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Social Context of Aging: Ageism Flashcards

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Only a small segment of elderly people are…

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-old, rich and spoiled

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Employment in Old Age?

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  • structured social relations impact the choices that you have
  • choices then impact your health
  • some may find meaning in employment
  • depends on whether they are choosing to stay in the workforce
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Homelessness in Old Age

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  • effects social class
  • no suitable residence
  • effects on physical and mental health
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Old age and social isolation

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  • loneliness

- don’t have meaningful family relationships

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A youthful spirit trapped in an aging body

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  • don’t feel old (age is just a #)

- still very active

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Successful aging leads to…

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  • healthy lifestyle factors are enjoyed

- perception of old age is different (don’t feel old)

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Anti-aging medicine and technology leads to…

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  • discrimination
  • personal denial of old age
  • historical context
  • stereotypes in society
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Societal views of people who choose anti-aging medicine

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  • active
  • productive
  • less burden
  • macro factors affect how individuals behave
  • class divide as only the rich can afford it
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Why is anti-aging medicine and technology still a thing?

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  • denying that they’re getting old
  • beauty standards
  • living longer
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Anti-aging Medicine: Botox

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  • more emphasis on how women look (shifting to mens bodies)

- gender discrimination

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Successful Aging Programs

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  • healthy lifestyle behaviours cost money

- optimizing life in the second half by taking control of your body

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Successful Aging leads to…

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  • discrimination of older people
  • don’t meet stereotypes of being old, weak & burden
  • denying being old
  • being active and maintaining a healthy body
  • not achieved by all (class divide)
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Old Age is related to…

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  • structured social relations and health implications
  • anti-aging meds may harm your body
  • causes (-) health outcomes
  • some naturally age and come out more healthy
  • some people fight back against dominant culture/ideology
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Various Industries involved in anti-aging

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  • pharmaceutical companies, therapists, life coaches, physical fitness clubs, dietitians
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Consumerism

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  • products & services designed to help the ‘seniors’ age gracefully
  • booming economy, profitable, want to meet the demand of people not accepting aging
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Social implications of anti-aging

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  • old is not desirable
  • more $$ can allow you to remain young
  • access to resources allowing you to age successfully
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Medicalization of the aging body

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  • medical problem that needs be fixed
  • site of medical examination
  • treat aging with medication
  • hidden ideology in marketing
18
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Age as a noun

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set of structured social relations (category)

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Age as a verb

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  • process linked to physiological, biological, social, psychological and cultural
  • 360 degree holistic view of aging
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Culture and old age

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Culture constructs what it means to be old

  • e.g. asian cultures sees older people as worthy of respect
  • other cultures see aging as undesirable
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Macro view of culture and it’s view of old age

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  • societal burden (cost)
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Meso view of culture and it’s view of old age

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  • family responsibility

- worker replacement

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Micro view of culture and it’s view of old age

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  • self-esteem
  • life satisfaction
  • health
  • personal denial
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Aging bodies are seen as…

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  • biological
  • social
  • cultural
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Stereotypes are…

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  • A thought that can be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things. These thoughts or beliefs may or may not accurately reflect reality
  • Positive & negative
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Beliefs are…

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something believed to be true -> Stereotypes

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Attitudes are…

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tendency to evaluate an object with some degree of favour or disfavour
- predictive of general trends in behaviour

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Ageism

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  • The holding of irrational and prejudicial views about individuals or groups, based on their age
  • Involving stereotypical assumptions about a person’s or group’s physical or mental capacities and is often associated with derogatory language
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Aging in multiple dimensions

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  • Biological (physical decline = problem?)
  • Psychological (denial of aging)
  • Social (discrimination)
  • Bio-social-psychological (a combined perspective
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Ageism is a pervasive social attitude in…

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  • Education (young vs. old)
  • Health Care (e.g., treating older people as less rewarding)
  • Employment (e.g., older workers, less productive)
  • Sexuality (e.g., no interests in sexual intimacy)
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Institutionalized ageism (systemic)

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“A tendency to structure society based on an assumption that everyone is young, thereby failing to respond appropriately to the real needs of older persons”

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Internalized ageism (social learning)

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  • becomes part of our belief systems

- learned from mass media

33
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Hidden Ageism in consumerism

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  • Ageism as socially constructed

- Drug makers, therapists, personal trainer, dieticians

34
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Does ageism promote healthy aging?

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  • not always good
  • solution to non-existent problem
  • “being old is good”
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Does ageism reinforce old age stereotypes?

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  • old age isn’ t good

- being old has problems (hidden in marketing)

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Ageism in Language

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  • challenges words used in everyday language
  • Language creates a discourse that distinguishes ’in-group’ from ‘out-group’
  • Language can be used to perpetuate negative judgement, stereotypes and prejudice and assumption
  • Language-based discrimination with regards to ageism can be normalized and potentially internalized
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Internalized Ageism

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  • generalization by old people towards themselves
  • how people form behaviours and ideology
  • social aspect is very important
38
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We need to avoid…

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  • subconscious use of stereotype words

- may be unaware, subtle or normalized

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