Ageism: A Threat to “Aging Well” in the 21st Century

Angus, Jocelyn; Reeve, Patricia A.

doi:10.1177/0733464805285745

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“…In their paper, Voss et al (2016, in this section of EJA) examine a fundamental research question concerning the temporal relation between age stereotypes and perceived age discrimination. Much of the literature concerns the negative effects of age discrimination (Angus and Reeve 2006). Although this line of research is informative, to date, age discrimination has been examined primarily through self-report questionnaires.…”

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Taking a closer look at ageism: self- and other-directed ageist attitudes and discrimination

2017

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Taking a closer look at ageism: self- and other-directed ageist attitudes and discrimination

2017

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“…To face up to this development governments of ageing populations need to adapt their health and care policies. A trend that can be observed is the rising focus of these governments on the encouragement of older adults to be in control of their health and health care (Angus & Reeve, 2006;Clark, 1987;Martin-Crawford, 1999;Roberts, 1999). In the Netherlands for instance, the current policy discourse stresses that older adults should function as independently as they possibly can (Da Roit, 2012).…”

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Perceived control in health care: A conceptual model based on experiences of frail older adults

Claassens

Widdershoven

Rhijn

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Journal of Aging Studies

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Frail older adults are increasingly encouraged to be in control of their health care, in Western societies. However, little is known about how they themselves perceive control in health care. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the concept of health care-related perceived control from the viewpoint of frail older adults. A qualitative interview study was conducted following a Grounded Theory approach. Thirty-two Dutch frail older adults, aged 65 and over, participated in 20 in-depth interviews (n = 20) and three focus group discussions (n = 12). Data were analysed according to techniques of coding and constant comparison. From this analysis constituting factors of perceived control emerged, providing elements of a conceptual model. Perceived control reflects the feeling or belief that health care is under control, which is constituted by five, either internal or external, factors: (I) self-confidence in organising professional and/or informal care, (II) self-confidence in health management in the home setting, (III) perceived support from people in the social network, (IV) perceived support from health care professionals and organisations, and (V) perceived support from (health care) infrastructure and services. Therefore, the concept does not only consist of people's own perceived efforts, but also includes the influence of external sources. Our conceptual model points out what external factors should be taken into consideration by health care professionals and policy makers when enhancing older people's perceived control. Moreover, it can serve as the basis for the development of a measurement instrument, to enable future quantitative research on health care-related perceived control among older adults.

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“…Ageism is said to be the ultimate type of prejudice (Palmore 2001) and a threat to ''ageing well'' in the twenty-first century (Angus and Reeve 2006). Research shows that almost 24% of older Europeans experience discrimination because of their age sometimes or frequently (Abrams et al 2011).…”

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Hard and soft age discrimination: the dual nature of workplace discrimination

2017

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The paper concentrates on the problem of age discrimination in the labour market and the way it can be conceptualised and measured in a multi-disciplinary way. The approach proposed here combines two understandings of age discrimination-a sociological and legal one, what allows for a fuller and expanded understanding of ageism in the workplace. At the heart of the study is a survey carried out in Poland with a sample of 1000 men and women aged 45-65 years. The study takes a deeper and innovative look into the issue of age discrimination in employment. Confirmatory factor analysis with WLSMV estimation and logistic regressions were used to test the hypotheses. The study shows that age discrimination in labour market can take on different forms: hard and soft, where the hard type of age discrimination mirrors the legally prohibited types of behaviours and those which relate to the actual decisions of employers which can impact on the employee's career development. The soft discrimination corresponds with those occurrences, which are not inscribed in the legal system per se, are occurring predominantly in the interpersonal sphere, but can nevertheless have negative consequences. Soft discrimination was experienced more often (28.6% of respondents) than hard discrimination (15.7%) with higher occurrences among women, persons in precarious job situation or residents of urban areas. The role of education was not confirmed to influence the levels of perceived age discrimination.

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Ageism: A Threat to “Aging Well” in the 21st Century

Cited by 271 publications

References 7 publications

Taking a closer look at ageism: self- and other-directed ageist attitudes and discrimination

Taking a closer look at ageism: self- and other-directed ageist attitudes and discrimination

Perceived control in health care: A conceptual model based on experiences of frail older adults

Hard and soft age discrimination: the dual nature of workplace discrimination

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