Patterns And Trends For Age (OLD) Flashcards
What are the three areas for inequalities for old age ?
- work and employment
- poverty
- digital world
What are the two sections of old age for work and employment
- ageism/discrimination
- retirement
What is discrimination according to work and employment?
Refers to prejudice or unfair treatment of a person based on characteristics such as race , age or gender
What are the studies for discrimination in the workplace
- ageism in the workplace: double standards: Sontag
- Bradley
- Sujata Ray
What does ageism in workplace : double standards Sontag say ?
- Double standards of ageing especially in television as women are required to be youthful and men are not
What example does Sontag use for double standards?
Moira Stuart in BBC 2007, she was retired by corporation at age 58 , while male colleague David Dimbleby 72 was allowed to carry on pass retirement age so age is reason for employment
According to Bradley , how are old people often seen by employers at work ?
- less suitable
- physically slow
- lacking dynamic
- not adaptable to change
What did Sujata Ray find ?
Ageism means exclusion from workplace, position of power and decision making because employers assume lower compotence
According to Sujata Ray how does research sample see old people ?
Incompetent and less intelligent
According to Sujata Ray ,what does positive and negative attitude to elderly results to ?
Continued socio-economic exclusion of elderly
What is retirement?
But employers can set a compulsory retirement age if they can justify it
According to Arber and Ginn, retirement how is ageism reinforced?
- Ageism against elderly is reinforced through retirement
What can retirement lead to according to Arber and Ginn ?
- loss of status
- self-respect
- purpose
- loneliness
Why do old people have a limiting working life ?
Because employee are reluctant to invest in training them
For poverty what are the sections ?
- relative poverty
- absolute poverty
- material deprivation
What is material deprivation?
Inability to afford basic resources and service
According to Age UK, for relative and absolute poverty how is the proportion of poverty for old people?
Risk of poverty for old people is disproportionately high
According to Age UK , for relative and absolute poverty. How many pensioners in uk live in poverty?
16%
For fuel poverty how does this affect old people in poverty ?
- old people have to choose between eating or heating
- they spend more than 10th of money on fuel bill
According to material deprivation, the department for work and pensions found what ?
800,000 pensioners aged 65 and over were in material deprivation
What ya digital generational divide ?
Clear gap between young and old in terms of their ability to use technology which leads problems in employment as older people less comfortable with technology
According to Boyle, for digital generational divide what does he argue ?
Increase in digital generational divide between old and young
According Boyle, how are old labelled ?
Digital immigrants , less likely to use digital communication
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