From home to ‘home’: Mapping the caregiver journey in the transition from home care into residential care
Publication date: December 2017 Source:Journal of Aging Studies, Volume 43 Author(s): Taylor Hainstock, Denise Cloutier, Margaret Penning Family caregivers play a pivotal role in supporting the functional independence and quality of life of older relatives, often taking on a wide variety of care-related activities over the course of their caregiving journey. These activities help family members to remain in the community and age-in-place for as long as possible. However, when needs exceed family capacities to provide care, the older family member may need to transition from one care environment to another (e.g., home ...
Source: Journal of Aging Studies - September 14, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
The promise of documentary theatre to counter ageism in age-friendly communities
Publication date: August 2017 Source:Journal of Aging Studies, Volume 42 Author(s): Kathy Black, Valerie Barnes Lipscomb This paper discusses an innovative theatre-arts collaboration that was created to provoke public discourse about aging in a community located in the Southeastern United States in which more than one-half of residents are age 50 or older. The development and execution of the documentary theatre production are explicated and the post-performance talk-backs with the audience are shared to illustrate how it facilitated insight and dialogue among its largely older audiences. Experience with this productio...
Source: Journal of Aging Studies - September 12, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Evaluating dementia home care practices: The reification of care norms
Publication date: December 2017 Source:Journal of Aging Studies, Volume 43 Author(s): Ryan DeForge, Catherine Ward-Griffin, Oona St-Amant, Jodi Hall, Carol McWilliam, Dorothy Forbes, Marita Kloseck, Abe Oudshoorn This critical ethnographic study examined how power relations shape the nature and enactment of caregivers' evaluation of home-based dementia care practices. As the home care sector continues to evolve and prepare itself as a key element in caring for people living with dementia and their families, this study grounds our understanding of how dementia home care practices are enacted and evaluated, particu...
Source: Journal of Aging Studies - September 12, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Understanding functional ability: Perspectives of nurses and older people living in long-term care
This study explores the meanings given to functional ability in the interview talk of long-term care nurses (n=24) and older people living in long-term care (n=16). The study is based on discourse analysis and positioning theory. In this study, accounts of functioning differed between nurses and older residents. For the nurses, functional ability was about the basic functions of everyday life, and they often used formal and theoretical language, whereas for older long-term care residents, functional ability was a more versatile concept. Being active was promoted, particularly in the nurses' talk but also sometimes in resid...
Source: Journal of Aging Studies - September 10, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Precarity in late life: Understanding new forms of risk and insecurity
Publication date: December 2017 Source:Journal of Aging Studies, Volume 43 Author(s): Amanda Grenier, Chris Phillipson, Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Stephanie Hatzifilalithis, Karen Kobayashi, Patrik Marier Population aging and longevity in the context of declining social commitments, raises concerns about disadvantage and widening inequality in late life. This paper explores the concept of precarity as a means to understand new and sustained forms of risk and insecurity that affect late life. The article begins with a review of the definition and uses of precarity in a range of scholarly fields including social geront...
Source: Journal of Aging Studies - September 7, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Virtuous aging and existential vulnerability
This article therefore aims to introduce insights from the philosophical tradition to (humanistic) gerontology. More specifically, it focuses on the tradition of virtue ethics, arguing that virtue is a particularly relevant notion to explore in dealing with existential vulnerability in later life. The notion of virtue is clarified by discussing a selection of philosophical perspectives on this topic, by Aristotle, MacIntyre and Swanton. Next a brief overview will be given of some of the ways the notion of virtue has found its way into gerontological discourse so far. The article ends with an analysis of the merits of virtu...
Source: Journal of Aging Studies - September 1, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
A theoretical model to explain the smart technology adoption behaviors of elder consumers (Elderadopt)
Publication date: August 2017 Source:Journal of Aging Studies, Volume 42 Author(s): Stephen M. Golant A growing global population of older adults is potential consumers of a category of products referred to as smart technologies, but also known as telehealth, telecare, information and communication technologies, robotics, and gerontechnology. This paper constructs a theoretical model to explain whether older people will adopt smart technology options to cope with their discrepant individual or environmental circumstances, thereby enabling them to age in place. Its proposed constructs and relationships are drawn from mul...
Source: Journal of Aging Studies - August 17, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Explaining the continuum of social participation among older adults in Singapore: from 'closed doors' to active ageing in multi-ethnic community settings
This study aims to identify and explain the continuum in which older people in Singapore participate in community and social life, highlighting the influence of culture and policy context on social participation. Methods Using an ethnographic approach in a neighbourhood (n=109), we conducted focus groups with older adults of different ethnicities, exploring experiences of social participation. Next, participants took 50 photographs relating to ‘lives of elders’, showcasing the socio-ecological context that influenced social participation. Lastly, go-along interviews were conducted in various precincts with community l...
Source: Journal of Aging Studies - August 10, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
On gray dancing: Constructions of age-normality through choreography and temporal codes
Publication date: August 2017 Source:Journal of Aging Studies, Volume 42 Author(s): Clary Krekula, Markus Arvidsson, Satu Heikkinen, Andreas Henriksson, Eva Olsson Against the background of population aging, older peoples dance has attracted attention in research and its health promoting effects and social meanings have been brought to the fore. In this article we focus on the context and power dimensions of dance with an emphasis on the organizing of dance among older adults in terms of social discourses and age relationships. On the basis of qualitative interviews with 33 older dancers and 11 dance providers in Sw...
Source: Journal of Aging Studies - August 9, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
The promise of theatre to counter ageism in age-friendly communities
Publication date: August 2017 Source:Journal of Aging Studies, Volume 42 Author(s): Kathy Black, Valerie Barnes Lipscomb This paper discusses an innovative theatre-arts collaboration that was created to provoke public discourse about aging in a community located in the Southeastern United States in which more than one-half of residents are age 50 or older. The development and execution of the documentary theatre production are explicated and the post-performance talk-backs with the audience are shared to illustrate how it facilitated insight and dialogue among its largely older audiences. Experience with this productio...
Source: Journal of Aging Studies - July 3, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
The dementias – A review and a call for a disaggregated approach
Publication date: August 2017 Source:Journal of Aging Studies, Volume 42 Author(s): Tobias Haeusermann (Source: Journal of Aging Studies)
Source: Journal of Aging Studies - June 23, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Unfinalisability and the authorship of life – Narratives of young-old women from Taiwan
This study investigates and presents the narratives of Taiwanese women who have reached the young-old stage. The narrative interview method was used for data collection from 12 Taiwanese women. After analysing the recurring themes emerging from the women's life histories, it is found that the meanings of these Taiwanese women's narratives could not be finalised according to traditional Confucian norms. These women rebelled, resisted, and resumed authorship to make changes to their lives in a patriarchal society. The women were reflexive, and had constant struggles. The findings also reveal a prominent characteristic of Tai...
Source: Journal of Aging Studies - June 22, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Impacts of organizational ties for senior centers: Findings from a collective case study in Portland, Oregon
Publication date: August 2017 Source:Journal of Aging Studies, Volume 42 Author(s): Melissa L. Cannon (Source: Journal of Aging Studies)
Source: Journal of Aging Studies - June 20, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
“They are different now” – Biographical continuity and disruption in nursing home settings
Publication date: August 2017 Source:Journal of Aging Studies, Volume 42 Author(s): Tove Harnett, Håkan Jönson (Source: Journal of Aging Studies)
Source: Journal of Aging Studies - May 26, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
How architectural design affords experiences of freedom in residential care for older people
This article presents a case study of a residential care facility for which the architects made considerable effort to match the design with the care vision. The study offers insights into residents' and caregivers' experiences of, respectively, living and working in this facility, and the role of architectural features therein. A single qualitative case study design was used to provide in-depth, contextual insights. The methods include semi-structured interviews with residents and caregivers, and participant observation. Data concerning design intentions, assumptions and strategies were obtained from design documents, thr...
Source: Journal of Aging Studies - May 20, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
