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Agents for change
- Author:
- SHREEVE Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Chronicle, 11.8.00, 2000, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Emap Business
Argues that as the number of older people in communities grows it is time to make use of and encourage the skills they offer.
Seniors as volunteers: an international perspective on policy
- Author:
- BALDOCK Cora Vellekoop
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 19(5), September 1999, pp.581-602.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Describes and contrasts public policies regarding the participation of older people in volunteer work in the countries of the United States, Australia and the Netherlands. Data were collected in 1997-98 through analysis of policy documents and through 50 interviews with researchers, policy makers and volunteer co-ordinators. The study found considerable differences between the three countries in the provision of government policies and programmes for senior volunteering. Concludes that such differences can be explained in the context of the definition of seniors' social participation employed by policy-makers in each country.
Critical perspectives on ageing societies
- Editors:
- BERNARD Miriam, SCHARF Thomas, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 185p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
The book brings together some of the best known international scholars working within a critical gerontology perspective. Together, they review and update understanding of how the field has developed over the last twenty-five years and, through the lens of 'passionate scholarship', provide a challenging assessment of the complex practical and ethical issues facing older people, and those who conduct research on ageing, in the 21st century. The contributions extend the critical gerontological approach conceptually, methodologically and practically. They offer close and scholarly analysis of policies affecting the lives of older people and provide insights into why research is done in particular ways. Special attention is paid to feminist contributions and new approaches to working in partnership with older people; age discrimination and ageism; the impact of neo-liberal policies and the passage of various human rights instruments; the re-medicalisation of later life; the participation of older people in research; and justice between generations.
An age equality duty: the time has come
- Authors:
- HARROP Andrew, SALTMARSHE Ellla
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Government is introducing duties requiring public bodies to promote gender and Disability equality. The time has come for an age "duty" as well which it is alleged, would make a huge difference to the lives of older people. It is claimed that this would mean a move beyond measures to protect individuals from discrimination, by providing a means of restructuring organisations and public policy to promote "genuine equality". And by focusing decision-makers on delivering responsive services, with choice and quality for people of every age, it would be a key tool for public service reform. What is misleadingly called an "equality duty" is actually a requirement that organisations in the public sector have due regard for equality in all aspects of their work, in a manner which involves employees, citizens and service-users alike.
Getting old is not for cowards: comfortable, healthy ageing
- Authors:
- REED Jan, et al
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The project reported on here was commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as a way of exploring different ideas about health for older people, alternatives to medical models that defined health simply as the absence of disease. In these medical models, with their emphasis on physiology and cure, growing old becomes a process of experiencing increasing deficits and problems, and the goals of intervention are to prevent or treat these problems. Much medical research and the resources to support it therefore concentrate on these deficits, and define ‘healthy ageing’ as avoiding or escaping them. Partly in response to this deficit model, a movement has developed which seeks to promote the idea of growing older as positive experience. If services are based on ideas of health that have developed in professional and policy debates, then they run the risk of being, at best, irrelevant to the needs of older people and, at worst, dismissive of their views and damaging to them. Services that are designed to promote health for older people, therefore, need to take into account the ideas and wishes of older people themselves.
Institutional ageism
- Author:
- LEVENSON Ros
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.07.03, 2003, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at work carried out by the King's Fund which suggests that age discrimination in health and social care services are often a question of attitude rather than policy. Discusses a number of principles to tackle age discrimination
Orally positioning persons with dementia in assessment meetings
- Authors:
- OSTERHOLM Johannes H., SAMUELSSON Christina
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 35(2), 2015, pp.367-388.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This study examines how people with dementia are orally positioned by others, and how they position themselves while participating in assessment meetings held in order to discuss access to supportive services. Five assessment meetings were analysed where two older persons (one diagnosed with dementia and one without a dementia diagnosis) participated to investigate whether the person with dementia is positioned differently than the other old person. Interactional phenomena used to position the person with dementia were identified by interactional analysis. Six phenomena positioned the person with dementia as an individual with less interactional competence than the other participants: ignoring the person with dementia; voicing the feelings, capacity or opinion of the person with dementia; posing questions implying lack of competence; others' use of diagnosis; self-(re)positioning; and elderspeak. Persons with dementia are often orally positioned as less competent, indicating that they suffer further from discrimination than other older persons. The authors suggest that this has an impact on the participation of people with dementia in negotiations regarding their future care. The results indicate that social workers should be made aware that negative positioning exists and how it may affect the ability of people with dementia to contribute to discussions about their everyday life. Social workers should be encouraged to find strategies to reduce negative positioning in interaction. (Edited publisher abstract)
Equality and human rights: case study: Age Concern Stockport: the needs of older LGBT people and training aids for statutory sector workers
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Age Concern Stockport started to work with older LGBT people in their area in 2000, in response to reports of discrimination in service provision because of their sexuality and their age, Since then Age Concern Stockport has worked with the PCT, the local authority and Salford University to promote a better understanding of the needs of older LGBT people. This includes healthcare, social care, housing, transport and other services across the public sector. An older people’s LGTB group has written ‘Moving Forward’, a training and resource pack for public sector agencies, published by Salford University in October 2007.
Promoting involvement of older people in shaping policy and practice
- Authors:
- WOOD Christine, WRIGHT Mel
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 15(2), 2011, pp.80-86.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Two case studies from the Northeast of England and London are used to illustrate how older people can be effectively enabled and involved to influence their communities and the services that impact on their lives. Age Concern Durham County created a ten-hour introductory level course called ‘‘The Confident Consumer’’. This includes basic assertiveness skills, advice on how to challenge discrimination, and uses role play to improve communication skills for older people. The case studies have demonstrated that older people do want to be involved and are enthusiastic participants when given the opportunity to use their voice. By reaching out to older people and working actively in partnership with service providers, older people can help to shape their own world.
A tapestry of voices: using elder focus groups to guide applied research practice
- Author:
- STEWART Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 42(1), 2003, pp.77-87.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
One of the more subtle consequences of ageism is the exclusion of older adults from participating in the production of knowledge about issues that concern them. This qualitative study used 15 focus groups as a forum to elicit data about what elders themselves see as relevant and important areas for applied research. In addition to significant data that will be used to guide research initiatives at the Sheridan Elder Research Centre, the value that emerged in the process proved to be the validation of self-determination by elders, a principle fundamental to the Social Work Code of Ethics. This study demonstrates that, if given the opportunity to participate in decision-making about the scope and nature of applied research, older adults will contribute a wealth of rich data. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).