Gerotech influences how people live and are supported and if we want to offer valuable insight and analysis it’s important that we ask them what they think.
critical gerontology
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“Incitement” gets published in an oh-so-reasonable tone, not by teenagers but by important writers with total impunity when older people are the focus.
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Current Discussion
British Society of Gerontology (BSG) 2017: Do Not Go Gentle – Gerontology and a Good Old Age
This year’s programme ranged from health, social care ,participation and inclusion, cultural gerontology, arts, and environments of ageing.
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Current Discussion
Guardianship of the Infantilized Elder: A Pipeline to the Institution Industrial Complex?
The very body of vulnerable elders becomes a commodity in an institution industrial complex with an emphasis on profit making and social control.
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The proportion of older people in Japanese prisons has risen sharply since the recession of the early 1990s. Around 17% of Japanese prisoners are over 65.
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Creative industries such as architecture, fashion, software, design are very close to the fields described through the concept of the silver economy.
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There has been an increasing focus on person-centred approaches to dementia, which seeks to affirm the person living with dementia that is often overlooked.
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How hairstylists respond to age norms, the aging body, as well as, social constructs about how women should style their hair.
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Written by: Amanda Grenier, Rachel Barken, and Colleen McGrath May 19th, 2017 Aging occurs in close relation to ‘house’ and ‘home.’ International policies and frameworks on aging are organized around ‘home,’…
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Current Discussion
Carers in their neighbourhoods: Exploring the intersections of dementia, care and place
A growing number of municipalities are implementing initiatives supporting people with dementia and their carers in their neighbourhoods and communities.