Designing 'older' rather than denying ageing: problematizing anti-ageing discourse in relation to cosmetic surgery undertaken by older people [0.03%]
设计“老去”而非否认衰老：关于老年人接受整形手术的反衰老话语的问题化
Bridget Garnham
Bridget Garnham
This paper problematizes anti-ageing discourse and interpretations that cosmetic surgery is an ageist practice and older people who undergo cosmetic surgery are denying ageing. It argues that conceptions of cosmetic surgery as anti-ageing a...
Christine Ceci,Mary Ellen Purkis,Kristin Björnsdóttir
Christine Ceci
This paper examines the issue of what thinking is necessary in order to advance a notion of accommodation in the organization and provision of supportive home care for older people. Accommodation in this context is understood as responsiven...
Convoys of care: theorizing intersections of formal and informal care [0.03%]
关爱护航：正式护理与非正式护理交汇点的理论思考
Candace L Kemp,Mary M Ball,Molly M Perkins
Candace L Kemp
Although most care to frail elders is provided informally, much of this care is paired with formal care services. Yet, common approaches to conceptualizing the formal-informal intersection often are static, do not consider self-care, and ty...
"I'm still raring to go": successful aging among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender older adults [0.03%]
"我依然兴致高昂":女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和跨性别老年群体的积极老龄化现象
Aimee Van Wagenen,Jeff Driskell,Judith Bradford
Aimee Van Wagenen
While we know that minority status differentiates the experience of aging, little research has been done to examine the ways in which patterns of successful aging may differ in diverse subgroups of older adults. In this exploratory study, w...
Anti-aging science: The emergence, maintenance, and enhancement of a discipline [0.03%]
抗衰老研究：一门学科的兴起、维持与发展
Jennifer R Fishman,Robert H Binstock,Marcie A Lambrix
Jennifer R Fishman
Through archival analysis this article traces the emergence, maintenance, and enhancement of biogerontology as a scientific discipline in the United States. At first, biogerontologists' attempts to control human aging were regarded as a que...
"It's your badge of inclusion": the Red Hat Society as a gendered subculture of aging [0.03%]
“它是你的融入标志”——女性红帽会亚文化中的性别与老化问题
Anne E Barrett,Manacy Pai,Rebecca Redmond
Anne E Barrett
Although studies document the health-enhancing effects of social engagement, they reveal little about the underlying mechanisms operating within specific organizational contexts. Limited attention is given to the role of inequality--particu...
"You feel like people are looking at you and laughing": older adults' perceptions of aquatic physical activity [0.03%]
“你觉得别人在看着你笑”：老年人对水中身体活动的看法
A B Evans,M Sleap
A B Evans
Older adults' participation in Physical Activity (PA) in the United Kingdom remains low. Moreover, although the subjective and narrative elements of aging are increasingly studied, promotion of healthy behaviours such as aquatic PA still fr...
Narratives of aging in intimate partner violence: the double lens of violence and old age [0.03%]
亲密伴侣暴力中的老龄化叙事：暴力和老龄的双重视角
Tova Band-Winterstein
Tova Band-Winterstein
Purpose: With the increase in life expectancy, couples living in intimate partner violence are aging together. The aim of this article is to explore the constructions of aging in intimate partner violence as narratives of...
Family members' strategies when their elderly relatives consider relocation to a residential home--adapting, representing and avoiding [0.03%]
家庭成员如何应对老年亲属考虑迁居到养老院时的情况——适应、代表及回避策略
Maria Söderberg,Agneta Ståhl,Ulla Melin Emilsson
Maria Söderberg
The aim of this article is to reveal how family members act, react and reason when their elderly relative considers relocation to a residential home. Since family members are usually involved in the logistics of their elderly relative's rel...
"And mostly they have a need for sleeping pills": physicians' views on treatment of sleep disorders with drugs in nursing homes [0.03%]
"而且他们大都需要安眠药"：医师们对长期照护机构中用药物治疗睡眠障碍的看法
Uwe Flick,Vjenka Garms-Homolová,Gundula Röhnsch
Uwe Flick
The percentage of nursing home residents treated with hypnotic medications is high, as many authors report, despite the fact that such medications are almost always associated with undesirable effects for old people. This article takes a cl...