Essays about: "Gerontology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word Gerontology.

1. 1. "I am What I am. My Own Special Creation" : A qualitative interview study on queer ageing and eldercare.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Jesper Hultin; [2023]
   Keywords : LGBTQ seniors; eldercare; ageing; queer gerontology; social work HBTQ seniorer; äldreomsorg; åldrande; queer gerontologi; socialt arbete; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The objective of this Master’s thesis is to expand scholarship on ageing and eldercare through the lens of queer gerontology; to develop said scholarship on the queering of eldercare through the experiences of LGBTQ+ seniors and LGBTQ+ certified eldercare practitioners. Through four interviews with LGBTQ+ seniors and abovementioned practitioners, the core findings of the thesis put to question the collective subjectivity that is LGBTQ+ seniors, as neither LGBTQ+ informant thought of sexuality as an identity, but rather a practice. READ MORE

3. 2. Cohort differences in depressive symptom burden in old age: role of sociodemographic, psychosocial, behavioral, and health-related factors

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

   Author : Franziska Steffens; [2023]
   Keywords : Depression; cohort differences; multifactorial determinants; gerontology; Sweden;

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4. 3. COVID-19 Restrictions on The Older Adults in Sweden and The Role Played By Social Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic in Sweden : A study on How the Older Adults in Sweden Experienced The COVID-19 Restrictions Imposed on Them by Swedish Health Agency

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Socialt arbete

   Author : Samuel Egbe Asp; Ayodele Festus Famurewa; [2022]
   Keywords : COVID-19; Loneliness; Social Isolation; Restrictions; Social Distancing; Gerontology; Older adult; social work; Ageism; Stratification; coping; resilience; crisis intervention.;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate how older adults were affected by the COVID-19 restrictions that were put in place by the Swedish Health Authority during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic to protect them and the roles played by social workers during the pandemic. A qualitative study was conducted whereby two older adults aged seventy and two practising professional workers were interviewed, and their responses analyzed using thematic analysis. READ MORE

5. 4. Age of Activism in the Face of Fascism : Mobilizing Grandmotherhood through the Movement Identity of OMAS GEGEN RECHTS

   University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Nicola Schäfer; [2022]
   Keywords : OMAS GEGEN RECHTS; Social Movement; Older Women; Activism; Identity; Symbolic Interactionism; Feminist Gerontology; Anti-Fascism; OMAS GEGEN RECHTS; Soziale Bewegungen; Altern; Frauen; Aktivismus; Identität; Symbolischer Interaktionismus; Feministische Gerontologie; Antifaschismus;

   Abstract : In critical times of reawakening right-wing ideologies in Germany, the social movement OMAS GEGEN RECHTS (transl. ‘Grannies against the far right’) sets a determined, yet by many unexpected, political statement against fascism. READ MORE

6. 5. Discretion and people-production in home care. : The Moldovan example

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA)

   Author : Glenn Möllergren; [2022]
   Keywords : Moldova; assembly line logic; home care; discretion; elderly care; people production; social assistance; gerontology; professionalism;

   Abstract : One in two home care workers in Sweden express a desire to leave their jobs. Home care provision and needs assessment increasingly work according to an assembly line logic, depriving care assistants and assistance officers of discretion, and putting care recipients at risk for social exclusion and neglectance. READ MORE