Elderly-cross cultural examples

Question 1

Kagan

Answer 1

• North Columbian village in the Andes
• not an idle period
• high levels of integration
• spend lots of time with children and grandchildren

Question 2

Victor

Answer 2

• Normandic people
• old age is negative (seen as burdens)
• may be neglected, abandoned or ceremonially put to death

Question 3

WIlliams

Answer 3

• American Indian elderly
• high valued
• placed in high positions due to their tribal knowledge
• SIMILAR TO THOMPSON ET AL GERONTOCRATIC SOCIETY

Question 4

MacCromoc

Answer 4

Sierra Leone- Sherab people

• old age slurred speach is positive
• closer to the language of the ancestors