week 11 ageing b Flashcards
Lifecourse
➢ Lifecourse understands age as not staged, but as it is like a course
➢ Lifecourse focuses on both the variations and continuities in people’s social status
➢ Lifecourse focuses on an individual’s participation in
various life ‘domains’ from birth to death
➢ Lifecourse emphasizes the dynamics of social roles
Examples: Being student, parent, employee, husband,
wife, member in organizations etc
Why are Social roles important?
➢ Because people find meaning, improve self-esteem, are recognised, construct their identity etc
➢ Knowing the multiple roles the elderly used to have or currently have can better understand the impact of aging
➢ Better understanding => better management
- Biographical time (personal time)
- Historical time (cohort time)
Biographical time (personal time): ➢ Personal events in one’s life: relationships, traveling, work etc
Historical time (cohort time):
➢ Events during a historical period: second world war.
Changing attitudes towards sexuality.
The importance of lifecourse in medical consultations
➢ Tackles stereotypes
➢ Helps with understanding older people as active social
beings
➢ Helps with exploring in depth patients’ social history and as a results better supporting patients
Cultures of ageing
➢ “Cultures of ageing” refers to a new way of life promoted in contemporary society, which is anti-old, e.g. anti-ageing products, athletics, fashion etc
➢ Older people can use tools of technology to construct or reconstruct their bodies
➢ Older people can adopt a new lifestyle in order to look younger
➢ Examples: organise clubs and competitions, change dress style
etc
What is Informal Care?
➢ Informal care refers to care provided by people who are not under formal institutions of healthcare
➢ Examples: spouses, siblings, parents, children
➢ Informal carers provide care due to kinship ties and family obligations
Challenges of Informal Carers
➢ Burn-out: they need assistance
➢ Social isolation: opportunities to socialise with other people
➢ Daily support: i.e. shopping and other social obligations
➢ Psychological support: they may be depressed
➢ Financial support: care is expensive
➢ Scientific support: i.e. training
Michael Pantehis was born in 1947, is now 69 years old and
generally fit. He visits a local GP clinic for routine check- ups. He is a part-time University teacher, travels abroad very often,
helps his son with running a catering business and looks
after his grandchildren on Sundays. He also meets with his friends to play bowling and organise fieldtrips to educate younger people with regard to living more environmental friendly. To attract more younger people all agree to dye their hair, wear jeans and caps. They feel young that way. At the clinic he finds out that he has to do more tests to
further check his heart’s functioning. When the test results are back he is informed that he has a heart problem and that he has to get a lot of rest, change his eating habits and general lifestyle. He is devastated!
Michael’s wife, Christine, is trying to support him as
much as she can and help maintain his lifestyle even
though Michael can no longer work as much as before. Michael is nearly depressed and Christine has to take care of him. Christine is very tired and she feels that she cannot fulfill this obligation as effectively as she would like to. She is afraid of being depressed too and then need a third person to take care of her and Michael.
Lifecourse:::::::::;
Michael participates in various domains of life and performs
various social roles. His life is not static and has not entered
into a new fixed stage (third age).
Cultures of ageing:::::::::::::;
Michael gets together with other older people to play
bowling and organize fieldtrips to educate younger people with regard to living more environmental friendly. To attract more younger people all agree to dye their hair, wear jeans and caps. They feel young.
Informal care::::::::::::::::;
Christine, Michael’s wife is undertaking the role of carer.
Christine is an example of informal carer because she wasnot trained as a carer and is not remunerated for her caring activities.
Informal carers’ challenges::::::
Christine is very tired and she feels that she cannot fulfill this
obligation as effectively as she would like to. She is afraid of being depressed too.
sample SBA in last slide
