Law and Intergenerational Relationships

Dementia is a growing issue in the United Kingdom (UK) with over 800,000 people affected. Of these people, in excess of 40,000 are aged under 65 years. Thus, a significant number of individuals may be experiencing symptoms of dementia while in employment. In addition, as working lives extend, the potential impact of dementia on the workplace could be substantial. However, to date, there has been little research on experiences of dementia in the workplace. The research that exists highlights the lack of support for workers with dementia. Dementia may be considered to be a disability under the Equality Act 2010. Therefore, the legislation potentially provides a framework for individuals to request that their employer make reasonable adjustments to support their continued employment. International human rights law is potentially another tool that could be utilised to obtain necessary adjustments. This paper argues that in developing the evidence base on workplace experiences of dementia, it is important that the legal framework be considered. This paper reviews the existing literature on dementia in the workplace and embeds this in the legislative framework in order to establish a cross-disciplinary research agenda. While the paper focuses on the UK legal context, the argument presented in the paper is still relevant to other national contexts.

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The legal implications of dementia in the workplace: establishing a cross-disciplinary research agenda

Egdell

Stavert

McGregor

2017

Ageing and Society

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Intergenerational Scholarship

Gaugler¹

2017

J Appl Gerontol

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However, the more one thinks about the term intergenerational, the more it becomes apparent that gerontology in and of itself is an intergenerational endeavor. Our intergenerational exchanges may occur in our scholarship (e.g., a person who studies aging but is not part of the generation she or he is studying), our pedagogy (navigating the generational divide is a challenge almost all of us face in a classroom, which in some ways is made more challenging when presenting gerontological course content), or our lived experiences (many of us were inspired to become gerontologists because of our experiences with people of different generations). In some ways, one could argue that how we interact with and understand each other across generations is foundational to gerontology, applied or otherwise. The first article in this month's issue by Cohen-Mansfield and Jensen (2017) features a broad assessment of the prevalence and impact of schoolbased intergenerational programs in the Tel-Aviv region. Nearly half of the schools reported intergenerational programming of some kind, and these initiatives were positively appraised by older persons, teachers, and coordinators. However, the content of these programs appeared to vary considerably, particularly in those programs where older volunteers would assist children. Cohen-Mansfield and Jensen (2017) conclude with a series of recommendations to enhance the implementation of and resource allocation to school-based intergenerational programs. In an intriguing contrast, Doron, Lowenstein, and Biggs (2017) utilized comparative case law methodology to examine a legal issue that is pressing given the current economic and political climate: whether labor union members have the legal right to strike in favor of nonactive workers to improve (or even maintain) 688777J AGXXX10.

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Law and Intergenerational Relationships

Abstract: Social gerontological theories can play an important role in both understanding and shaping judicial policies and assisting the courts in choosing their sociojudicial narratives.

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The legal implications of dementia in the workplace: establishing a cross-disciplinary research agenda

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