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The changing roles of ritual in later life
- Authors:
- BRILLER Sherylyn, SANKAR Andrea
- Journal article citation:
- Generations, 35(3), 2011, pp.6-10.
- Publisher:
- American Society on Aging
Ritual can give meaning to significant features that characterise contemporary old age, and helps older adults and families face challenges. This introductory article to the Fall 2011 Generations gives an overview of the issue's articles, which show how ritual is important and why it is beneficial for those who work with elders to understand ritual's role in structuring social life throughout the life course. By examining different kinds of ceremonial and daily activities, the article explores how ritual involves repetitive and symbolic actions, patterned behaviour, religious and secular life, and extraordinary and ordinary parts of older adults' lives.
Considerably better than the alternative: positive aspects of getting older
- Author:
- GARNER Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 10(1), March 2009, pp.5-8.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Older people tend to be viewed negatively as being needy, dependent and frail. These assumptions may be reinforced by policies that focus on the consequences of physical and mental decline. This paper argues for a more balanced and positive view. The wisdom and experience of older people is a vital resource for UK society.
Well connected
- Author:
- McCORMACK Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.06.07, 2007, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author reports on the Disconnected Mind project. The project is building on the Mental Health Survey, and an IQ test taken in 1947 by every child in Scotland born in 1936. For the project, 1,091 of the original participants were traced and agreed to re-sit the tests. The findings are now being complied on the role of diet, exercise, lifestyle and genetics have on our mental abilities as we age.
A pastoral understanding of positive aging
- Author:
- SEICOL Samuel R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 45(3), 2005, pp.293-300.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Positive aging may be more dependent on spiritual well-being than physical capacity. Awareness of spiritual process in relationship to positive aging also offers counselling additional challenges and opportunities, including: a balanced perspective on life issues, a sense of humour, counter-factual thinking, internal strengths, and resources for growing through life losses and crises, and compensation skills that focus on current capacity and chosen pathways rather than dwelling on lost abilities.
Old and young in Japan
- Author:
- DIX Jacqueline
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 8(4), December 2004, pp.33-34.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Reports on experiences of intergenerational work in Japan, concluding it is developing around positive ageing. The World Health Organization says Japan has the fittest and healthiest older population. Describes the Wonderful Ageing Club, which encourages and supports older people in social activities.
Determinants of stability and changes in self-reported Work disability among older working-age populations
- Author:
- CHOI Namkee G.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 15(1), 2003, pp.11-31.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Data from the Health and Retirement Study, 1992-1994, were used to analyse: the prevalence and incidence of self-reported work disability among older working-age populations over a two-year period, and the effect of the stability/changes in physical and functional health conditions, controlling for socioeconomic and occupational characteristics, on the stability/changes in self-reported work ability/disability. Findings show a high rate of transitions into and out of work-disabled status over the two-year period. Findings also show that, although objective physical and functional health problems and low self-ratings of health at wave 1 were significant determinants of self-reported work disability at wave 1, most subsequent changes in objective physical and functional health conditions over the two-year period were not significantly associated with the changes in self-report of work disability between wave 1 and wave 2. Especially, improved health conditions were not significantly associated with regained work ability between the two waves. Of the demographic variables, female gender significantly increased the likelihood of reporting work disability at wave 2, and being Black or Hispanic significantly decreased the likelihood of reporting regained work ability at wave 2. Research and policy implications of the findings are discussed. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Social age-cohort control: a theory
- Author:
- LITTLER Geraldine
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 7(3), September 1997, pp.11-13.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Discusses the theory of 'social age-cohorts' which includes chronological age, the sociological structuring of individuals lives, how age-related expectations create opportunities as well as constraints for cohort members, and how the social boundaries of age are enforced by both formal laws and social sanctions.
Research as a public enterprise: social science data on ageing in the public domain
- Author:
- MADDOX George L.
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 17(3), May 1997, pp.323-335.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Looks at how a revolution is occurring in information exchange among gerontologists worldwide. For research investigators the increasingly easy accessibility of public use datasets promises to facilitate both research training and useful exchange of evidence. A brief history of the development of public use datasets for research in ageing is provided, and datasets of particular interest
Theoretical developments in the psychology of aging
- Author:
- SCHROOTS Johannes J.F.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 36(6), December 1996, pp.742-748.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Presents a summary overview of the most distinctive psychological theories of aging since World War II. The overview ends with an outlook on psychogerontological theorizing.
'Helping not hurting': horizontal care and learning to peer care in prison
- Author:
- STEWART Warren
- Journal article citation:
- Ethics and Social Welfare, 16(1), 2022, pp.90-105.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Abingdon
... to new understandings that can mitigate the effects of an increasingly ageing and infirm population, by developing the amount and quality of peer caregiving. Data were collected using mixed qualitative methods, namely, participant observation and interview. Prisoner peer caregiving is identified as a relatively new discourse and practice that is in tension with better established discourses (Edited publisher abstract)