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Empowerment theory and long-living women: a feminist and disability perspective
- Author:
- MORELL Carolyn
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 7(3/4), 2003, pp.225-236.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Empowerment theory is central to social work and to feminist gerontology. Yet an emphasis on increasing power and control over the circumstances of one's life does not neatly “fit” the involuntary bodily realities that figure centrally in the experiences of late age. Argues that the paradox of late life empowerment is that it requires acceptance and affirmation of the weak, suffering, and uncontrollable body.
The changing consumer: the social context of culture change in long-term care
- Author:
- REDFOOT Donald L.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Long-Term Care, 2(1/2), 2003, pp.95-109.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Sustaining “culture change” in long-term care or any other social system requires change in the underlying social structures that support a given culture. Due to the “medicalization” of contemporary long-term care, the cultural meanings of aging and disability have been increasingly defined and maintained through social structures associated with the medical professions. The “culture change” movement in long-term care is seeking to balance the power of the medical professions with more consumer empowerment. Over the next two decades, consumer empowerment will be supported by important demographic and socio-economic changes in the older population. Demographic empowerment will come from relatively small cohorts of older persons, declining disability rates, and stronger supports from informal caregivers. Socio-economic empowerment will come from higher levels of income, wealth, and educational attainment. Together these trends should provide powerful support to a more consumer-driven culture of long-term care.
The Human Rights Act: what are the implications for older people?; a Help the Aged seminar at Westminster on 13th September 2000
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes a Help the Aged seminar held at Westminster on the thirteenth of September, 2000. Delegates agreed on the need for a greater awareness of the provisions of the Human Rights Act, and extensive training with specific guidelines for those working with older people. Topics addressed included; key concepts; implications of the Act; how the Act can help in practical situations; the role of Help the Aged.