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Constructing ageing and age identities: a case study of newspaper discourses
- Authors:
- FEALY Gerard, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 32(1), January 2012, pp.85-102.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This study investigated ageing and age identities in newspapers in Ireland. Two hundred and twenty seven newspaper article concerned with welfare provision for older people were subjected to discourse analysis. Findings revealed that the use of phrases to name and reference older people positioned them as a distinct demographic group and ageism was discernible in texts that deployed collective names like ‘grannies and grandads’ and ‘little old ladies’. Five distinct identity types were available in the texts, variously constructing older people as victims; frail, infirm and vulnerable; radicalised citizens; deserving old; and undeserving old. The discourses analysed placed older people outside mainstream Irish society. The idea that older people might be healthy, self-reliant and capable of autonomous living was largely absent in the discourses. The authors concluded that newspapers revealed social constructions of ageing and age identity that had consequences for the way that society behaves towards older people.
Views and perceptions of older Irish people
- Author:
- LARRAGY Joe
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 27(3), September 1993, pp.235-247.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports on a survey of older Irish people and their views on housing, dependency, social contact, health and service provision. One of a series of companion studies.
Care provision and cost measurement: dependent elderly people at home and in geriatric hospitals
- Authors:
- BLACKWELL John, et al
- Publisher:
- Economic and Social Research Institute
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 252p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Dublin
Study comparing the costs of caring for older people in Ireland in the community and in long-stay institutions. Looks in particular at how costs change as dependency levels change.