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Being old, old people and the burdens of burden
- Author:
- WARNES Anthony M.
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 13(3), September 1993, pp.297-338.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
'Burden' is today often applied to elderly people in two senses, for the fiscal load of income support and health and social care costs, and for notions and scales of care-giving effort and stress. It does not, however convey straightforward meanings for its understanding is affected by two millennia of metaphorical and rhetorical usage. The use of burden tends to simplify relationships, whether between age-groups of a population or between a carer and an elderly person, and it communicates senses of a nuisance and an excessive charge. Portentous implications are invoked from biblical senses and derogatory overtones are strengthened by association, earlier this century, with racial stereotyping. An etymological survey reveals many sources of the word's versatility and rhetorical power. Important extensions of usage towards the two contemporary gerontological applications are then studied. A bibliometric examination of the surge in the word's social science use since the early 1980s is undertaken, and the paper concludes with a discussion of current usage as evidence of current attitudes towards, and constructions of, old age on the part of politicians and policy analysts.
Ageism - its effects on services
- Author:
- BOUNDS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Elders the Journal of Care and Practice, 2(3), August 1993, pp.29-36.
Discusses ageism in residential homes for older people and the way it might effect how services are provided.
Some thoughts on visits to old people's homes
- Author:
- LEWIS Marian
- Journal article citation:
- Elders the Journal of Care and Practice, 2(3), August 1993, pp.11-15.
Tells of the authors thoughts after having entertained at old people's homes in London and Suffolk.
Understanding ageing: images, attitudes and professional practice
- Author:
- BIGGS Simon
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 195p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Integrates psychodynamic and social perspectives to provide new insights into how old age is imagined, defined and experienced. Includes chapters on: the role of analytical psychology; self-perception and older age; body, time and image; intergenerational communication; power and oppression; community care; and residential care.
Working with elderly survivors of child sexual abuse
- Author:
- NICHOL Jenny
- Publisher:
- University of East Anglia
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 56p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
Presents a historical overview of child sexual abuse, and goes on to examine some of the issues relating to the long-term effects, treatment and counselling of older adult survivors of child sexual abuse. The effects of ageism on therapy, sexuality and feminism are also examined.
Older people and equal citizenship: an agenda for local authorities
- Author:
- WILLIS Martin
- Publisher:
- Local Government Management Board
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 41p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Luton
Paper offering ideas to local authorities on combating ageism and bringing the generations together. Looks at service provision and sets out an agenda for improvements for managers and councillors.
Good practice in equal opportunities
- Authors:
- GILROY Rose, MARVIN Simon
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 164p.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot