Unexpecting age [0.03%]
意料之外的年龄
Molly Andrews
Molly Andrews
This essay argues that how we view our own old age is highly influenced by socially pervasive, though never explicit, expectations regarding old age as a generic category. I idenfiy four key expectations - the right to an old age; the idea ...
David Alvargonzález
David Alvargonzález
Employing the tenets of philosophical materialism, this paper discusses the ethical debate surrounding assisted suicide for persons suffering end-stage Alzheimer's. It first presents a classification of the dissociative situations between "...
Relational Autonomy in Assisted Living: A Focus on Diverse Care Settings for Older Adults [0.03%]
辅助生活中的关系自主性：关注老年人不同的护理环境
Molly M Perkins,Mary M Ball,Frank J Whittington et al.
Molly M Perkins et al.
Consistent with Western cultural values, the traditional liberal theory of autonomy, which places emphasis on self-determination, liberty of choice, and freedom from interference by others, has been a leading principle in health care discou...
Erin G Roth,J Kevin Eckert
Erin G Roth
This article is an exploration into the vernacular landscape of Assisted Living (AL), a conceptual idea borrowed from cultural geographer J.B. Jackson, which distinguishes formalized, planned space from those spaces which are unintended and...
Refashioning One's Place in Time: Stories of Household Downsizing in Later Life [0.03%]
重塑在时间中的位置：晚年家居减负的故事分析
Mark R Luborsky,Catherine L Lysack,Jennifer Van Nuil
Mark R Luborsky
Older adults face a daunting task: while continuing engagements in multiple relationships, investment in their own and others' futures, and developing life interests and capacities, they also reexamine and sometimes reconfigure the place wh...
Attitudes and beliefs about mental health among African American older adults suffering from depression [0.03%]
抑郁症背景下美国非裔老年群体的身心健康态度及信仰
Kyaien O Conner,Brenda Lee,Vanessa Mayers et al.
Kyaien O Conner et al.
Depression among older adults is a major public health concern leading to increased disability and mortality. Less than 3% of older adults utilize professional mental health services for the treatment of depression, less than any other adul...
Neal Krause,Elena Bastida
Neal Krause
Pain and suffering are deeply embedded in the ethos of Mexican American culture. Consequently, it is not surprising to find that many Mexican Americans turn to their faith in an effort to deal with the pain and suffering that arise in their...
Kate de Medeiros
Kate de Medeiros
Suffering is a powerful experience that can be difficult to articulate. Suffering differs from pain alone and includes an individual's awareness of a threat to self through death, loss of identity, or uncertaintly of the meaningfulness of o...
The Interaction of Masculinity and Control and its Impact on the Experience of Suffering for an Older Man [0.03%]
男性气质、控制感与其对老年人受苦经历影响的关系研究
Sarah L Canham
Sarah L Canham
Previous work suggests that control and suffering are related to one another. Although it would be expected that within cultures which emphasize the importance of masculinity, as well as personal control, there would be greater suffering am...
Kristine N Williams,Carol A B Warren
Kristine N Williams
This study of communication in an Assisted Living Facility (ALF) focuses on staff's interpretive frameworks and situational tactics for managing elderly residents. It is based on interviews with staff and residents in an ALF together with e...