Social gerontology in France: historical trends and recent developments

Ogg, Jim; Gorgeon, Catherine

doi:10.1017/s0144686x03001454

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“…There is, nonetheless, debate about whether public policies should seek to ensure an equitable redistribution of wealth between generations and whether legal measures (les obligations alimentares) should be in place to require individuals to provide subsistence to a parent in need. 11 Apart from older people who receive home care either by choice or because of a lack of better alternatives, there are those who receive neither home nor institutional care even if they need it. Their physical and mental health may have deteriorated so gradually that they have adjusted to severe limitations on function without being aware of them.…”

Section: Reasons For and The Nature Of Home Carementioning

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Home care for older people

Toiviainen

2005

British Menopause Society Journal

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Older people receive home care either by choice or because alternative means of care are not available. The reasons for home care have an economic and cultural component; most of it is provided on a voluntary basis, regardless of the culture of the older person. Good home care, however, should not be left entirely to volunteers, but should be supported by the state through legislation and social policies, especially in the area of primary care and health promotion, as should end-of-life care. By these means some of the negative effects of home care on the recipient and the carer can be reduced.

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Section: Reasons For and The Nature Of Home Carementioning

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Home care for older people

Toiviainen

2005

British Menopause Society Journal

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“…French researchers were older and had more research experience but less formal research training. Reflecting the dominance of the medical and biological fields in aging in France (Ogg and Gorgeon 2003), the proportion of French researchers trained in medicine was More than one answer could be given higher than in Quebec. As shown in Table 1, two respondents out of three stated that their research projects involve older adults unable to give consent.…”

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Substitute Consent for Research Involving the Elderly: A Comparison Between Quebec and France

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Delpierre

et al. 2008

J Cross Cult Gerontol

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The authors first describe the rules enacted in Quebec and France to protect adults with decisional impairment who may be approached by investigators to participate in research protocols. They then present two consecutive postal surveys conducted among Quebec and French researchers in aging and designed to (1) assess their knowledge of the legal provisions implemented to protect decisionally incapable adults, (2) elicit their opinions regarding the person best suited to provide substitute consent for research participation, and (3) document their conduct related to obtaining consent for prospective subjects with impaired decisional capacity. Knowledge of the legislation governing substitute consent was poor, even more so among French than Quebec researchers (p < 0.001). In both samples, the majority of respondents felt that the substitute decision-maker does not have to be legally appointed when the study poses little risk to the participant. Practice data revealed a certain discrepancy between the conduct of researchers in aging and the legal provisions regarding consent for research purposes that prevail in their jurisdictions. These findings underscore the need to better educate clinical investigators about existing measures to protect prospective subjects who lack decisional capacity. They also provide some support for allowing close relatives to consent to research participation on behalf of older adults who are unable to consent by themselves and have not been appointed a legal representative.

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“…Historically speaking, Ogg and Gorgeon (2003) note the predominance of the medical, biological and physical sciences in the field of gerontology, which they argue have eclipsed the development of social perspectives to ageing. Gourdon (2007) notes that the tendency to consider 'dependency' only in terms of physical incapacities which inhibit the completion of daily tasks corresponds very clearly to France's long-standing medicalized perception of old age, and he contrasts this to the Anglo-saxon shift towards what he calls 'the social rehabilitation' of older people which disassociates them from notions of inactivity, sickness or social burden.…”

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Ageing Populations and Housing Needs: Comparing Strategic Policy Discourses in France and England

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Set against a broad European policy agenda which promotes 'ageing in place' and representations of older people as active, independent citizens, this article compares recent English and French policy discourses on population ageing and its implications for the housing needs of increasingly large numbers of older citizens. Through analysis of six recent strategic policy statements representing each government's official responses to population ageing and its social policy implications for the 21st century, we demonstrate how differences in the social representation of the ageing process and of older peoples themselves permeate policy discourse, influencing the perceptions of the housing needs of older citizens and the role that housing itself may play in promoting independent living. In England, demographic ageing, housing and its role in facilitating independent living and active ageing are explicitly articulated, whilst in France, the housing environment has until recently, been portrayed as one which must accommodate the illness, incapacity and dependency of later life. Our article offers explanations for these differences in terms of cultural variations in the social representations or 'constructions' of later life, divergences in political philosophies and welfare principles.

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Social gerontology in France: historical trends and recent developments

Cited by 5 publications

References 26 publications

Home care for older people

Home care for older people

Substitute Consent for Research Involving the Elderly: A Comparison Between Quebec and France

Ageing Populations and Housing Needs: Comparing Strategic Policy Discourses in France and England

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