Prilog proučavanju urbanog kulturnog asleđa putem dekonstruisanja procesa konstruisanja starosti kao društvenog problema u Srbiji: preliminarna razmatranja

Author(s): Ljubica Milosavljević,Marko Pišev / Language(s): Serbian Publication Year: 0

Prilog proučavanju urbanog kulturnog nasleđa baziran je na dekonstrukciji procesa konstruisanja starosti kao društvenog problema u Srbiji od otpočinjanja sazdavajućeg perioda sredinom 19. veka. Označeni proces konstruisanja analiziran je kroz dekonstrukciju dva odvojena, ali i preklapajuća, potprocesa ukupnog procesa konstruisanja. Prvi se odnosi na proces konstruisanja starosti kao društvenog problema u vezi sa nastankom i razvojem penzijskog osiguranja, penzionih fondova i penzionisanog dela društva. Drugi je u vezi sa nastankom i razvojem organizovanog stanovanja za stare. Oba izdvojena potprocesa, međutim, snažno su zavisila od procesa koji su se odvijali u gradu, najpre kao administrativnom centru iz kojeg dolaze pravne regulative koje oblikuju ukupni proces konstruisanja, ali i kao mestu u kojem je starost počela da se razvija na drugačiji način od one starosti koja je pripadala autarhičnoj privredi sela i u kojoj je ranije mogla biti isključivo lični ili porodični problem.

Impact of Psycho-Social Predictors on the Quality of Life of the Elderly in Pakistan

Author(s): Naqeeb Shah,Basharat Hussain Basharat Hussain,Samiullah Paracha,Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This study was aimed to analyze the Quality of Life of the elderly with regard to socio-economic conditions and psycho-social perspectives in Peshawar, Pakistan. In the present review, the focus has been made to examine the impacts of various predictors on the quality of life. A multiple indicator approach, which was based on PLS-SEM, was used to assess the impact of different psycho-socio-economic and demographic indicators on the psychological well-being of the elderly. Hypotheses were planned and evaluated for each dimension in the analysis. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Two standard inventories: Scale with Life Satisfaction and Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale were adopted and evaluated as a composite outcome measure “Quality of Life”, employing Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling technique. The coefficient in the model showed that Social Circle, Health and General Activity have a significant contribution to the Quality of Life. The findings of the study indicated that the relationship between the explanatory variables and outcome variable was strong in the model. All constructs collectively were accounted for 68% of the amount of variance in the construct of Quality of Life. The result exhibited that the Friends and Family construct was the strongest determinant for Quality of Life and Psychological wellbeing in the retired elderly.

Mobilność codzienna osób starszych w Łodzi

Author(s): Marta Borowska-Stefańska,Szymon Wiśniewski / Language(s): Polish

The aim of this book has been to identify the features of spatial mobility of senior citizens (60+) living in the Śródmieście district in Łódź. To achieve the purpose of the monograph, a survey was conducted among the target population (60+) living in this part of the city. The research proves that the senior citizens of Śródmieście choose everyday shopping as well as visiting their family and friends as the primary destination of their daily trips. Therefore, it can be concluded that they above all focus on meeting their basic needs. As for transport mode, it has to be stated that, in the case of short-distance trips, seniors choose walking or public transportation. The car is the preferred means of transport mainly when there is a need to travel relatively longer distances, including commuting to work or visiting family and friends. With regard to the distances covered, it can be generally said that they decrease with age, because longer trips are primarily associated with employment which is more frequently pursued by younger seniors.

Wrocław 65+. Samorządowe, pozarządowe, komercyjne, kościelne i inne wrocławskie społeczne inicjatywy na rzecz seniorów

Author(s): Anna Sanecka / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

Ageing of the Polish society cause the growing number of proposals dedicated to seniors. This offers are extended by local governments as well as universities and study centres, churches and NGOs. Wrocław likes to be exceptional in many different areas. Wrocław authorities as well as city residents like if it is described as “young city” or multicultural one. It is understandab-le that they try to present the city as “seniors-friendly” as well. The article is not aimed to proclaim the city seniors-friendly or not, but to present some of the efforts offered to elder residents of Wrocław as well as to underline the distinctive attributes of such proposals together with some risks arising from these attributes.

Postawy wobec starszych kobiet i mężczyzn – różnice pokoleniowe

Author(s): Maria Finogenow / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

The aim of the study was to analyze the differences in attitudes toward aging of men and women in a group of young adults and seniors. Moreover the sex of the participants was controlled. The total sample consisted of 128 participants. The results show that the young adults show more positive attitude to elderly than the old adults. Moreover the results indicate that the attitude toward aging of men and women depends on the evaluated area, sex and age of the participants.

Dyskryminacja ze względu na wiek w aspekcie praktyk organizacyjnych i zarządzania wiekiem

Author(s): Anna Lubrańska / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

The main aim of this article is to present the results of an age discrimination in the organization, in the addition of an age management’s context. Age management is a term that becomes more and more often considered within characteristics of organizational phenomena related to demographic changes in the working population. Therefore the general purpose of this research is the analysis of the relationship between an age management and age discrimination. There were examined 395 working persons (233 women and 162 men). The results of the stati¬stically analysis (cross tabs) showed significant relationships between level of age management, type of the organizational climate and age discrimination.

„Zdrowa” jakość życia seniorów – wyzwaniem dla promocji zdrowia

Author(s): ALINA DWORAK / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

Demographic aging of the population, expressed by the increase in the society percentage of elderly people is a social process, which is in the interest of researchers in many fields both medicine, public health, psychology, sociology or social policy. Reason of the increase in the society percent of older people is the extending the duration of human life with a simulta neous decrease in the number of births. Demographic aging of the Polish population, proceed in a similar manner to most European societies. Senile changes are manifested with varying in¬tensity in different periods of human life, causing a progressive reduction of self-reliance, often helplessness. The process of population aging is a problem all over the world, and lengthening the duration of life is not always associated with its quality. Assessing the quality of life of older people we should take into account aspects related to the health and well-being, as well as exponents of social functioning. Reaching old age in good health requires the targeting of social policy not only to extend life, but also to improve its quality. It is also a task for the health promotion of older people, which is the process towards both to change the style of life of older people, as well as changes in the organization of health care and social assistance for the elderly, and to improve the quality of life in the “joy of life”.

„Towarzyszenie w drodze” jako relacja w chorobie Alzheimera (na podstawie doświadczeń opiekunów rodzinnych)

Author(s): Elżbieta Dubas / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

The author shows Alzheimer’s disease as an example of existential struggles constantly present in human life, especially in context of family carers. In this article relation in Alzheimer`s disease is described as “accompanying the path”, which helps to face with great difficulties of this disease. The author characterized “Accompanying the path” as several relations such as geragogical, social, personal, relation with Other person, relation “to be”. Analyzed experiences of three family carers of Alzheimer`s disease patients, shows several dimensions and principles of “accompanying the path” relation. Those are: personal dimension (personalistic) – which is rule of respecting patient as an human being (person); emotional dimension – rule of creating and maintaining positive emotions; community dimension – obligation to build community bounders within family and social environment of patient; communication dimension – obligation to constant communication with a patient, considering understanding and conversations.

Wiek w biegu życia

Author(s): Olga Czerniawska / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

The text present reflections concerning calendar age perceived not only as an objective category but especially as a subjective category from the perspective of the end of life – old age, coupled with experience from the whole life, including childhood experiences. The author refers to the age stratification theory, social clock idea and the concept of the social age elaborated by Helena Radlińska. She emphasizes the fact that the historical feeling of being old has changed over time The author also draws attention to the complexity of the perception of the old age of other people, age-related epithets, biographical memory, heart memory present in the experience of old people.

Caring For Elderly Parents In Japan While Living Abroad: Transnationalism, Mobilities, And Long-Term Strategies

Author(s): Yana Yovcheva / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

When the words ‘care’ and ‘transnational migration’ are used in one sentence, what typically comes to mind are migrants – usually women – who move to another country in order to care for children or elderly people there because the latter’s own family are in a more advantageous position and have other priorities. In view of the constantly increasing movement of foreign health, residential and domestic care workers to rapidly-aging upper- and middle-income countries, researchers have developed the concept of global care chains (Hochschild 2000, Parreñas 2005, Yeates 2009). Defined as “a series of personal links between people across the globe based on the paid or unpaid work of caring” (Hochschild 2000: 131), the chain extracts physical and emotional labor upwards to the Global North (or, the core), leaving the Global South (or, the periphery) as a reservoir of care workers (Yeates 2009, Raghuram, Bornat & Henry 2011). These chains “cascade downwards and incorporate labor that at each stage is remunerated to lesser extent” (Kofman & Raghuram 2012: 8). For instance, a woman in a poor country migrates from the big city to a wealthy country to work as a domestic maid; she, in turn, relies on another woman from the countryside to migrate to the big city to care for her children and/or elderly parents in her absence; she, in turn, relies on (female) relatives to care for her own children and/or elderly parents back in the countryside. As Ormond & Toyota (2018) point out, care deficits are passed downward in distinctly gendered, racialized and classed manners.

Mediating Grannies: Caring for Young Grandchildren who Use Digital Media

Author(s): Galit Nimrod,Dafna LEMISH,Nelly Elias / Language(s): English Issue: 26 (2)/2020

Based on online surveys conducted in the United States and Israel, this study explored grandmothers’ involvement in mediation of their grandchildren’s digital media use. Study participants were highly involved in restrictive, instructive and supervising mediation—and to a much lesser degree in co-use and technological mediation. Their involvement was significantly associated with their familiarity with digital media popular among children, engagement in other activities with their grandchildren, and past mediation (as mothers). Results highlighted the technical challenges older women face in their efforts to mediate their grandchildren’s digital media use.

La gérontologie narrative numérique : porte ouverte sur les apprentissages informels intergénérationnels et les communications numériques

Author(s): Béatrice Crettenand Pecorini,Emmanuel Duplàa / Language(s): French Issue: 26 (2)/2020

Ontario’s action plan for seniors recognizes that seniors have health and education needs, among other needs (Gouvernement de l’Ontario, 2017). To partially meet these needs, we have proposed an innovative gerontagogical approach by combining two existing concepts: narrative gerontology with digital storytelling. Thus, by this new concept of Digital Narrative Gerontology, we give seniors a special place for the elaboration of the message they wish to bequeath to other generations, by creating together their life testimonies in digital form easy to share, while mutually acquiring new digital skills and exploiting the benefits of narrative gerontology, such as well-being, aging well, resilience and wisdom, but also informal and intergenerational learning. Communication was important on two levels: between the elder and the researcher during the oral narration and the creation of the digital narration in a relationship of mutual trust as well as in the form of digital testimony with a key message to transmit, during the broadcast of the digital narration. This research also made it possible to respond to the curiosity of the elders for new matters in a reassuring framework, adapted to their level, while respecting their learning pace and the choices of knowledge that they wish to acquire. Seniors were proud to share their digital creation with those they had chosen, thus opening the space for discussions, exchanges, emotions and the open door to a new intergenerational “narrative” and social interactions - sources of learning.

Aging in Online Communities: A Systematic Literature Review of Design Recommendations

Author(s): Ana Isabel Veloso,Sónia Ferreira,Liliana Vale Costa,Óscar Mealha,Carlos Santos / Language(s): English Issue: 26 (2)/2020

The increase of computer-mediated communication use and the aging population has led to a renewed interest in online communities and social networks for active aging and social support in daily living. However, a systematic understanding of the design recommendations in Senior Online Communities is still lacking in scientific documentation. The aim of this paper is to identify the design recommendations used in online communities that support active aging. In addition, this paper highlights some of the benefits of using online communities by older adults. Twenty-three papers published between January 2015 and May 2020 in English-language, peer-reviewed publications, met inclusion criteria. The review presents a set of recommendations for designing online communities to enhance older adults’ social interactions. A process that aims for “engagement” is suggested to strategically guide the design of Senior Online Communities: Interacting – Sense of Belonging (Role-playing, Storytelling, and Legacy) – Engaging.

Age and Technology in Digital Inclusion Policy: A Study of Italy and the UK

Author(s): Simone Carlo,Maria Sourbati / Language(s): English Issue: 26 (2)/2020

The role of media and communication technologies in increasing the quality of life of the elderly is today a key topic in academic and policy debates. This article discusses findings from a study into the way public policy frames the role of technologies in later life. The aim of our study was to critically investigate the policy discourses on ‘old age’ and on the role of digital ICT in fixing challenges associated with ageing. Our focus was on digital inclusion policies of the UK and Italy, two countries experiencing similar trends in population ageing but different ICT diffusion patterns. We found that an age-based understanding of digital technology use was quite common, as was an enthusiastic embracing of the role of digital ICT in the implementation of Active Ageing and Information Society goals. We also found that the understanding of the role of digital technology and its relationship to (old) age has been changing over the last decade, starting to reflect social complexity as ICT diffusion increases among older age groups.

Recommendations on Age-friendly and Gender-balanced Media Content Delivery of Products for Seniors: Findings from a Case Study

Author(s): Paula Alexandra Silva,Maria João Antunes / Language(s): English Issue: 26 (2)/2020

ociety is ageing at an unprecedented pace. In tandem, the number of technology-enabled solutions targeted at older adults continues to rise. It is therefore important to understand how to best communicate these solutions to seniors and facilitate use and adoption. To develop an understanding of what could be an improved strategy of communication and media content delivery for companies that provide older adults with technology-based solutions is the goal of this research. Aware of the potential stereotypes that may emerge towards the ageing population, this paper takes a special interest on ageism and gender to determine imbalances. With this in mind, this paper conducts an in-depth case study of the online presence of a company that developed a digital product for seniors that has been nominated for a Prize on Best Practice on Active and Healthy Ageing. Findings concerning the communication strategy of the company are extracted based on the analysis of their website and their five social media profiles. In total 120 posts were inspected, containing 120 text excerpts, 352 pictures, and 21 videos. Results show that the organisation sustains a continuous engagement with both seniors and the seniors’ organisations that use their product, privileging a relationship of close proximity. The representation of older adults is one that shows exceptionally happy and active seniors, who are surrounded by an aura of admiration. There seem to be no considerable differences with regards to gender.

Engaging Older Adults in Participatory and Intergenerational Design Teams and Processes: a Systematic Review of the Current Investigation

Author(s): Ana Carla Amaro,Rui Rodrigues,Lídia Oliveira / Language(s): English Issue: 26 (2)/2020

This paper presents the results of a systematic review of the literature (SRL) in the field of Participatory Design (PD), undertaken under the scope of LOCUS – Playful Connected Rural Territories. The project employs an ethnographically, participatory and agile approach to the process of co-designing, developing and evaluating an IoT system to support playful intergenerational engagement in exploring cultural heritage of Portuguese rural territories, by engaging inhabitants, stakeholders and visitors. The SRL aimed to understand how older adults have been integrated and engaged into technology PD teams and processes. This paper focus on the most used methodological approaches and participation methods, along with the challenges in integrating older adults and the strategies to overcome them, which are discussed in the light of project aims.

Digital Media Usage and the Engagement of Older People from Rural Areas in Technological Projects: Co-design Sessions

Author(s): Ana Merlo,Lídia Oliveira,Ana Carla Amaro / Language(s): English Issue: 26 (2)/2020

The question posed in the call “How the widespread of new technologies are changing the norms and practices of the later life?” was transformed in the main motivation to write the paper. LOCUS scientific research project addresses the subjects of Internet of Things, its impact in maintenaince and sustainability of Cultural Heritage and the important role of older generations to these operations. What the research team noticed is that sometimes it is the dissemination of technologies (and accompanying infrastructures) that promote their use and the creation of the need. And when the technologies do not exist, the infrastructures are compromised and/or nonexistent. It is considered that there is a before and an after period in the way in which the implementation of technological projects influences rural areas and older people. This also means that there is a high relevance in the second question of the call “How social actors, groups, institutions and mainstream media provide, spread or constrain ways of growing older via digital devices?” But also, a high importance of the project developed for the scientific knowledge advancement in the study areas (Communication, Technology, Sociology, Demography, Geography, etc.). The main conclusions of the paper are that digital technologies contributes to those Cultural Heritage maintenaince and sustainability, however, this is only possible with the mediation of oler people. Consequently, those people need to know or learn how to manage digital media and technology in order to contribute for the projects and technology development. Older people aim to participate in these projects and that also influences on their proficiency on technologies (on a win-win basis).

Differences of Nutrition in the Elderly Population with Type 2 Diabetes in Romania, Russia and Japan

Author(s): Georgeta Stoica-Marcu / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Romania, Russia and Japan are 3 countries where the differences in nutrition are not very large, but which shock us by the increased number of diabetics in the elderly population over 70 years, countries with a low birth rate and an elderly population in addition to diabetes type II suffers from hypertension, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, neurological disease and a lot of loneliness. Prevention and monitoring programs are deficient in Romania and Russia, but excel in Japan where the state has more responsibility for the elderly population, in a relatively short time, have led to new treatments and diets, which have come to prolong the life of the elderly diabetic, ignored by certain public health systems in certain countries with the lifestyle and the consequences of this lifestyle.

JMENNÝ REJSTŘÍK

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VĚCNÝ REJSTŘÍK

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