Empirical work thus far suggests that both between and within individual variability in physical functional limitations and cognitive impairment appear to be more closely tied to race/gender/class-based opportunity structure and …
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End-of-life care in nursing homes: Allowing for self-determined dying in a ‘total social institution’
In the last days of life, residents are most often not in a position to express their will, and nurses interpret minimal bodily signs as expressions.
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Rethinking dementia and the arts through feminist material perspectives is to create situations in which the distinction between those with and those without a dementia become irrelevant, and where a …
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The International Network for Critical Gerontology (INCG) was designed to create a meaningful communityof scholars that are curious and engaged in the active exchange of ideas and practices.
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Familialism will continue because of resource limitations, uncertainties regarding responsibility, and the political status of the family.
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How can ‘home-like’ residential care inform ‘home-less’ shelters and vice versa?
by Sarah Canhamby Sarah CanhamAt the crux of what all older adults need is a place to call home— where they can attach meaning and build a sense of place.