The traditional lines of demarcation between service providers and service users are shifting. Professionals in managed service organizations are working to incorporate the voices of service users into their missions …
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Portrayals of Aging in Popular Catholic Magazines – by Dana Sawchuk
by adminby adminScholars interested in aging sometimes distinguish between the socially constructed categories of the “Third Age,” a fulfilling period in the life course in which older adults experience engaged and active …
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How to Disseminate and Scale Up Social Innovations for Aging Societies – by Andrzej Klimczuk
by adminby adminThe rapid pace of population aging around the globe is stimulating searches for innovative solutions that will help us to create positive answers to this challenge. In recent years, various …
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A photo-novel to explore social participation at the intersection of aging and disability – by Emilie Raymond
by adminby adminWritten by Emilie Raymond June 12, 2016 The concept of social participation has become central in aging policy since the 2000s, framing a new trajectory for older people in terms …
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The concept of home is now being taken up by many long-term care facilities who wish to provide comfortable living arrangements for their residents. In terms of care policies, the …
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Dressing, personal care and eating are the stuff of everyday life. These activities are so essential that disability activists and scholars argue receiving help with these tasks should be seen …
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Doing age: how are our daily practices throughout the life course impacting how we will experience later life? – by Emily Cichonski
by adminby admin‘Doing age’ refers to how individuals construct age in terms of actions and interactions with others. ‘Doing age’ made me think: how do our daily practices throughout the life course …
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Last week I had the experience of attending a virtual dementia tour, which was eye-opening and inspiring- yet troubling in terms of ‘representing dementia’. We were greeted by a series …
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Thinking Through Age Relations: ‘Doing Age’ in the Context of Later Life Care – by Rachel Barken
by adminby adminWithin social gerontological research, there has been an overwhelming focus on the care needs of older people experiencing physical and cognitive declines. Implicit in discussions of eldercare are questions of …
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Sex among older adults is a taboo subject. After five years as a gerontology major, I can count on one hand how many times sex and older adults have been …