of mental pressure, and the ability to handle stressful situations is affected by several aspects. Therefore, this study aims to explore the coping strategies employed by older adults during the early months of the COVID-19
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Life stories from lonely older adults: the role of precipitating events and coping strategies throughout the lifecourse Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Lise Switsers, Hannelore Stegen, Eva Dierckx, Leen Heylen, Sarah Dury, Liesbeth De Donder
Previous research has highlighted the importance of past life experiences in the theoretical and conceptual understanding of loneliness. However, adding a lifecourse perspective to loneliness research remains underexplored. To comprehend the complexity of loneliness in old age, it is crucial to pay attention to the lifecourse perspective. This study addresses an important lifecourse perspective on
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Experiences of age-related declining navigation abilities and impact on use of outdoor environments: a qualitative study of young-old adults with self-reported memory difficulties Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Michelle Heward, Ben Hicks, Brooke Hedges, Rebecca Gaden, Jan M. Wiener
Laboratory-based experiments show ageing negatively impacts navigation abilities, yet a paucity of research explores lived experience. This exploratory study examined young-old adults' experiences of declining navigation abilities during 16 semi-structured telephone interviews. Findings reveal: (a) ‘Behavioural drivers’ that underpinned the participants' experiences and actions when engaging with their
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A narrative inquiry into how oldest-old care-givers of people with dementia manage age-related care-giving challenges Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Ifah Arbel, Jill I. Cameron, Barry Trentham, Deirdre R. Dawson
Oldest-old (age 80+) spousal care-givers of people with dementia experience unique challenges and concerns that they attribute to age and/or ageing, including difficulties providing care because of physical, cognitive or sensory decline; having fewer friends who can provide practical support; and having less energy for non-care-giving activities (e.g. leisure activities, self-care). Previous research
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Care home co-worker relationships: a key ingredient for care home quality Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Kirsty Haunch, Karen Spilsbury
The relationships that care home staff have with their co-workers are a key influence on the way they feel about their work and how they perform in their roles. This has a direct influence on quality of care and life as experienced by residents. However, care home providers face a challenge to promote co-worker relationships because: (a) the care home workforce often lack human resource oversight;
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What is helpful in everyday living with dementia at home? Learning from families’ diverse scenarios Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Margrét Guðnadóttir, Christine Ceci, Marit Kirkevold, Jón Snædal, Kristín Björnsdóttir
As the population ages and the prevalence of dementia increases, caring for a relative living at home with dementia has become a reality for many families worldwide. Studies have shown that families are confronted with diverse difficulties as they try to address the challenges involved in providing care. By understanding how they manage daily life, formal service providers become better equipped to
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Ageing in place with non-medical home support services need not translate into dependence Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Kaitlyn Kuryk, Laura M. Funk, Grace Warner, Marilyn Macdonald, Michelle Lobchuk, Julie Rempel, Lauren Spring, Janice Keefe
Older adults who age at home independently are often celebrated as having anticipated and planned for their care needs in the later stages of life, whereas those who receive assistance from home support services are often stigmatised as dependent and characterised as a ‘drain on the system’. However, this thematic analysis of interview data from 12 home care clients in two Canadian provinces offers
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The complexities of implementing an LGBT inclusion scheme in residential care: sharing knowledge, overcoming opposition and producing in- and exclusion Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Roos Pijpers, Krystel Honsbeek
A growing number of organisations in residential care for older people are working towards safe and inclusive environments for LGBT residents. In the Netherlands, these efforts are supported by an LGBT inclusion scheme called ‘Pink Passkey’. Drawing on critical organisational diversity studies, the paper understands inclusion as ‘accomplished’ in interactions across difference, and as always inherently
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Experiences of COVID-19 lockdown among older people in Aotearoa: idyllic or dystopian? Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Mary Breheny, Christine Stephens
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted concern about the wellbeing of older people, however, there have also been accounts of increased sense of community in response to the disruption of established routines. To explore how older people experienced lockdown in Aotearoa/New Zealand, we analysed 635 written comments on the 2020 wave of the Health, Work and Retirement longitudinal survey of people aged 55–85
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Revisiting the social construction of old age Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Chris Gilleard
The aim of this paper is to review the social constructionist view of age and ageing that emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It begins with a general consideration of social constructionism as an epistemological framing of the world, before turning to its use in social gerontology. It considers two distinct social constructionist approaches treating later life as a social reality: (a) as a
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The role of uncertainty in planning for self-funded social care for older people with a diagnosis of dementia Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Kate Baxter, Kate Gridley, Yvonne Birks
This paper considers how a diagnosis of dementia affects people's planning for future social care needs and associated costs. It addresses the gap in knowledge about how people recently diagnosed with dementia, and their family carers, engage with planning for social care needs that are uncertain in timing and scale. The paper also considers people's attitudes to planning for care that they may need
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Widowhood and functional impairment: gender-specific trajectories of sensory and masticatory functions Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Kyungeun Song, Jinho Kim
Despite a large body of research on the effects of widowhood on health, little is known about whether spousal loss is related to functional impairment in widowed persons. This study examines the trajectories of functional impairment (sensory and masticatory functions) before and after spousal loss. This study also investigates whether the temporal changes in functional impairment of widowed people
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The meaning of home when you don't live there anymore: Using body mapping with people with dementia in care homes Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Louisa Smith, Chantel Carr, Isabelle Chesher, Lyn Phillipson
The significance of home is broadly recognised as representing selfhood, safety and autonomy. For older people, especially those with dementia, the ability to age in place at home can be threatened by a necessary move into a care home. Home has heightened importance for people with dementia. We know most people want to stay in their own homes, but there is limited research which explores what home
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Labour force transitions and changes in quality of life at age 50–55 years: evidence from a birth cohort study Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Paul Watts, Mel Bartley, David Blane, Gopalakrishnan Netuveli
In the context of an ageing population and longer working lives, the impact of increasing rates of early exit from the labour force on quality of life is a particularly current concern. However, relatively little is known about the impact on quality of life of later-life labour force transitions and various forms of early exit from the labour force, compared to remaining in employment. This paper examines
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The faceless and vulnerable other – the visual portrayal of older people on German online news sites within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Janina Myrczik, Clemens Schwender, Annette Franke, Eva-Marie Kessler
Recent studies provide evidence that the coverage of older people's issues in the mass media during the COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by a (re-)emergence of negative stereotypes surrounding the question of age. However, these studies primarily relied on written materials. As visual imagery has the power to attract greater attention than words, this study set out to investigate the visual portrayal
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Routes to healthy ageing: the role of lifecourse patterns Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Roberta Papa, Stefani Scherer
Healthy ageing is a dynamic process, but only a few studies use a longitudinal perspective to investigate the routes to healthy ageing and rarely do so in comparative perspective. This study adopts a holistic multi-domain approach in order to investigate the importance of lifecourse patterns for healthy ageing in Europe, as measured by the Global Activity Limitation Indicator (GALI) and using seven
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The (im)mobilities of COVID-19 in later life: burning and building generational bridges Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Penny Tinkler, Laura Fenton, Luciana Lang
The COVID-19 pandemic foregrounded a numerical conception of age. Many of the targets of proposals to introduce age-specific restrictions are members of the ‘baby boomer’ generation, a generation that is widely recognised as having a youthful approach to ageing. Attending to arguments that baby boomers are a ‘bridging’ generation – i.e. they share cultural orientations with both preceding and succeeding
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Masculinity, poverty and body image among older men in Tanzania: connecting intersectionality and Bourdieu's theory of practice Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Sylivia Karen Rutagumirwa, Ajay Bailey
Until now, the body image literature has largely ignored older men. In particular, little is known about how older men perceive and experience their ageing bodies, despite the importance of the body to men's practice of masculinity and their position within gendered hierarchies. Addressing this gap in the research, we conducted 15 in-depth interviews and ten focus group discussions (N = 60) with older
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Widows and the termination of the gender contract Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-04 Shlomit Manor
Widowhood is often described through stereotypes and images of passive, weak, lonely and dependent women. This study presents additional aspects of widows who have chosen to continue their lives without a new spouse. It thus joins the recently growing body of knowledge which presents widowhood in a less one-dimensional way while referring to the complexity and different layers of widows' lives. A qualitative
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From an existential-humanistic perspective: examining factors contributing to purpose in life among artistically inclined individuals from middle to later life Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Ying-Yi Patricia Chou
Purpose in life has been found to decline from middle to later life in several ageing studies. Because the decline has negative impacts on health-related outcomes, it is important to identify factors contributing to purpose in life to enhance wellbeing among the ageing population. This study first examined the role of subjective social economic status (SSES) in the relationship between age and purpose
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‘I can still drive a car.’ Self-presentation in later life and the symbolic value of driving Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Tóra Róin, Maria Skaalum Petersen, Ása Róin
This qualitative study draws attention to the symbolic value of driving or having a valid driver's licence among older adults as part of their impression management. While several studies have focused on driving behaviour, safety, risk factors and not least the consequences of driving cessation, the present study from the Faroe Islands contributes to the body of knowledge concerning older adults and
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‘They've probably had those animals for years – they are like family’: accommodating pets in care homes and their contribution to creating a sense of ‘home’ Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Michael Toze, Mo Ray, Marie Fox
Companion animals, or ‘pets’, are integral to many people's lives and to their sense of home. However, older people living with companion animals are vulnerable to separation from their animals when moving to a care home. Such separation is often a highly significant loss which, combined with other losses, may reinforce experiences of dislocation. Existing research draws attention to the importance
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‘Brainwork practices’: responsibilisation of dementia prevention in Australian aged care discourse Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Kristina Chelberg
Successful ageing continues to be a key theme in contemporary ageing discourses, where good physical and cognitive health in older age is an individualised responsibility. This paper explores how Australian aged care stakeholder discourse contributes to constructions of self-responsibility for brain health and dementia prevention in older persons. Brain health advice messages about diet, exercise and
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Uncoupling in the third age – the importance of the existential context for late-life divorce Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Torbjörn Bildtgård, Peter Öberg
Late-life divorce is increasingly common in many Western countries, however, studies on this transition remain scarce. The purpose of this article is to study attributed reasons for late-life divorce, and if any life phase-typical aspects can be identified in these attributions. Qualitative interviews were carried out with Swedish men and women aged 62–82, who after the age of 60 had divorced from
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Constructing ‘Otherness’ in the neighbourhood: que(e)rying older adults' experiences of and talk about socio-cultural change Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Jami McFarland, Carri Hand, Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Colleen McGrath, Katherine Stewart
Drawing from 108 qualitative interviews with 38 participants from an ethnographic study investigating older adults' experiences of inclusion and exclusion in two increasingly socio-economically diverse neighbourhoods, this paper employs a queer approach to identify how older adults construct and narrate socio-cultural change in the neighbourhood, as well as complicate simplistic binary understandings
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Life-course generational placements and health and wellbeing in later life Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Bettina Hünteler, Karsten Hank
Previous research has demonstrated that family transitions, specifically births and deaths of preceding and following generations within families, are associated with individuals' later-life wellbeing and health. However, lifecourse, family systems and role theories suggest that this relationship might be complex because, as individuals age, they can experience multiple such events and their effects
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Shifting perspectives: outlooks on ageing in place in the COVID-19 era Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Valerie Greer, Sarah L. Canham, Andy Hong, Natalie Caylor, Jessica Van Natter
Given the significant impact the pandemic has had on the lives of older adults, research is needed to understand how conceptions of ageing in place and attitudes about living independently may have shifted during a time marked by significant environmental change. There is a gap in knowledge about how older adults characterise positive support for ageing in place in response to rapid changes in physical
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Framing dementia care in families with a migration background: an analysis of practitioners' and family carers' views and experiences Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-05-26 Menal Ahmad, Sawitri Saharso, Evelien Tonkens
Little is known regarding the ways in which practitioners' views and approaches impact support for persons with a migration background (PwM) caring for individuals with dementia. This paper responds to this knowledge gap by identifying how practitioners frame dementia care in families with a migration background, and how these frames can be understood in light of the experiences of PwM caring for a
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Elders' perspectives and priorities for ageing well in a remote Aboriginal community Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Ruth McCausland, Sacha Kendall Jamieson, Virginia Robinson, Wendy Spencer, Peta MacGillivray, Melanie Andersen
Aboriginal Elders in Australia are recognised as having an important role as community leaders and cultural knowledge holders. However, the effects of colonisation and institutional racism mean Elders also experience significant social and economic disadvantage and poor health outcomes. There has been a systemic lack of attention to the worldviews and priorities of Aboriginal people as they age. In
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Evidence for the external validity of the Consumer Choice Index Six Dimension (CCI-6D) for people living in residential aged care with dementia Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Rachel Kathleen Milte, Agathe Daria Jadczak, Renuka Visvanathan, Julie Ratcliffe
The large proportion of people living in residential aged care services with dementia necessitates that any instrument used to measure quality of care is meaningful and practical to be completed by this group. This study assessed the external validity of using the Consumer Choice Index Six Dimension (CCI-6D) instrument to assess quality of care in a large sample of people living in residential aged
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Why care? How filial responsibility norms and relationship quality matter for subsequent provision of care to ageing parents Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Hanna Vangen, Katharina Herlofson
How to meet the demands of long-term care is a pressing issue in ageing societies. In most countries, care systems depend on the capability and willingness of family members to fill the gap between existing needs and formal service provision. Understanding the motivations of adult children to engage in parent care is, therefore, of central importance. The existing research literature offers different
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The intergenerational transmission of filial norms and children's provision of long-term care to parents Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-05-12 Freya Diederich, Hans-Helmut König, Christian Brettschneider
In the light of an increasing future demand for long-term care services in ageing societies, families' provision for current and future long-term care needs has been subject to debate. Within this context, there is little discussion about parents' incentives to socialise their children to their own traits to achieve a desired child behaviour. Our study contributes to the literature by analysing to
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Enacting citizenship through writing: an analysis of a diary written by a man with Alzheimer's disease Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Ann Therese Lotherington, Aud Uhlen Obstfelder
Citizenship and dementia studies have, during the last 15 years, grown into a substantial body of research recognising the experiences and agentic powers of people living with dementia. This article aims to contribute to and extend this research field. We undertake the aim through a feminist posthumanist non-representational analysis of a diary written by a man with Alzheimer's disease to explore the
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What works in co-producing assistive technology solutions with older people: a scoping review of the evidence Ageing & Society (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Steve Rolfe, Vikki McCall, Grant Gibson, Angela Pusram, Jane Robertson
Assistive technology for older people promises much, but the research evidence suggests that it delivers little. One hypothesis to explain the lack of positive impact is that assistive technology is often implemented with little involvement of older people or other stakeholders, such as family members or care staff. The suggestion is that co-production may ensure that assistive technology solutions