The twin faces of ageism, glorification and abjection: A content analysis of age advocacy in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic

Everyday life and the new shapes of identities – The different meanings of ‘things that did not happen’ in the lives of Finnish older persons during the pandemic

“…However, this was also a limitation of the study, as it does not explore the experiences of people in more vulnerable positions. Social isolation, loneliness and inequalities in different life situations of older persons have been enforced by the pandemic, but also by societal practices and discourses, at least some of which have been ageist ( Naughton, Padeiro, & Santana, 2021 ; Skipper & Rose, 2021 ). Using chronological age as a category for different restrictions is problematic in many ways ( Lumme-Sandt et al, 2020 ), which was evident in the letters as well.…”

“…Personal life and family circumstances, the state of health and the place of living were actually more important factors in determining the ways the writers experienced the restrictions than their chronological age. Furthermore, as Naughton et al (2021) noted in their article, using age as a category for different restrictions treated citizens of certain age as others, forgetting the “many different faces of age and aging” (p. 9). In the future, societies should more carefully consider whether these kinds of categories protect people or distance them even further away from others.…”

Contextualising embodied cognition: Towards a critical neuro‐geography of ageing

“…While environmental determinants are well documented in health geography, Rosenberg advocates the next wave of research should "begin sorting out the relative importance of, and the kinds of interactions occurring between, the characteristics of local populations and the characteristics of their neighbourhoods with respect to health outcomes" (2017, p. 834). The COVID-19 crisis seems an ideal candidate for a critical neuro-geography using a body-mind-environment assemblage approach as confinement and other governmental practices in specific contexts intra-act with material differences of age, gender, race, class, and discourse that reinforce ageist stereotypes (Naughton et al, 2021).…”

“…Empirical studies that reveal differences in embodiment as we age are directly relevant to how we think about confinement and other place‐related policies. In parallel, we must address both negative and positive stereotypes assigned to older people as forms of ageism that are often uncritically applied across studies of gerontology (Naughton et al, 2021; van Dyk, 2016).…”

Travesty of Life Elders Abuse an Inquiry of Physical and Psychological Abuse

“…On the other side, during pandemic, staying alone may also give rise to social isolation, high consumption of alcohol and put the person at the risk of elder abuse such as financial fraud and even the serious health issues and premature death chances also get double (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, 2021 ; Singer, 2018 ). Before pandemic, one out of tenth American older adult reported elder abuse, and during pandemic this reached to one out of five older people (Chang & Levy, 2021a , 2021b ; Naughton et al, 2021 ). During pandemic the financial resources are depleting rapidly resulting in increased stress on caregiver or other family members more than ever.…”