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A framework for understanding old-age vulnerabilities
- Authors:
- SCHRÖDER-BUTTERFILL Elizabeth, MARIANTI Ruly
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 26(1), January 2006, pp.9-35.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article reviews how the concept of vulnerability had been developed in various disciplines. It goes on to develop a framework which captures those aspects of a vulnerability approach which are most relevant to the study of ageing. The article then examines these domains with reference to the research literature on ageing and old age: what might be meant by outcomes, exposure, threats and coping capacities with reference to older people. The article finally 're-assembles' the concept through two examples, one based on work on vulnerability to homelessness in old age in Britain, and the other on vulnerability to a lack of care in old age, which draws on the authors work in Indonesia.