Evidence Of Elderly Disadvantage (Workplace, Health, Media, Crime) Flashcards
Johnson - Workplace
Ageism occurs in the workplace in the UK, ageism is institutionalised and embedded in practices and society
The National pension convention - workplace
One in five older people live below the poverty line, majority of these are females living alone
Barron and Norris - Workplace
Elderly are more likely to be found in the secondary labour market defined by low pay, slow status, a lack of chance of promotion and few fringe benefits
Green gross - health
Any choice is guilty of institutional ageism, elderly will be denied clinical treatment and often anything offered will be end of life care
Human Rights Watch - health
Funding local governments received from the central government to deliver social care and other services have fallen bias half between 2010–11 and 20 17–18
The Royal College of surgeons and age, UK – healthcare
No one over the age of 75 is being offered crucial surgery for breast cancer and very few undergo bowel cancer surgery or have knee or hip replacements
Landis - Media
Stereotypes and representations of older people = grumpy, old man, feisty, old woman, busybody, having a second childhood and having wisdom
Carrigan and Szmigin - media
All the people are ignored in media, when they are included, they are stereotyped and presented as a caricature of an elderly person
Digital generation gap - Media
Problems for employment, all the people may be less comfortable using technology than the young, unable to cope with changes such as paperless banking
Age UK – crime
Fraud, scams, the financial loss for all the victims those aged 55 and over was likely to be nearly twice as much per scam as that for younger age groups
Financial times – crime
Over 60s in jail to 4000 for the first time in record, inmates with dementia has risen while cases of diabetes and hypertension have also soared
