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Davies, James. "A Practical Theology of Aging: Biblical Perspectives for Individuals and the Church." Christian Education Journal: Research on Educational Ministry 5, no. 2 (November 2008): 274–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/073989130800500203.
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Aging is a gracious gift given by God to cause us to ask about and work on the real issues of life. The Bible presents three main themes on aging. Achieving old age is a Divine Tribute. People in the last half of life are to be honored and respected. Growing older brings about Definite Testing along with blessing. Adults in the last third of their lives can glorify God uniquely. New understandings and spiritual depth can be developed. The process of aging well can be a Distinctive Triumph. How we see the issue of ministry with older adults depends largely on our vision of the old. In a culture striving to remain youthful and avoid any evidence of growing old, we would do well to allow our values about aging to be shaped by the age-related themes found in Scripture.
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Zitikytė, Kristina. "Employment at 55+: Do We Want to work Longer in Lithuania?" Ekonomika 99, no. 1 (May 7, 2020): 50–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/ekon.2020.1.3.
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The Lithuanian population is aging, and it causes many difficulties for public finances by increasing expenditures on health care, long-term care, and pensions, and also for the labor market by creating labor shortages. One of the ways to cope with demographic aging is to rise the employment rate of older people. According to Eurostat, the employment rate of the elderly aged 55–64 years increased from 49.6 percent in 2005 to 68.5 percent in 2018 in Lithuania and it is higher than the average employment rate of older workers in European Union, which was 58.7 percent in 2018. This paper focuses on older people in Lithuania, aged 55 and over, trying to answer a question whether the elderly in Lithuania willingly work or try to find alternatives such as receiving long-term social insurance benefits. The research findings show that the activity of older people in the labor market grows, and even the share of people with disabilities staying in the labor market increases. However, this analysis also shows that older people are more under risk to lose their job during an economic crisis, and this suggests that trying to find work alternatives can be closely related to one’s economic situation. Moreover, health problems remain one of the main factors limiting the activity of older people in the labor market. It is also noticeable that some labor force reserves exist among people with disabilities and this supposes that creating better adapted working conditions for older and disabled workers in Lithuania could probably contribute to meeting the needs of an aging workforce.
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Mocanasu, Florentina Nina. "INVOLVING OLDER PEOPLE AFTER RETIREMENT IN SOCIETY AND FAMILY." Agora International Journal of Juridical Sciences 8, no. 4 (November 23, 2014): 118–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.15837/aijjs.v8i4.1609.
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In recent years sociologists believed that for individuals withdraw from active life was an event with exclusively negative consequences, recent research has shown that especially when seniors are in good condition and have adequate income they feel satisfied with the changes of retirement. In some fields (education, medicine) they can continue their work a few years in the private sector.In the society we live competence should be a key factor that makes people to be open or not to social change and not to age discrimination. Currently, to biological and psychological aging are added social aging that leads the individual to social exclusion, because, unfortunately, old age often came to be associated by others, with the disease, impotence, conservatism, lack of discernment, irritability and dependence on others.Older people are often treated with contempt and looked that overall they represent a wealth of society.Often society associated aging with loss of sensory capacity, with changes in mobility and retirement; however, some researchers have shown that for most older people, these changes are not so burdensome, nor so obvious as one might imagine.
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Lockwood, Patricia L., Ayat Abdurahman, Anthony S. Gabay, Daniel Drew, Marin Tamm, Masud Husain, and Matthew A. J. Apps. "Aging Increases Prosocial Motivation for Effort." Psychological Science 32, no. 5 (April 16, 2021): 668–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797620975781.
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Social cohesion relies on prosociality in increasingly aging populations. Helping other people requires effort, yet how willing people are to exert effort to benefit themselves and others, and whether such behaviors shift across the life span, is poorly understood. Using computational modeling, we tested the willingness of 95 younger adults (18–36 years old) and 92 older adults (55–84 years old) to put physical effort into self- and other-benefiting acts. Participants chose whether to work and exert force (30%–70% of maximum grip strength) for rewards (2–10 credits) accrued for themselves or, prosocially, for another. Younger adults were somewhat selfish, choosing to work more at higher effort levels for themselves, and exerted less force in prosocial work. Strikingly, compared with younger adults, older people were more willing to put in effort for others and exerted equal force for themselves and others. Increased prosociality in older people has important implications for human behavior and societal structure.
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Maestas, Nicole, and Julie Zissimopoulos. "How Longer Work Lives Ease the Crunch of Population Aging." Journal of Economic Perspectives 24, no. 1 (February 1, 2010): 139–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jep.24.1.139.
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Population aging is not a looming crisis of the future—it is already here. Economic challenges arise when the increase in people surviving to old age and the decline in the number of young people alive to support them cause the growth in society's consumption needs to outpace growth in its productive capacity. The ultimate impact of population aging on our standard of living in the future depends a great deal on how long people choose to work before they retire from the labor force. Here, there is reason for optimism. A constellation of forces, some just now gaining momentum, has raised labor force participation at older ages at just the time it is needed. We examine the most important factors behind the increase in labor force participation realized to date: the shift in the skill composition of the workforce, and technological change. We argue that forces such as changes in the structure of employer-provided pensions and Social Security are likely to propel future increases in labor force participation at older ages. The labor market is accommodating older workers to some degree, and older men and women are themselves adapting on a number of fronts, which could substantially lessen the economic impact of population aging. Age-related health declines and the reluctance of employers to hire and retain older workers present challenges, but the outlook for future gains in labor force participation at older ages is promising.
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Gondo, Yasuyuki. "Technology and old age in Japan." Angewandte GERONTOLOGIE Appliquée 1, no. 1 (January 2016): 28–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/2297-5160/a000017.
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Abstract. The population of older people has been increasing in the last few decades in Japan. This larger demographical shift provided new business opportunities to companies. Innovative technologies and services for older people have been developing. Some of these are already at work; further technological revolution seems to promise “successful” aging for the future super-aging society. This report provides an overview of technologies currently applied with older people and introduces some examples of new technologies developing in Japan.
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Matthews, Doug. "In-home care and ‘supported independence’ for the frail elderly: A social work perspective." Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work 24, no. 1 (July 8, 2016): 3–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol24iss1id137.
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The article focuses on role of social workers in providing in-home care and assistance with the activities of daily living (ADL) for older people in New Zealand. From the physician- and hospital-based medical care for older people, a shift back to home-based medical care was emphasized by the Ministry of Social Development in April 2001. The New Zealand Health of Older People Strategy was implemented with the aim of achieving positive aging, quality of life and independence.
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Miller, G. "Aging, Vision, and Work." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 85, no. 4 (April 1991): 149–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145482x9108500403.
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Older people who lose their vision often do not return to competitive employment. Work, however, meets important, financial, psychological, and social needs. This article explores the variety of reasons why work is not always considered a rehabilitation alternative. Realistic factors that enhance competitive employment for this population are noted and information on available employment resources in the public and private sectors that will increase vocational opportunities is provided.
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Benbow, Susan Mary, and Derek Beeston. "Sexuality, aging, and dementia." International Psychogeriatrics 24, no. 7 (March 14, 2012): 1026–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610212000257.
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ABSTRACTBackground:Sexuality in later life and its relationship to dementia is a neglected topic: greater understanding of the area has the potential to contribute to the quality of life of people with dementia, their family members, and formal carers. We review current knowledge about sexuality, aging, and dementia.Methods:We undertook a review of the recent literature to examine of the following areas: what is known about sexuality and aging, and about attitudes to sexuality and aging; what is known about the relevance of sexuality and aging to people living with dementia and their care; and the management of sexual behaviors causing concern to others.Results:Sexual activity decreases in frequency with increasing age but many older people remain sexually active; there is no age limit to sexual responsiveness; and sexuality is becoming more important to successive cohorts of older people, including people living with dementia and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered elderly people. Attitudes and beliefs toward sexuality and aging are strongly influenced by stereotypes and myths, not only among the general public but also among those working in health and social care.Conclusions:Professional bodies should include sexuality, aging, and dementia in their training curricula. More work is needed on the impact of environmental issues, particularly in group living situations, on older adults’ sexuality, and on consent issues. Ethical decision-making frameworks can be useful in practice. Organizations should investigate how to support staff in avoiding a problem-orientated approach and focus on providing holistic person-centered care.
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Crampton, Alexandra. "Population aging and social work practice with older adults: Demographic and policy challenges." International Social Work 54, no. 3 (April 26, 2011): 313–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872810396257.
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Living into older ages is changing from an exceptional to an expected part of the life course experience worldwide. Improvement in health and longevity across the lifespan also brings challenges for social work practice. At the same time, these changes are part of population aging trends that are not universal or inevitable. In addition, population aging discourse often reduces the complex dynamics of population aging to a problematic rise in older adults characterized as unproductive and dependent. Social workers can challenge the ageist construction of older adults by using our contextualized knowledge of how people age in their social environments.
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Iliffe, Steve, Mari Gould, and Paul Wallace. "Assessment of older people in the community: lessons from Britain’s ‘75-and-over checks’." Reviews in Clinical Gerontology 9, no. 4 (November 1999): 305–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959259899009430.
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Research carried out in the 1950s and early 1960s indicated that there was considerable unmet need amongst older people in Britain. This work prompted research into ways of meeting the health care needs of older people, a task made more important by the aging of the population at the end of this century. This focus resulted in the introduction in 1990 of a nationwide health assessment programme for older people, as a contractual obligation for general practitioners. The programme, the first in the world, remains in force but is widely ignored. This paper describes:
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Jeruszka, Urszula. "Educational Employment Support for People Aged 55+." Kwartalnik Ekonomistów i Menedżerów 53, no. 3 (October 10, 2019): 75–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.5256.
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One of the key problems of Polish labor market is the aging of the work resources. Many employers guided by the perception about the homogeneity of the population of people 55+ does not want to employ them, believing that the older people are unproductive, work slower and their employment will result in higher absenteeism rates for employers and higher labor costs. In the article an issue of support to the employment of people over 55 is discussed. The aim of the article is an indication of the potential ways to sustain and extend their working lives. The question has become out-of-school activities in the area of professional education – training, coaching and mentoring inverted as a method of improving competence or offset the deficits of competence of older workers. The article presents the analysis of the literature, research results of GUS and personal research and other authors.
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MORTIKOV, Vitalii. "ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF ELDERLY PEOPLE." Economy of Ukraine 2021, no. 4 (April 24, 2021): 88–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/economyukr.2021.04.088.
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The economic activity of the elderly is becoming increasingly important with the aging of the population and the extension of the education of young people. Older people have experience, knowledge, which is an important component of human capital of modern organizations and countries in general. Meanwhile, in Ukraine, according to statistics, the economic activity of the elderly has decreased significantly during the 2008-2018 period. Most elderly workers are among the specialists and representatives of the simplest professions. Data on the registered statistics of economic activity of elderly in the regions of Ukraine are weakly correlated with the situation on regional labor markets. This is due, in particular, to the significant shadow component of employment in this age group. There are both positive and negative aspects of economic activity of older people. Despite the benefits of using the labor of older people, they compete for jobs with people of active working age, their involvement is more expensive for employers. With this in mind, regulating the use of human resources of older workers is necessary to maintain the labor balance in the country as a whole, as well as in regions and individual organizations. The article determines which decisions of the elderly the state can influence: retirement earlier than the normal retirement period; exit after reaching this age; continuation of economic activity outside the retirement age, i.e later retirement. The tools of influencing the economic activity of the elderly are the pension system, the creation of jobs taking into account the interests of older workers, improving the quality of their work, combating age discrimination. It is shown that changes in the pension system of Ukraine in 2017 contribute to the intensification of economic activity of persons of pre-retirement and retirement age.
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Galli, Rosangela, Emílio Hideyuki Moriguchi, Neide Maria Bruscato, Rogerio Lessa Horta, and Marcos Pascoal Pattussi. "Active aging is associated with low prevalence of depressive symptoms among Brazilian older adults." Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia 19, no. 2 (June 2016): 307–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-5497201600020008.
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ABSTRACT: Introduction: Active aging is the process of optimizing opportunities for health, participation and security, aiming to improve quality of life as people age. A series of studies had demonstrated that a lower prevalence of depression is found among more active elderly. Objective: To evaluate the association between indicators of active aging and depressive symptoms among the elderly (aged 60 years or more). Method: A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted with 1,006 elderly people (aged 60 years or over) from a small-sized Brazilian municipality. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Geriatric Depression Scale - 15, with cutoff point ≥ 6 symptoms. Active aging was evaluated using indicators such as: active occupational situation, manual work, reading and physical activities. Data analyses used modified Poisson regression to obtain crude and adjusted prevalence ratios (PR). Results: Most of the elderly people were: white, women and aged between 60 and 74 years. All the indicators of active aging were associated with the outcome. After controlling for socioeconomic, demographic and health variables, elderly people who worked, participated in groups, did manual work and maintained interests such as reading and talking to friends had lower prevalence of depressive symptoms compared to those not doing these activities. Conclusions: Active aging approaches may serve as a valuable mental health promotion strategy aimed at the elderly.
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Gillin, C. T. "Educational Gerontology: International Perspectives. Frank Glendenning (Ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985, pp. 240. ($25.00 U.S.)." Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 5, no. 2 (1986): 135–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0714980800016275.
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Summary AbstractThe book identifies the three distinct but related aspects of Educational Gerontology, specifically, educational opportunities for older people, education about aging for the general population, and education of professionals and para-professionals who work with the elderly. The first aspect, education for older people—including pre-retirement preparation—is emphasized. The volume has an international character with contributions from Britain, the United States, Denmark and Canada.
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Chonody, Jill. "Perspectives on Aging among Graduate Social Work Students: Using Photographs as an Online Pedagogical Activity." Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 18, no. 2 (June 19, 2018): 158–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.14434/josotl.v18i2.22844.
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The United States is experiencing an aging of the population, and by 2030, 20% of Americans will be 65 years or older (Federal Interagency Forum, 2010). However, for many helping professions, including social work, medicine, and nursing, student interest in gerontological practice is quite low. One international study found that only 5.4% of the more than 1,000 social work students who were surveyed indicated that working with older people was their primary area of interest (Author, 2014a). Finding ways to improve student interest and break down biases against older adults is essential to improve student interest, and incorporating evidence-based activities that can be incorporated into courses that are offered in an online format are increasingly needed as this mode of instruction continues to expand. The current exploratory study sought to pilot a two-part photo-activity in an online graduate social work practice course focused on working with older adults. Quantitative and qualitative results suggest that the activities helped students’ process their views on aging and older people, and most students reported at least some change in their attitudes. The development of innovative ways to engage students online by repurposing technology that they are already using can advance online pedagogy and facilitate critical thinking.
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D'Antonio, Patricia. "Reframing Aging: A Generation's Work." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 723. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2559.
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Abstract The Reframing Aging initiative, led by GSA on behalf of the Leaders of Aging Organizations, is a long-term, grant-funded social change endeavor designed to improve – or “reframe” the public's understanding of what aging means and the many contributions older people bring to society. Using evidence-based research, the initiative seeks to teach advocates how to tell an effective story about aging that will promote positive perceptions of aging and reduce ageism. This session will explore GSA's efforts to address ageism through Reframing Aging and the policy implications of this important initiative and will include lessons learned from experts who are utilizing reframing aging in their teaching and practice.
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Schmöcker, Jan-Dirk, Mohammed A. Quddus, Robert B. Noland, and Michael G. H. Bell. "Estimating Trip Generation of Elderly and Disabled People." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1924, no. 1 (January 2005): 9–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198105192400102.
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The aging of populations has implications for trip-making behavior and the demand for special transport services. The London Area Travel Survey 2001 is analyzed to establish the trip-making characteristics of elderly and disabled people. Ordinal probit models are fitted for all trips and for trips by four purposes (work, shopping, personal business, and recreational), with daily trip frequency as the latent variable. A log-linear model is used to analyze trip length. A distinction must be made between young disabled, younger elderly, and older elderly people. Retired people initially tend to make more trips, but as they become older and disabilities intervene, trip making tails off. Household structure, income, car ownership, possession of a driver's license, difficulty walking, and other disabilities are found to affect trip frequency and length to a greater or lesser extent.
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Yang, Eunhwa, and Yiqian Nie. "An Aging Workforce and Work Environment: A Hotel Case Study in China." Journal of Facility Management Education and Research 1, no. 2 (January 1, 2017): 59–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.22361/jfmer/81608.
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ABSTRACT The demographic trends of decreasing fertility rate and increasing life expectancy result in many older people remaining in the workforce. The biggest challenge for organizations is to establish a productive and safe working environment for their aging workers as their physical and cognitive capabilities decrease. The physical environment can influence workers' productivity, well-being, and safety. First, this study provides a literature review on how older workers' physical and cognitive conditions change. Second, a survey was conducted with older employees in a hotel located in Xi'an, China to understand the older employees' job satisfaction level, current diseases, possible reasons for their diseases or low productivity at work, and their preference on the future workspace. Lastly, this paper suggests several workplace strategies including ergonomic design in the workspace, flexible office layout, and improvement of indoor air quality to support the aging workforce with their working environment. Besides, the method can be used by other similar organizations to understand their aging employees' concerns and needs and to inform how to design the workplace for the aging employees.
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van der Horst, Mariska, David Lain, Sarah Vickerstaff, Charlotte Clark, and Ben Baumberg Geiger. "Gender Roles and Employment Pathways of Older Women and Men in England." SAGE Open 7, no. 4 (October 2017): 215824401774269. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244017742690.
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In the context of population aging, the U.K. government is encouraging people to work longer and delay retirement, and it is claimed that many people now make “gradual” transitions from full-time to part-time work to retirement. Part-time employment in older age may, however, be largely due to women working part-time before older age, as per a U.K. “modified male breadwinner” model. This article therefore separately examines the extent to which men and women make transitions into part-time work in older age, and whether such transitions are influenced by marital status. Following older men and women over a 10-year period using the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, this article presents sequence, cluster, and multinomial logistic regression analyses. Little evidence is found for people moving into part-time work in older age. Typically, women did not work at all or they worked part-time (with some remaining in part-time work and some retiring/exiting from this activity). Consistent with a “modified male breadwinner” logic, marriage was positively related to the likelihood of women belonging to typically “female employment pathway clusters,” which mostly consist of part-time work or not being employed. Men were mostly working full-time regardless of marital status. Attempts to extend working lives among older women are therefore likely to be complicated by the influence of traditional gender roles on employment.
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Hsu, Mei Hua Kerry, and Man Ho Ling. "Nursing students’ attitudes towards older people and future career choices in Macao-A pilot study." Journal of Nursing Education and Practice 9, no. 2 (September 25, 2018): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v9n2p10.
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Background: As global ageing, Macao also faces challenges with regards to an aging population. Not many nursing students are willing to choose gerontological nursing (GN) as a career choice. This pilot study was conducted on a small sample of Macao nursing students to assess nursing students’ attitudes towards older people and their future career choices. Moreover, this pilot study is aimed to validate the survey questionnaire for the further study.Methods: A cross-sectional survey to explore 30 Macao nursing students’ attitudes towards older people and future career choices. Kogan’s attitudes towards older people scale (KAOP) was adopted in this study.Results: About 33.3% nursing students agreed to work in GN after graduation. Only 6.7% participants chose “aged care institute” as their first choice for future career. Participants have higher mean scores of KAOP that indicate more positive attitudes towards older people. “GN practice experience” and “personal preference” are confirmed as contributors for nursing students towards GN in this study.Conclusions: Macao nursing students have positive attitudes towards older people but not many of them would choose GN as future career. This pilot study provided knowledge to current nursing educators and government for the situation among nursing students in Macao.
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Ermakova, Ekaterina A. "Problems of continuing education of senior people." Socialʹnye i gumanitarnye znania 6, no. 4 (December 8, 2020): 358. http://dx.doi.org/10.18255/2412-6519-2020-4-358-367.
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The increase in life expectancy and the share of the elderly population are the main demographic trends in the world and Russia. They actualize the need to find ways to prevent and overcome the negative consequences for society of demographic aging of the population. One of them is the inclusion of representatives of the "third age" in the system of continuing education. Thanks to it, older people can easily adapt to the changes that are taking place in all areas of modern society. At the same time, inclusion in continuing education contributes not only to the continuation of the work of older people, but also creates conditions for maintaining the intellectual, aesthetic, moral and civic level provided by self-education or through institutionalized mechanisms of formal education. This article summarizes the realized and the experience of foreign and Russian practices of teaching the elderly, studied the degree of their readiness to continue learning, analyzes issues and trends of continuing education representatives of the «third age», revealed the motives that drive them to continue to learn and barriers to formal and informal education.
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Arpino, Bruno, and Aïda Solé-Auró. "Education Inequalities in Health Among Older European Men and Women: The Role of Active Aging." Journal of Aging and Health 31, no. 1 (August 19, 2017): 185–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0898264317726390.
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Objective: We assessed whether education inequalities in health among older people can be partially explained by different levels of active aging among educational groups. Method: We applied logistic regression and the Karlson, Holm, & Breen (KHB) decomposition method using the 2010 and 2012 waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe on individuals aged 50+ years ( N = 27,579). Active aging included social participation, paid work, and provision of grandchild care. Health was measured by good self-perceived health, low number of depressive symptoms, and absence of limitations because of health in activities people usually do. Results: We found a positive educational gradient for each of the three health measures. Up to a third of the health gaps between high and low educated were associated with differences in engagement in active aging activities. Discussion: Policies devoted at stimulating an active participation in society among older people should be particularly focused on lower educated groups.
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Pereira, Henrique, Juan Pedro Serrano, Brian de Vries, Graça Esgalhado, Rosa Marina Afonso, and Samuel Monteiro. "Aging Perceptions in Older Gay and Bisexual Men in Portugal." International Journal of Aging and Human Development 87, no. 1 (July 27, 2017): 5–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0091415017720889.
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Aims and Objectives The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions toward aging among Portuguese gay and bisexual men over 60 years old. Background Despite the growth of the older population, and the increased visibility and acceptance of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people in Western countries, the experience of aging in older gay and bisexual men is only beginning to be understood. Design We used a qualitative research methodology, based on critical gerontology, for establishing research questions and to identify the perspectives on the aging process in older gay and bisexual individuals. Methods We used a structured electronic inquiry with 25 gay and bisexual men over 60 years of age from Portugal. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis to help identify repeated patterns of meaning in the data set. Results The recurrent themes in the narratives of the aging experiences of the participants in the study were as follows: positive perceptions of aging, negative perceptions of aging, coping with being a gay/bisexual man and family ties, professional care, homophobia/discrimination, relationships and social support, intergenerational differences, mediating role of sexual orientation, sociopolitical changes, and personal characteristics. Conclusion Analysis of perceptions about the aging process in older gay and bisexual men emphasized the desire for normalization in the social awareness of sexual orientation. It is important to continue doing research on this topic and disseminate this information among professionals who work with older lesbian, gay, and bisexual people so that they may better understand how they can meet the specific needs of this population.
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Azevedo, J., A. Palha, M. Esteves, and M. Vieira Coelho. "Attitudes of Medicine and Nursing Students Towards the Sexuality of Older People." European Psychiatry 24, S1 (January 2009): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-9338(09)71120-4.
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There is a paucity of research in attitudes of undergraduate students of medicine and nursing regarding sexuality of patients namely the older people. In previous studies we paid attention on staff attitudes of residential homes to aged people in what concerns with sexuality. With the same methodology, in this study it was evaluated the attitudes of undergraduate students of medicine and nursing and resident's on psychiatry towards the sexuality of older people.Design:A descriptive questionnaire survey using the attitudinal part of Aging Sexual Knowledge and Attitudes Scale (ASKAS).Participants and setting:Students of medicine and nursing of Oporto University.We know from previous studies that little experience in the work with older people is predictive of negative attitudes towards sexuality. Nevertheless, in this sample we found a mean ASKAS score of 66 which reflects moderately positive and permissive attitudes toward later life sexuality. Medicine students were more permissive than nursing students (p< 0.01).Conclusions:Undergraduate students and psychiatry residents have positive attitudes toward sexuality of older people. Later life sexuality study should be included in the curriculum of undergraduate formation of doctors and nurses.
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Ploughman, Michelle, Nandini Deshpande, Amy E. Latimer-Cheung, and Marcia Finlayson. "Drawing on Related Knowledge to Advance Multiple Sclerosis Falls-Prevention Research." International Journal of MS Care 16, no. 4 (December 1, 2014): 163–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.7224/1537-2073.2014-052.
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There is much to be learned from falls-related research outside the field of multiple sclerosis (MS), as well as from work within the MS field but not specific to falls or falls prevention. This article describes three examples of such bodies of work that have potential to broaden approaches to falls-prevention research: 1) sensory components of postural control among older adults, 2) lessons learned from physical activity promotion among people with spinal cord injury (SCI), and 3) aging among people with MS. Age-related deterioration in visual, vestibular, and somatosensory systems or in sensory integration can adversely affect postural control and can contribute to falls in older people. Sensory-specific interventions designed for improving balance in older people could be adapted for preventing falls in individuals with MS. Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Action Canada's strategy for disseminating physical activity promotion interventions for adults with SCI has been successful and widely accepted by community partners. Many of the peer-based interventions developed by SCI Action Canada are potentially relevant and could be adapted to the MS population for both physical activity promotion and falls prevention. Considering that older people with MS constitute a growing proportion of the MS population and over 70% of older people with MS report moderate to extreme balance problems, falls prevention should be one of the key components, particularly for MS management in older or more disabled groups. Overall, given people's different ages, symptoms, strengths, and barriers, a tailored MS falls-prevention intervention that includes peer/caregiver support is critical.
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Kooij, Dorien T. A. M. "The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Older Workers: The Role of Self-Regulation and Organizations." Work, Aging and Retirement 6, no. 4 (September 18, 2020): 233–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/workar/waaa018.
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Abstract We live in an unusual time, which effects all of us in different ways. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, some people are working harder than ever, some people have lost their job, some people can only work from home, and some people have to reinvent how they work (Kniffin et al., 2020). Older 50+ workers might even be more affected by the pandemic compared to younger workers because they are labeled as vulnerable and as being at risk in terms of Covid-19 (Ayalon et al., 2020). However, emerging studies on the impact of Covid-19 suggest that older workers respond more effectively to measures that counter Covid-19 (Losada-Balter et al., 2020). This is in line with the lifespan developmental perspective, which theorizes and demonstrates that older adults generally are very capable of adapting and very effective in dealing with the aging process (Baltes and Baltes, 1990; Freund, 2008). Multiple studies show that older adults engage in various self-regulation strategies aimed at continuously maintaining or restoring person-environment fit (e.g., Kooij et al., 2020; Taneva and Arnold, 2018; Zacher, Kooij, & Beier, 2018a) thus helping them to age successfully at work. In this commentary, I will take a more positive perspective on older workers and discuss the self-regulation strategies that older workers engage in and how organizations can stimulate this. I will end my commentary with some suggestions for future research.
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Canham, Sarah, Mineko Wada, and Stephen Golant. "Reframing Aging-in-the-Right-Place for Housing Insecure Older Adults." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 707. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2486.
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Abstract Amidst rising costs of housing and changing personal needs, considerations of the availability of appropriate and accessible housing are becoming increasingly salient for older adults. While it has been widely acknowledged that older adults would prefer to age-in-place, recent reframing of this trend promotes the ideal as aging-in-the-right-place. This symposium will provide an updated understanding of how to support older adults’ ability to age-in-the-right-place, regardless of income or physical, mental, or social status. Presenters include international and interdisciplinary researchers representing perspectives from gerontology, social work, community planning, and health sciences. The symposium will begin with Wada examining resilience scholarship, with a focus on older people who are experiencing homelessness, which has been largely neglected. In the next presentation, Humphries will outline distinct, senior-specific needs and shelter/housing solutions for newly and chronically homeless older adults. Following, Canham will describe promising practices of shelter/housing to support aging-in-the-right-place for older people experiencing homelessness in Montréal, Calgary, and Vancouver identified through an environmental scan. Extending these efforts to an international scale, Mahmood will outline findings from a scoping review of supportive shelter/housing options, supports, and interventions. A final presentation will report on how community development practices implemented by a not-for-profit affordable housing provider promote older tenants’ food security and social support needs. Stephen Golant, a leading expert on housing, geography, and long-term needs on older adults, will discuss implications of these studies for policy and practice for supporting housing insecure older adults while advancing scholarship on aging-in-the-right-place for this marginalized population. Environmental Gerontology Interest Group Sponsored Symposium.
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Cronshaw, Darren. "“Sticky Faith” in Australian Baptist Churches: Surveying Generational Participation and Ministry Priorities." Exchange 48, no. 1 (January 17, 2019): 3–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1572543x-12341507.
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Abstract Australian Baptist Churches share a demographic aging trend with many Western churches — they engage proportionately more older and less young people. Moreover, a significant proportion of children and youth lack “sticky faith” and leave church. The 2016 National Church Life Survey identifies trends in generational participation and ministry priorities. Interviewed Baptist young adults and leaders suggest as reasons youth disengage from church: external societal pressures, “siloed” programs and lack of discipleship, relationships and service opportunities. Many Australian Baptist churches are adopting a more “generational” and less “siloed” approach, but there is room for improvement in resourcing churches for “sticky” faith formation.
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Бабышев, В. Ю., and Г. А. Барышева. "EMPLOYMENT OF OLDER PEOPLE IN THE MODERN LABOR MARKET." Успехи геронтологии, no. 3 (August 2, 2021): 409–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.34922/ae.2021.34.3.010.
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В статье рассматривается занятость лиц пожилого возраста в условиях сорвеменных технологических, медицинских и демографических изменений. Актуальность темы исследования обусловлена демографическим старением населения, современными достижениями медицины и изменением характера трудовых операций в результате научно-технического прогресса. В данной статье проверены следующие конкурирующие гипотезы: производительность работников старших возрастных групп находится ниже уровня рентабельности из-за неуклонного ухудшения здоровья или, наоборот, ценность работников старших возрастных групп на современном рынке труда возрастает из-за повышения роли опыта, навыков и квалификации. Дополнительно проанализирован вопрос влияния систем пенсионного обеспечения на мотивацию лиц пожилого возраста к продолжению трудовой деятельности. Для проверки данных гипотез на основе статистики Организации экономического сотрудничества и развития проведен анализ общего уровня занятости, участия в рабочей силе и безработицы, а также временной и неполной занятости по нескольким возрастным группам в диапазоне 15-65 лет и старше. Для оценки динамики проанализирована ситуация на 2000 и 2019 гг. В целом сделан вывод, что количественные и качественные параметры занятости у работников старших возрастных групп уступают среднему рабочему возрасту, однако во временной динамике использование человеческого капитала лиц пожилого возраста растет. В области геронтологии рекомендовано уделять повышенное внимание улучшению здоровья возрастной когорты 65 лет и старше и изменению трудового законодательства в плане стимулирования продолжения трудовой деятельности после официального наступления пенсионного возраста. The article examines the employment of older people in the context of disrupted technological, medical and demographic changes. The relevance of the research topic is due to the demographic aging of the population, modern medical advances and changes in the nature of labor operations as a result of scientific and technological progress. In this article, the following competing hypotheses are tested: the productivity of older workers is below the level of profitability due to a steady decline in health, or vice versa, the value of older workers in the modern labor market is increasing due to the increasing role of experience, skills and qualifications. Additionally, the question of the impact of pension systems on the motivation of older people to continue working is analyzed. To test these hypotheses, based on OECD statistics, we analyzed the overall level of employment, labor force participation and unemployment, as well as temporary and underemployment for several age groups in the range of 15-65+ years. To assess the dynamics, the situation for 2000 and 2019 was analyzed. In general, the author concludes that the quantitative and qualitative parameters of employment of older people are inferior to the average working age, but over time, the use of the human capital of older people is growing. In the field of gerontology, it is recommended to pay increased attention to improving the health of the 65+ age cohort and changing labor legislation in order to stimulate the continuation of work.
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Santos, Stephanie, and Michelle Zechner. "A Thematic Analysis of Mental Health Student Perceptions of Working With Older Persons With Serious Mental Illness." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 5–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.016.
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Abstract Older people with serious mental illness (SMI) are a rapidly growing population that is expected to double in the US by 2030 (Pratt, Mueser, Bartels, & Wolfe, 2013). Negative attitudes towards older adults and people with SMI are reported for medical, nursing, and mental health students, but little research has examined mental health student attitudes about older adults living with SMI (Nochajski, et al., 2009; Smith & Cashwell, 2010). Education can improve attitudes towards vulnerable populations (Frailing & Slate, 2016). This retrospective qualitative study aimed to identify mental health profession student’s perceptions of working with older adults with SMI throughout a fifteen-week, online, mental health course, that educated students on the unique needs of older adults with SMI, available community services and resources, barriers to adequate services, and the effects of ageism. Undergraduate (n=13) and graduate (n=3) forum responses were gathered at three time points (Week 1, Week 5, and Week 15) to examine their attitudes about working with older adults with SMI. De-identified responses were aggregated. Conventional content analysis was used to identify themes. Two researchers manually coded aggregated information, and met to reach consensus regarding underlying themes. Content analysis suggested the following themes: negative feelings towards older adults, personal experiences with older adults, generational differences, cultural views of aging, attitudes about aging, and generational differences. Suggestions for future work with mental health students to reduce stigma and encourage them to work with older adults with SMI will be presented.
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Bouchard, Lauren. "Taking Education to the World: Implementing Aging Curriculum in Faith Communities." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 538. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1746.
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Abstract Religious communities are uniquely able to serve the needs of older adults, yet very little aging related training exists for lay people and clergy within religious congregations. This talk will discuss the needs of older adults in faith communities, intergenerational interventions, and formal educational training programs such as the Specialist in Aging Ministries program (SAM) developed by Concordia University Chicago as a way to educate and support caregivers and older adults in real world settings. The speaker will also discuss the ways gerontology curriculum has personally impacted her applied work with elders in faith communities including next steps for building and implementing curriculum and training for caregivers, older adults, and the community at large. Sociocultural implications and future directions will also be discussed.
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Król, Małgorzata. "Perception of Selected Instruments for Supporting Professional Activity by Older People – Research Results." Kwartalnik Ekonomistów i Menedżerów 52, no. 2 (April 24, 2019): 97–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.2375.
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The article discusses the need to stimulate the professional activity of older people. As a premise for such activities, demographic factors indicating the reduction and aging of labor resources and low professional activity of older people were indicated. The article is based on the analysis of literature and statistical data and presents a part of research carried out among people aged 50+. The presented part of the research concerns the perception of selected solutions by people aged 50+ as instruments supporting the continuation of professional activity by the elderly. Based on the obtained results, it was found out that: gender differentiates the assessment of solutions, introducing flexible working time is the solution most often indicated as supporting professional activity, while the leastindicated solution is the possibility of changing the profession by employees performing work requiring physical effort.
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Elliott, Sarah Eleanor, Kelsey L. Deane, and Barbara Staniforth. "A qualitative exploration of the unique challenges facing older men with haemophilia and the implications for social work practice." Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work 29, no. 2 (July 26, 2017): 83–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol29iss2id239.
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INTRODUCTION: For the first time, people who have haemophilia are facing the same aging issues as the general population, adding further complexity to their care and treatment. Worldwide, there has been little research on the psychosocial effects of growing older with haemophilia. This study investigated the holistic experiences of older men with haemophilia in Aotearoa New Zealand. Support services, particularly the roles that social workers could play in facilitating wellbeing, have also been explored. METHODS: A focus group was conducted with a purposive sample of five older men living with haemophilia in Aotearoa New Zealand. Thematic analysis through Braun and Clarke’s six-phased model (2006) was used to provide insight into their experiences. FINDINGS: Substantial physical and new medical challenges existed for the participants and these had flow-on effects for their psychosocial wellbeing. Existing services were well regarded but the anticipated complexity of multi-specialists and continuing care provoked anxiety. Connection with others with similar challenges was seen as an important social resource. CONCLUSIONS: The complexities associated with an aging population of people with haemophilia has generated a need for a wide-range of services and supports. Social workers need to take new and different approaches to fill the roles of advocating for, educating and providing support to, older men with haemophilia.
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Pines, Rachyl, and Howard Giles. "Dancing while Aging: A Study on Benefits of Ballet for Older Women." Anthropology & Aging 41, no. 1 (March 4, 2020): 83–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/aa.2020.209.
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As people age, experiences of depression, loneliness and loss of physical capabilities can emerge. As with previous work on the benefits of music as an intervention for social belonging and valued social identity, dance may increase similar feelings. Although theoretical chapters have been written on dance as it relates to social identity, belonging, and health, little empirical work has been conducted on the benefits of ballet as a recreational activity for older adults. The study reported here is framed by the “communication ecology model of successful aging,” and modestly embellishes this framework based on this study’s findings. Using interviews from 24 American female recreational ballet dancers ranging in age from 23-87 in a small West Coast town, this study investigates, for the first time, how ballet is incorporated into their self-concept and physical, mental, and social experiences of aging. Findings indicate that participating regularly in ballet is a core aspect of most women’s self-concept and means of self-expression. All women discussed how ballet has improved their physical and mental wellness, helping them have a more positive experience of age-related changes. Results showed that most women regard ballet as a very social activity, such that it helps them to feel a sense of community or even kin-like relationships with the other people regularly in class. All women interviewed mentioned that ballet is so integrated into who they are that it is something they hope to do for as long as possible.
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Bienvenu, Beth. "BUILDING RESOURCE NETWORKS IN SERVICE OF OLDER PEOPLE THROUGH STATE ARTS AGENCIES' COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.115.
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Abstract National, state, and local arts networks help build the capacity of public and private sector organizations to serve older adults through quality arts engagement opportunities. The National Endowment for the Arts has worked closely with state arts agencies to build networks through a community of practice to facilitate partnerships with artists, arts organizations, aging services, and the healthcare system. With more than 40 states participating, the initiative has resulted in new state partnerships, new state grant initiatives, and new arts learning programs for older adults. Arts service organizations also have a role to play in this work. For example, the American Alliance of Museums is building a network of museums that will develop and implement high-quality, intensive arts learning opportunities for older adults across the United States. This presentation will address how these networks are helping build capacity across the country to improve the health and well-being of older adults
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Pinto, Juliana Martins. "Barriers to Social Participation in Caregivers of Older People: A Systematic Review." Research in Health Science 1, no. 2 (July 20, 2016): 78. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/rhs.v1n2p78.
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<p><em>Some aspects of care contribute for decreased quality of life, health status and well-being among caregivers of older people. Care conditions may affect caregivers’ social participation increasing the odds of those negative outcomes. Then, to maintain a high level of social engagement configures a strategy to protect caregivers against burden and allow them to provide a better care. This study aimed at investigates what are the barriers to social participation in caregivers of older people. A systematic review of the literature was performed in PubMed, Web of Science, PsycINFO and Abstracts in Social Gerontology databases, using social participation, social involvement, social engagement, social activities, social relations, elderly, aged, aging, older people, seniors and caregivers as terms. Twenty-three articles fit the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The barriers to social participation were: characteristics and tasks related to care, caregiver’s mental health, low social support, sex, care receiver’s health, concurrent paid work, age, caregiver’s physical health, financial situation, education and quality of life. Those barriers need to be approached by professionals and politicians in order to prevent social isolation and promote better quality of life among caregivers.</em></p>
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Kleissner, Verena, and Georg Jahn. "Dimensions of Work-Related Age Stereotypes and In-Group Favoritism." Research on Aging 42, no. 3-4 (December 31, 2019): 126–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0164027519896189.
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Age stereotypes in the context of work take effect in management decisions and leadership behavior. We aimed to comprehensively measure main dimensions of work-related age stereotypes, namely, performance, adaptability, reliability, and warmth, and explored how they vary across age groups, thereby testing predictions of social identity theory and associations with social contact. Three hundred and eighty German nurses aged between 19 and 63 years participated in this study. Older nurses were seen as more competent, less physically strong, and less adaptable, whereas younger nurses were seen as less reliable and less warm. In-group bolstering was observed for both age groups, however, much stronger for older professionals. Besides age, contact quality, the number of very close older colleagues, the perception of aging, and the perception of older people in general were associated with age stereotypes about older nurses. We conclude with a discussion of measures to reduce age stereotypes at work.
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Brotman, Shari, Tamara Sussman, Laura Pacheco, Daniel Dickson, Lucyna Lach, Émilie Raymond, Marie-Hélène Deshaies, Zelda Freitas, and Élise Milot. "The Crisis Facing Older People Living with Neurodiversity and Their Aging Family Carers: A Social Work Perspective." Journal of Gerontological Social Work 64, no. 5 (April 26, 2021): 547–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2021.1920537.
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Griber, Yulia A., Vladimir V. Selivanov, and Ralf Weber. "Color in the educational environment for older people: recent research review." Perspectives of Science and Education 47, no. 5 (November 1, 2020): 368–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.32744/pse.2020.5.26.
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The purpose of the article is to present an analysis of the studies existing in domestic and foreign science of the necessary age-related "correction" of the color of the educational environment for older people, carried out in respect of the fact that chromatic communication is not limited exclusively to biological reactions, but its structure, in addition to perceptual one, includes much more significant psychological mechanisms and semiotic levels. The selection of research sources was carried out through the RSCI, Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science systems. In total, 63 full texts of articles published between 1999 and 2019 were analyzed. In the process of work, the methods of theoretical and comparative analysis, systematization and generalization of the material were used. The analysis made it possible to distinguish three groups of research. The first group includes works that present the physiological prerequisites for the necessary changes in the chromatic design of the educational space intended for older people. The second group of studies analyzes various aspects of the impact of the color of the educational environment on older people in a psychological connotation. The third group involves the socio-cultural aspects of the formation of the educational environment for older people and analyzes this phenomenon in terms of connection with the lifestyle, way of thinking, physical and emotional-intellectual activity, and social conditions of the aging person. The results of the study convince that color correction in an educational environment designed for older people can cause noticeable changes in the quality of learning at several levels at once – biological (increasing the availability of information and significantly reducing physiological barriers to perception), psychological (supporting and strengthening the processes of memorization and information processing, increasing the psychological comfort of the educational environment), and social (improving the quality of life of older people).
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Hudson, Robert B. "The New Political Environment in Aging: Challenges to Policy and Practice." Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services 86, no. 3 (July 2005): 321–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1606/1044-3894.3429.
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The last quarter-century has seen a notable shift in the context of social policy as it relates to older adults in the United States and those who work with them. Critical dimensions in this shift include changes in the size and makeup of today's older population, the rise of conservatism in contemporary U.S. politics, and the more central place older Americans are coming to assume in policymaking around a host of social and economic policy issues. After briefly reviewing these contextual developments, the author presents 5 challenges they bring to social workers and other professionals working with the aged. Each of these reflect changing expectations, opportunities, and options confronting both policymakers and older people themselves as the dynamics of aging politics and policy evolve in ways that would have been hard to imagine 25 or 30 years ago.
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Wieczorek, Andrzej. "The conception of selected Technology Assessment method and the possibilities of TS application." Multidisciplinary Aspects of Production Engineering 2, no. 1 (September 1, 2019): 234–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mape-2019-0023.
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Abstract The article addresses the problem of population aging and the related problem of using and maintenance of technical means by the older persons. Such persons, as participants of the exploitation process, experience various problems. Therefore, the challenge is to adapt technical means to the needs of older people. The response of engineers to this challenge may be the technology assessment, which assumes the adoption of various achievements in the field of philosophy, sociology, psychology or other social sciences as tools for their work. The proposal for such a solution is presented in the article and it is an indicator that allows you to draw conclusions about the real needs of older people. The effect of calculations with its use is the Wi characterization in the function of the human age. This characteristic complements the characteristics obtained on the basis of empirical data about the behavior of a technical mean. The article also presents the possibilities of using the discussed indicator. These include: improving the quality of life of users of technical means at various ages through rational management of company resources, improving the quality of life of users through user-centered design, exclusion from exploitation by the elderly technical means/their components based on social technology assessment, analysis and optimization of needs people of different ages, modeling the movement of older people, elimination of social exclusion of older people, improving the quality of life of people of all ages through appropriate knowledge management.
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Elmer, Eddy, and Heather Campbell Pope. "Meeting the Physical and Mental Health Needs of Older Offenders: Does Aging in Place Work in Prison?" Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.064.
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Abstract In many countries, the proportion of older people in prison is growing due to longer sentences, increases in convictions for historical offences, and longevity. Moreover, harsh conditions of confinement coupled with the negative effects of a criminal lifestyle may contribute to 'accelerated aging' in this population. Indeed, many prisoners develop health problems that are more commonly seen among people who are up to ten years older. Correctional institutions are increasingly struggling to meet the complex and expensive healthcare needs of these offenders, especially at end-of-life. Some institutions have taken the position that prisons were never intended to be nursing homes, nor can they be adequately adapted to fulfill this role. As a result, these institutions attempt to place some aging offenders in healthcare institutions within the community, provided that their risk to the public can be adequately managed. Other institutions have argued that the needs of aging offenders can be successfully met behind prison walls and have taken steps to allow prisoners to 'age in place.' After summarizing the research on the physical and mental health needs of aging offenders, this presentation considers the advantages and disadvantages of meeting older offenders' healthcare needs both within and outside the prison setting and provides relevant examples of both. Special attention is paid to the issues of social isolation and loneliness: both may contribute to accelerated aging, and perhaps even the risk for re-offending, raising questions about which correctional settings are most beneficial for minimizing these problems.
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Berkman, Lisa F., Axel Boersch-Supan, and Mauricio Avendano. "Labor-Force Participation, Policies & Practices in an Aging America: Adaptation Essential for a Healthy & Resilient Population." Daedalus 144, no. 2 (April 2015): 41–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/daed_a_00329.
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Population aging in the United States poses challenges to societal institutions while simultaneously creating opportunities to build a more resilient, successful, and cohesive society. Work organization and labor-force participation are central to both the opportunities and challenges posed by our aging society. We argue that expectations about old age have not sufficiently adapted to the reality of aging today. Our institutions need more adaptation in order to successfully face the consequences of demographic change. Although this adaptation needs to focus especially on work patterns among the “younger elderly,” our society has to change its general attitudes toward work organization and labor-force participation, which will have implications for education and health care. We also show that work's beneficial effects on well-being in older ages are often neglected, while the idea that older workers displace younger workers is a misconception emerging from the “lump-of-labor” fallacy. We conclude, therefore, that working at older ages can lead to better quality of life for older people and to a more productive and resilient society overall.
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Phillipson, Chris, Jarmin Yeh, and Chris Phillipson. "Developing Age-Friendly Communities: Comparative Research on the Role of Social Infrastructure and Inclusion." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 684. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2387.
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Abstract Aging experiences are often framed by the forms in which communities take shape. In turn, the material forms of communities provide the conditions in which aging experiences and processes are produced. These multidirectional pathways of influence between micro-macro contexts comprise an assemblage of networks that usually go unnoticed, except on breakdown. Applying Leigh-Star’s (1999) charge to study these networks as infrastructure, we examine their “invisible work” in the ecological analysis of aging in community. This symposium presents research using community-embedded methods to illuminate how paradoxical forms of transparent and opaque infrastructure facilitate and mediate interactions between people, things, and the environmental shapes that hold these interactions. Yarker’s comparative case analysis of two Manchester neighborhoods highlight the critical importance of social infrastructure in supporting the diversity of relations needed to develop age-friendly communities and new forms of community action amongst older people. Grove’s qualitative and geo-spatial approaches demonstrate how planned and unplanned social interactions, and variety of social infrastructural forms, contribute positively and negatively to ageing well for older people in Dublin. Simon-Rusinowitz’s three-part intervention addresses unmet needs of older Baltimore residents in a low-income community; finding, in part-one, that housing is a platform for providing health and social services needed to age successfully. Yeh compares the conceptual frames undergirding age-friendly community initiatives with expert knowledges and lay perspectives of older San Franciscans, revealing tension between the rational dreams and material realities of aging in the community. These presentations contribute to gerontological discourse, providing new insights for policy and practice considerations.
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Kinsella, Glynda J. "Everyday Memory for Everyday Tasks: Prospective Memory as an Outcome Measure Following TBI in Older Adults." Brain Impairment 11, no. 1 (May 1, 2010): 37–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/brim.11.1.37.
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AbstractTraumatic brain injury in older adults is an increasing problem in our aging community. Traditional functional outcome measures, such as return to work or academic achievement, as used with younger samples following traumatic brain injury are of limited use for older people. Although challenging to assess reliably, evaluation of prospective memory is gradually being included in outcome assessments following traumatic brain injury in younger samples and may be a useful index of cognitive competence in everyday life when assessing older adults following traumatic brain injury.
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Miller, Wendy. "Creativity’s Impact on Aging and Health, 1970–2010." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 643. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2209.
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Abstract In the 1970, practitioners in the arts, aging, health, social work and allied therapeutic professions became pioneers in a newly formed movement of creative aging. Robert Butler’s “Why Survive? Growing Old in America” called for rethinking aging and the services needed to support the growing aging population. Barriers to restrictions and the lower expectations around how older people could live in their communities began to change. Opportunities for engagement in the humanities and the arts began to be tailored to support older people’s life style and to accommodate the sharing of their life experiences in new ways through partnerships with schools and senior centers. The rise of these practices promoted the first multi-year study of arts engagement impact on the health on older adults and a wave of publications and new research studies followed. These were the foundation for this strength-based initiative across the spectrum of aging.
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Ordway, Anne. "Transforming Cultural Ideas of Aging and Disability to Improve Policy and Practice." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 645. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2217.
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Abstract Aging and disability are normative processes that extend across the lifespan. However, ageism and ableism are incorporated into many of our practices, programs, and policies—devaluing the lives of older adults and people aging with disabilities and ultimately preventing their full participation in society. Ageism and ableism are closely connected. For example, both systems identify impairment as an individual and social liability. As recent studies have demonstrated, this has real world implications for the quantity and quality of health care requested, delivered, and received by both older adults and people with disabilities. In this session, we discuss the connections between these two forms of oppression and present recent work by researchers in both fields and the FrameWorks Institute that shows how to transform our cultural ideas of aging and disability and development more inclusive policies and services. Part of a symposium sponsored by the Lifelong Disabilities Interest Group.
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Savova, Zaharina A. "POLICIES FOR PRESERVING THE WORK ACTIVITY OF PEOPLE IN RETIREMENT AGE IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN BULGARIA." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S647. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2402.
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Abstract Demographically, aging of the world’s population is a fact that requires the implementation and development of integrated, active policies for the inclusion of older people in economic and social life. In response to this challenge, an international UN plan for active aging was adopted in Madrid in 2002. By adopting this plan, all EU member states are committed to contribute to active aging by integrating the rights and needs of older people into national economic and social policies. The European Commission formulates the concept of active aging as adopting a healthy lifestyle, longer labor market participation, later retirement, and retention after retirement. In recent years managers of higher education institutions in Bulgaria have been pursuing a policy of preserving the labor and intellectual potential of retired research and teaching staff. There are different practices and activities aimed at preserving this valuable resource built for decades. This paper outlines the main activities and evaluation of the effectiveness of the Mentoring Program for Shared Experience and Knowledge. This pilot program was implemented over a five-year period from 2012 to 2017. It involved teachers in pre-retirement and retirement age working in higher education institutions. Monitoring and evaluation of the different forms of activities included in the program were made. The benefits for all participants have been derived. The results and the analysis made support the initial suggestion that the program is an opportunity for gradual withdrawal from work activity, preserving social well-being and successful adaptation to retirement from active labor activity.
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Berčan, Mateja, and Marija Ovsenik. "Intergenerational Learning: A Cornerstone of Quality Aging." Journal of Educational and Social Research 9, no. 2 (May 1, 2019): 67–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jesr-2019-0014.
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Abstract The presentation of the professions from the older generation to elementary school pupils is one of the segments of intergenerational learning and intergenerational cooperation. Young people meet a person who actually did a particular occupation or profession. The older generation explains to the young generation what is needed to learn for a particular profession, and the young generation have the opportunity to test, or at least monitor the work they would do in the profession. The aim of our survey was to confirm that intergenerational learning is one of the cornerstones of quality aging. The data was collected with the survey questionnaire, which 200 representatives of older generation aged 65 and more have answered and was then quantitatively analyzed using a quantitative methodology. The results of the research confirmed that intergenerational cooperation through intergenerational learning, which involves the presentation of a profession of older generation to younger generation, affects the quality of life in the third life period. We can conclude that within intergenerational learning older generation gets the opportunity to transfer their knowledge, experience and share it with young generation, which leads to a higher quality of life even in the third stage of life. The younger generation is able to acquire concrete and useful information about professions first hand and in addition learn about aging and social tolerance.