The Feminization of Aging: How Will This Impact on Health Outcomes and Services?

Davidson, Patricia M.; DiGiacomo, Michelle; McGrath, Sarah J.

doi:10.1080/07399332.2011.610539

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“…Older caregivers are considered to be more vulnerable to poorer health and wellbeing than their non-caregiving counterparts and can face significant social and economic challenges, particularly women, who are generally poorer and more disadvantaged (2,3). Of women caregivers who commenced caregiving in their early 60s, 15%…”

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Transitioning From Caregiving to Widowhood

DiGiacomo

Lewis

Nolan

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Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

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ContextOlder women commonly assume a caregiving role for their husbands at end-of-life and are more vulnerable to poorer health, wellbeing, and social and economic challenges. ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to ascertain older women's experiences of spousal caregiving at endof-life and the ways in which this experience impacts on the transition to widowhood. Methods:Longitudinal in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with older women three times over a one year period following the death of their husbands. This report focuses on the initial interviews that examined the transition from caregiving to widowhood. Transcripts were analysed using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis methods. Participants were community-dwelling women over the age of 65 who had recently been caregivers for their husbands who died within the past two years.Results: Older women caregivers described their caregiver role as taxing, particularly in light of their own chronic conditions, which they failed to prioritise and address. They did not ask for help in managing their roles and health problems, but quietly endured. Hence, they did not communicate their needs or strains explicitly. The degree of perceived adequacy of communication and interaction with health professionals were important factors impacting on their bereavement. Conclusion:It is imperative for health professionals to appreciate that older women caregivers may need more supportive interaction and information during end-of-life caregiving, they may have expectations of communication, and they may deny or fail to focus on their own health issues. A patient/family/carer-centred approach could negate this oversight and improve outcomes for these women as they transition into widowhood.3

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Transitioning From Caregiving to Widowhood

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“…Usually woman's health focus has been on reproductive health and maternal health, leaving the growing field of chronic diseases and palliative care out of the radar. The so-called feminization of ageing demands new approaches and innovative policies in all different areas of city planning (see for example: Davidson et al, 2011;Saraceno, 2008).…”

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A Critical Approach to the Demographics of Ageing: The Case of Oslo

Sugahara¹

2017

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Demographic analysis is on the basis of every city plan. It is often regarded as a technical and indisputable tool to inform policy making. In a strongly contested political environment, information on population is crucial to set priorities and define goals. However, the frequently misinterpretation, or overinterpretation, of demographic information, might also support inadequate public policy design. The increased interest on ageing in the urban context has already resulted in various initiatives all-over the world. The idea of an unsustainable "elderly boom" is a powerful narrative that is frequently used to argue for the need of improved policies for older persons. The article argues that city planners and urbanists inadequate use of demographic assessment of ageing might generate policies that can ultimately work against the interests of the older persons. I use the city of Oslo as an example of the varieties of approaches that can be used to assess ageing on a specific population. Contrary to the general assumption that Oslo will face an "elderly boom", the study shows that the city's ageing process today is less intense than the observed in the past. A particular attention is paid to the varieties of demographic trends observed within Oslo's different scales.

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“…In fact, cancer incidence should be considered as an exponential function of age 15 . In Latin America, due to the "feminization" of aging 13 , it is expected that age structure and size population variations may prevail as determinants of the changes in female cancer mortality from 1986 to 2011, compared with overall cancer rates in the male population. Even so, higher net changes due to variations in age structure were registered in prostate cancer mortality.…”

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“…Since the increase in life expectancy is sex differential 13 , rates for overall cancer (female or male) and two sex-specific malignant tumors, breast and prostate, were selected for the analysis.…”

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Burden of cancer mortality and differences attributable to demographic aging and risk factors in Argentina, 1986-2011

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The world faces an aging population that implies a large number of people affected with chronic diseases. Argentina has reached an advanced stage of demographic transition and presents a comparatively high rate of cancer mortality within Latin America. The objectives of this study were to examine cancer mortality trends in the province of Córdoba, Argentina, between 1986 and 2011, and to analyze the differences attributable to risk variations and demographic changes. Longitudinal series of age-standardized mortality rates for overall, breast and prostate cancers were modeled by Joinpoint regression to estimate the annual percent change. The Bashir & Estève method was used to split crude mortality rate variation into three components: mortality risk, population age structure and population size. A decreasing cancer age-standardized mortality rates trend was observed (1986-2011 annual percent change: -1.4, 95%CI: -1.6, -1.2 in men; -0.8, 95%CI: -1.0, -0.6 in women), with a significant shift in 1996. There were positive crude mortality rate net changes for overall female cancer, breast and prostate cancers, which were primarily attributable to demographic changes. Inversely, overall male cancer crude mortality rate showed a 9.15% decrease, mostly due to mortality risk. Despite favorable age-standardized mortality rates trends, the influence of population aging reinforces the challenge to control cancer in populations with an increasingly aged demographic structure.

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The Feminization of Aging: How Will This Impact on Health Outcomes and Services?

Cited by 95 publications

References 58 publications

Transitioning From Caregiving to Widowhood

Transitioning From Caregiving to Widowhood

A Critical Approach to the Demographics of Ageing: The Case of Oslo

Burden of cancer mortality and differences attributable to demographic aging and risk factors in Argentina, 1986-2011

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