Globalization, Social Policy, and Ageing: A North American Perspective

Estes, Carroll L.; Wallace, Steven P.

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“…Our findings support a focus on change as it relates to the creation of age and low-vision-friendly environments that enable the full participation of older adults with ARVL. To accomplish this goal, there is a need for researchers, policy developers, and health care providers to work collaboratively to develop inclusive social policy that expands on a prioritization of physical accessibility in the built environment towards a greater holistic framework, which includes attention to physical, social, cultural, political, and institutional environmental change (Estes & Wallace, 2010). Although environmental modification is one step towards eliminating physical barriers, it is insufficient for addressing the deeply entrenched social exclusion faced by older adults with impairments.…”

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The Environmental Production of Disability for Seniors with Age-Related Vision Loss

McGrath¹,

Rudman²,

Spafford

et al. 2017

Can. J. Aging

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To date, attention to the environmental production of disability among older adults with age-related vision loss (ARVL) has been limited. This critical ethnographic study aimed to reveal the ways in which environmental barriers produced and perpetuated disability for 10 older adults with ARVL. A modified version of Carspecken's five-stage approach for critical ethnography was adopted with three methods of data collection used, including a narrative interview, a participant observation session, and a semi-structured, in-depth interview. Findings revealed how disability is shaped for older adults with ARVL when they encounter environmental features that are embedded within an ageist and disablist society. These findings are illustrated via presenting analysis of three commonly discussed activities: shopping, eating, and community mobility. Our discussion suggests that addressing the environmental production of disability requires inclusive social policy, advocacy, and a focus on education in order to develop and sustain age and low-vision-friendly environments.

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The Environmental Production of Disability for Seniors with Age-Related Vision Loss

McGrath¹,

Rudman²,

Spafford

et al. 2017

Can. J. Aging

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“…Бездетным людям, которые становятся немощными или нетрудо-способными, придется рассчитывать на поддержку со стороны государства, друзей или более дальних родственников, например, племянниц или братьев и сестер. Однако сокращение государством расходов на социальную сферу означает, что роль государства в поддержке старшего поколения в будущем, вероятно, умень-шится [Estes and Wallace, 2010].…”

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Gender and Ageing in Global Context: Role of Marital Statu

Arber

2016

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“…One issue here is that the concept of productive ageing appears to take the unpaid work of (older) women for granted. This has been the subject of criticism from feminist researchers who underline the various pressures associated with informal care (Estes 2006;Estes and Wallace 2010). However, recent research has moved away from stressing the oppressive nature of informal care, highlighting instead its multidimensional nature (e.g.…”

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Masters of their own time? Working carers’ visions of retirement

Leinonen

2011

Eur J Ageing

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Retirement is often seen as a period dedicated to the enjoyment of one's own leisure interests after many years of gainful employment. On the other hand, retired people are expected to remain productive by continuing to work, volunteering or by being involved in various caring tasks. When do Finnish working carers plan to retire and how do they envisage the weight of their care commitments related to other activities once they have left full-time work? The 19 female interviewees were born in 1953 or earlier, and they helped their parent(s). They were working full-time or part-time or were semi-retired at the time of the interview. The interviewees were selected from a larger sample of working carers. The future prospects of the interviewees are given in terms of their different visions of retirement activities, and principles of qualitative analysis are applied. Some interviewees indicated that helping their parent(s) would be an essential part of their personal retirement activities, and some of them had chosen or were considering part-time retirement in order to have more time for their parents. However, the interviewees often also stressed that they wanted to have time to pursue their own personal work and leisure interests after leaving full-time employment. Persons approaching their own retirement want to be 'productive' but they also want to ensure that they retain a certain amount of individually defined 'personal-time'. Leaving gainful employment does not necessarily mean leaving 'productive roles' as citizens. However, pensioners' contributions as carers are socially and personally meaningful only if the pensioners' different valuations regarding the future are respected.

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Globalization, Social Policy, and Ageing: A North American Perspective

Cited by 12 publications

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The Environmental Production of Disability for Seniors with Age-Related Vision Loss

The Environmental Production of Disability for Seniors with Age-Related Vision Loss

Gender and Ageing in Global Context: Role of Marital Statu

Masters of their own time? Working carers’ visions of retirement

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