Pub Date : 2019-08-01DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X18000156
Barbara Mikołajczyk
Over the next 30 years, the number of people aged over 65 will exceed the number of children worldwide. Moreover, people at extreme old age will constitute a significant group of older adults. Undoubtedly, global ageing appears as a great challenge to the whole international community in relation to the protection of rights of older persons, including their right to health. The last one is recognised on international forums as one of the most current and complex issues. Therefore, in this paper, I discuss how the right of older adults to health is protected by international norms, and identify trends and perspectives for implementing this right effectively. Examining the degree of protection, I analyse existing international instruments and their interpretation provided by international bodies. I consider that the new international developments should fill in the existing loophole in international law and oblige States to focus on elimination of ageism, age discrimination in access to health care and various barriers to enjoying the right to health by older persons.
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Pub Date : 2018-10-04DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x18001046
Caroline Emmer DE ALBUQUERQUE GREEN
making such a statement. Nussbaum’s essays appear to be more informed than Levmore’s; however, they still suffer from a lack of a grounded understanding of ageing. A brief read-through of some of Laura Carstensen’s research, for instance, might have shed some light on meaningful ageing. Levmore’s essays were more problematic; and a basic look at, for example, the critical work of Christopher Philipson and/or Debora Price might have shifted Levmore’s reliance on his ‘intuition’ (a word he used repeatedly) and grounded his work in informed self-knowledge. That said, some of the essays where Nussbaum employs a philosophical basis for understanding are fascinating. Her essays on age and friendship, and her human capabilities approach are thought provoking. The ‘aging and human capabilities’ list (p. ) is a social justice map that addresses inequalities within an ageing demographic. Nussbaum’s discussion of altruism is engaging but does suffer from a brief and somewhat confusing section where she discusses death and fear. She conflates fear of death on the battlefield with mortality and ageing. Again, an informed view of some of the more recent work on death (Tony Walter, the Death Cafes or my own writing) would have been useful. Levmore’s suggestions for strengthening the American social security system are equally important. The restructuring, he suggests, would go some way in redressing the economic inequity many ageing people currently experience within American society. It is here where the authors really shine. As a reader, I had hoped to find such cogent arguments and information in each section of the book. That said, there are arresting nuggets throughout the book – the critique of de Beauvoir, calls for humility and humour when it comes to one’s outlook on ageing, questions about the orthodoxy of dividing inheritance equally and their interesting take on ageing romance are examples of areas that the authors touched on that caught my attention. Though the authors write in a readable, accessible style that will speak well to a general audience, Nussbaum and Levmore repeat the sad and, frankly, depressing narrative of age as somehow a time of unremitting loss or a ‘second childhood’. Unfortunately, Aging Thoughtfully is not a book that provides a rich and wide-ranging narrative as a starting point for informed meaningful conversations.
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Pub Date : 2018-09-24DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X18001241
José Manuel Sousa de São José
Abstract This article examines how care encounters at the elders’ homes are forged, and how the way these encounters are forged avoids or evokes the social imaginary of the fourth age. Data were gathered in Portugal from elders receiving home care (16 cases), their care workers (eight cases) and family carers (six cases), through participant observation and informal conversations (conducted at the elders’ homes), as well as focus groups. The collected data were analysed according to the procedures of Framework Analysis. This study found five forms of care encounters – marked by conflict, infantilisation, burden, harmony and indifference – the harmony form being the only one found to maintain the fourth age at a distance. It concludes that home care has a Janus-like nature in relation to the fourth age, and that the way home care encounters are forged depends on the conditions of the care settings and the actions of all participants in care encounters. It also concludes that it is difficult to maintain the social imaginary of the fourth age at a distance when the elders exhibit high levels of infirmity. Finally, it concludes that family carers play a crucial role in the way care encounters unfold. Implications for practice and policy include vocational training regarding the relational component of care, and information and educational programmes for family carers.
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Pub Date : 2018-09-05DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X18001149
J. Wels
Abstract For about 20 years, Belgium has successfully implemented working-time reduction policies for the older workforce. However, the impact of such policies on health has not been explored yet. Using longitudinal data from Waves 5 and 6 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) (N = 1,498), the paper assesses whether working-time reduction in late career is associated with a change in self-perceived health, depression (EURO-D) and quality of life (CASP-12). For that purpose, ordered logit and ordinary least squares regressions are performed, using four different models for defining working-time reductions. Results show that people reducing working time with or without additional social benefits tend to have a poorer self-perceived health at follow-up compared with people keeping the same or increasing working time. By comparison, people moving to retirement are more likely to present a better self-perceived health, depression level and quality of life compared to people increasing or keeping the same working-time level. Although, introducing an interaction effect, the paper shows that the change in quality of life for respondents reducing working hours in addition to social benefits tends to be less negative for those who wished to retire early at baseline than for those who did not.
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Pub Date : 2018-06-01DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X17000745).
R. Shaw, H. Gwyther, Carol Holland, Maria Bujnowska, D. Kurpas, A. Cano, M. Marcucci, S. Riva, B. D'avanzo
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Pub Date : 2018-04-25DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X18000417
Malene NØRSKOV BØDKER
ABSTRACT In the face of population ageing, Western health-care systems are currently demonstrating an immense interest in mobilising older people's potentials. With this agenda in mind, several countries have introduced reablement: a type of home care aimed at mobilising older people's potentials for independence by means of short-term training programmes. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Denmark's home care sector, this paper explores how elder-care professionals translate the abstract notion of ‘potentiality’ into practice. Theoretically, the paper draws on Annemarie Mol's term ‘logic of care’. I demonstrate that professionals draw on two co-existing logics of care: a logic of reablement encapsulating ideals of successful ageing and life-long development; and a logic of retirement, which in contrast allows people at the end of life to retreat and engage in enjoyable activities. Professionals manage to balance these logics in order to live up to policy obligations while at the same time complying with moral standards of good care. However, very little is achieved in terms of increased independence. I argue that by narrowly focusing on bodily and quantifiable potentials, the ‘potentiality paradigm’ holds the risk of deeming older people to lack potential. In conclusion, I therefore encourage a more inclusive approach to elder-care and ageing that recognises the complexities of ageing, including older people's potentials for retreat and leisure.
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Pub Date : 2018-02-01DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X17001271
D. Bielby
adequate or secure tenure underpins every decision, action and worry. For example, weighing up a Aus $. bus fare against a loaf of bread (p. ) demonstrates that the choices people have are really no choice at all when it comes to living a decent life. The book has ten chapters. The first two covering an introduction to housing tenure and an ageing society, the private rental market and the policy issues related to older Australians. The third introduces the capacity to pay for accommodation on the Age Pension. Chapter investigates shopping – a major activity for older Australians. Purchasing power is closely linked the ability to live a decent life. Chapter examines how financial limitations affect day-to-day living, such as paying for electricity to heat the home in winter. Chapter looks at social ties and leisure activities; and the impact of housing tenure and limited finances on health are covered in Chapter . Chapter returns to the private rental market and reveals the potential for eviction due to the pending sale of the property. With recent policy shifts, public housing tenants now worry that their home will be targeted for urban renewal and fear they will be forced to move from their established community. The theme is continued in Chapter by discussing the increasing residualisation of social housing and its implications for older tenants. Chapter concludes by asking where to from here? The discussion reviews the previous chapters and provides a final comparison between the three groups in the study: outright home-owners, renters in the private market and renters in public or social housing. The methodology is covered in the appendices. Endnotes, references and an index are also provided. For those who work in the community sector, particularly in housing or ageing advocacy services, the book provides few, if any, new revelations. It does, however, document this knowledge using the words and experiences of older Australians. The book gives voice to these experiences, brings to life the issues, and adds emphasis to the demands for policy change by housing and ageing advocacy groups.
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Pub Date : 2018-01-01DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X17001209
M. V. Kutzleben
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Pub Date : 2017-04-01DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X16001574
Gemma M Carney
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Pub Date : 2017-03-23DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X17000022
Eleanor M. M. Davies, B. Heijden, John Stephenson
The changing retirement landscape calls on employers to develop practices that respond to individuals’ retirement needs. Line managers are a key stakeholder in managing retirement and this study focuses on how they respond to employee retirement scenarios. This empirical work examines manager openness to involvement in retirement, focusing on three sets of explanatory variables: manager psycho-social characteristics (experience of managing older workers, intention to work past 65), their decision-making environment (influence, discretion and decision-making support) and older employee situational factors (performance, ease of replacement, retirement affect and attitude to work). Data were collected from 129 managers in the United Kingdom's university sector using survey items and a factorial vignette design. The multi-level analysis found support for each category of variables in predicting manager openness to involvement in employee retirement. Managers with more experience of managing older workers were more likely to be open to involvement although managers’ own retirement intentions were not significant as a predictor. Decision-making environment variables were significant predictors of manager openness to involvement. The only older employee situational factor that was associated with manager openness to involvement was employee performance. Practically, organisations need to recognise the potential influence that managers have on employee retirement decisions and this study's findings show that managers may need training to help them understand their own role in supporting older employee retirement.
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