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Gerontological autism: terms of accountability in the cultural study of the category of the Fourth Age
- Author:
- HAZAN Haim
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 31(7), October 2011, pp.1125-1140.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article aims to pose an intellectual challenge to both students and researchers of old age. It suggests that older people are a testimony to the failure to generate a language by which to comprehend cultural phenomena, which has the effect of nullifying any meaningful discourse between researchers and older subjects. The arguments are based on an analysis of the unique position of the very old as an ‘unconstructable other’, as they appear in the relevant discourse relating to older people. The article suggests that cultural standing of that category is set in a symbolic and existential space that prevents communication with its inhabitants. The social processes that lead to this state of absent translation and a deadlock of interpretation are analysed by using examples a longitudinal study of the very old in Israel. In ending, an alternative way of understanding the ageing population is proposed.
Intergenerational practice for a sustainable future: a case study
- Authors:
- BECKER Bettina, SAVILLE Jasmine
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 15(4), 2011, pp.147-152.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper reports on a project which worked with young and older people looking ahead to a more sustainable future and sharing practical skills. The aim was to facilitate exchange between a generation that has lived a more self-reliant way of a life, and a generation whose future is under threat by the current climate crisis. The project involved bringing young and older people together for 3 workshop sessions in each of 2 communities of Pembrokeshire. The workshops were facilitated in a flexible way to respond to the needs of the participants. In one community, the crafts focused on making jewellery, sewing flowers, and knitting, and the other focused on peg loom weaving and bird box making. Feedback from the sessions was overwhelmingly positive. Learning and sharing skills and making things was an enjoyable way for younger and older people to work together. The project was also successful in encouraging the participants to reflect on issues of sustainability.
Promoting intergenerational connectivity in care
- Authors:
- COOK Glenda, BAILEY Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing and Residential Care, 13(12), December 2011, pp.591-593.
- Publisher:
- MA Healthcare Ltd.
- Place of publication:
- London
Intergenerational practice involves contact between different generations and is one approach used to strengthening intergenerational connectivity. A number of different initiatives to help care home residents to continue to have contact with different generations and remain active members of their communities are discussed. A number of ideas for intergenerational practice are also listed.
The importance of older family members in providing social resources and promoting cancer screening in families with a hereditary cancer syndrome
- Authors:
- ASHIDA Sato, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 51(6), December 2011, pp.833-842.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This study investigated the role of older family members in providing social resources within families affected by an inherited susceptibility to cancer. Two hundred and six respondents from 33 families identified 2,051 social relationships. Nineteen per cent of the respondents and 25% of the network members were over 60 years. Younger respondents, 59 years or less, were more likely to nominate older network members as providers of social resources than younger members’ instrumental support, emotional support, help in crisis situation, and dependability when needed. Older members were more likely to be listed as encouragers of colon cancer screening by both younger and older respondents independent of whether support exchange occurred in the relationship. The authors concluded that engaging older family members in health interventions to facilitate screening behaviours younger family members may be beneficial. Older people should be encouraged to facilitate positive social interactions in cancer screening.
Buds and Blossoms
- Author:
- REYNOLDS Becky
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 19(5), September 2011, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
This article highlights the benefits of an intergenerational project based at The Lodges, a care home with 60 older residents in Lancashire, England. Based on personal observations of the positive interaction between residents and visiting children, a play session project was initiated in collaboration with a local Sure Start centre offering services to parents of children under 5. The Thursday sessions last for two hours, attracting 15 to 20 parents and young children and many of the residents, and are very informal in structure. Some resident watch the children play, whilst others become very involved with the activities. The benefits are observed for many hours afterwards, with residents appearing calmer and happier. Other benefits are through education for the parents, who witness the challenging aspects of dementia first hand, and through staff being more likely to invite children to visit.
Exploring generational intelligence as a model for examining the process of intergenerational relationships
- Authors:
- BIGGS Simon, HAAPALA Irja, LOWENSTEIN Ariela
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 31(7), October 2011, pp.1107-1124.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article discusses an emerging model of intergenerational relationships that places oneself in the position of a person of a different age. It examines an experiential approach that draws on sociological thinking on generational consciousness and on the relationships between conflict, solidarity and ambivalence. The main emphasis is on the processes of generational experience, and a distinction is made between the informational knowledge that is available to social actors and the degree to which it is possible to act intelligently. The latter highlights the steps that would need to be taken to become critically aware of age as a factor in social relations, including the relative ability to recognise one's personal generational distinctiveness, acquiring understanding of the relationship between generations, critical awareness of the value stance being taken toward generational positions, and finally, acting in a manner that is generationally aware. The article concludes with a discussion of how generational relations can be encouraged. Implications for future research into intergenerational relationships is presented.
Stability and change in the intergenerational family: a convoy approach
- Authors:
- ANTONUCCI Toni C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 31(7), October 2011, pp.1084-1106.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This paper describes the factors that influence supportive relations within intergenerational families, beginning with a description of the changing structure of the intergenerational family. It shows how personal characteristics, especially gender, race, age and socio-economic status, and situational characteristics, in particular family structure and intergenerational context, influence support exchanges. These exchanges are described with special attention to the unique circumstances of care-giving in intergenerational families, while also exploring the differences in the quality of intergenerational relations. Positive and negative support exchanges and their influence on wellbeing are discussed. The paper considers the implications of change and stability in intergenerational relationships, and makes recommendations about how best to plan future intergenerational family support. The paper concludes that societies and families with fewer resources must be innovative in meeting the needs of older people as well as those of all family members.
Baby-boomers and the ‘denaturalisation’ of care-giving in Quebec
- Authors:
- GUBERMAN Nancy, LAVOIE Jean-Pierre, OLAZABAL Ignace
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 31(7), October 2011, pp.1141-1158.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This study aimed to understand how modern post-war families interact with old, ill, or disabled family members. Participants included 40 female carers from Montreal, Canada, who were interviewed to discuss their identification with their social generation, their relationship to care-giving, their values regarding care-giving, and the reality of the care-giving they offer. Findings revealed that women no longer identified themselves mainly in terms of family. For most, care-giving was not their only dominant identity – they actively tried to maintain multiple identities, such as worker, wife, mother, friend and social activist, as well as carer. They are also participating in the process of individualisation, leading to the ‘denaturalisation’ of caring. Also, the women called themselves ‘care-givers’ and not simply wives, daughters or mothers, denoting that the work of care-giving no longer falls within the realm of ‘normal’ family responsibilities. The authors concluded that these carers had set limits to their caring commitments, while still adhering to norms of family responsibility for care-giving. Implications for practice are discussed.
Quality of relationships between care recipients and their primary caregivers and its effect on caregivers' burden and satisfaction in Israel
- Author:
- IECOVICH Esther
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 54(6), August 2011, pp.570-591.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The main aim of this study was to examine the connection between care giving burden and care giving satisfaction. Specifically the author hypothesised that there is a negative correlation between these two factors. The author also looked at the extent to which the quality of the relationship between recipient and carer reduces the care giving burden and increases satisfaction. The sample included 335 Israeli dyads of primary caregivers (adult children) and care recipients, all were cognitively intact. Face-to-face interviews were conducted at the respondents' homes using structured questionnaires. No significant correlation between care giving burden and care giving satisfaction was found. The quality of the relationship was the most significant variable in explaining both care giving burden and care giving satisfaction but different sets of additional variables were found to explain each of the outcomes. The author suggests that Interventions should address the quality of relationships in order to reduce the burden and increase care giving satisfaction.
Need and support: determinants of intra-familial financial transfers in Sweden
- Author:
- LENNARTSSON Carin
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 20(1), January 2011, pp.66-74.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Inter-generational financial transfers, or the passing down of wealth, are recognised by scholars as a crucial part of the inter-generational link in modern societies. This paper examined downward inter-generational intra-family financial transfers in Sweden made in the form of money transactions or gifts. The paper asked whether recipients of intra-family financial transfers are children in need of such support, and whether early family environment has any consequences for later financial transfers. The study, using data from a nationally representative survey, suggested that childhood disadvantages had long-term consequences in connection with intra-family financial transfers, where disadvantages and inequalities in childhood were likely to remain into adulthood. Children who experienced adverse childhood conditions were less often recipients of later intra-family financial support. Intra-family transfers were also related to the needs of the younger generation. Single parents and students from higher social class families were more often beneficiaries of financial support.