A Room of One's Own: *: Old Age, Extended Care, and Privacy

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1 University Press Scholarship Online You are looking at 1-10 of 156 items for: keywords : older people A Room of One's Own: *: Old Age, Extended Care, and Privacy Iris Marion Young in On Female Body Experience: Throwing Like a Girl and Other Essays Published in print: 2005 Published Online: September 2006 ISBN: eisbn: Many old people who need nursing care live in residences that routinely deprive them of privacy in the sense of a secure personal space where one dwells according to one s own habits with things of one s own. It is argued that old people should not have to do without a home in this sense just because they have become unable to live independently, or because their relatives are unable or unwilling to make a home for them in their own dwellings. Services and institutions offering shelter and care to needy persons often fail to appreciate what is required for individuals not simply to stay alive, physically well, and nourished, but to have the life of a person. A room of one s own or its equivalent should be understood not as a luxury that social services can ill afford, but rather as a basic element of the value of privacy. Services for Older People Judith Healy and Martin McKee in Accessing Healthcare: Responding to diversity Published in print: 2004 Published Online: September 2009 ISBN: eisbn: acprof:oso/ The aging population in the United Kingdom has brought greater recognition of the heterogeneity of older people, and hence their varied health care needs. Elderly care medicine argues that the multiple and complex conditions often associated with aging call for specialist services, but the management of older patients now is moving into mainstream services. Health policies have been driven more by the views of professionals than the expressed wishes of older people, however, Page 1 of 5

2 and has concentrated on adverse outcomes for the health system (rising hospital admissions, hospital bed blocking) rather than positive health outcomes for older people. While the entitlement of older people to health care is secure within a national health service, policies should aim to improve the quality of health care and quality of life for older people. The Development of Residential and Nursing Home Care in the United Kingdom Sheila Peace in End of Life in Care Homes: A Palliative Care Approach Published in print: 2003 Published Online: November 2011 ISBN: eisbn: acprof:oso/ This chapter traces the development of nursing home and residential care in Great Britain. It discusses the development of care homes during the past twenty-five years and describes the nature of the people and the places that make up these long-term care services for older people. It reflects on how the culture of care has evolved within these settings and how issues regarding dying and death have only relatively recently been recognized as key aspects of the purpose of long-term care. Older age: policy and practice Sheena Asthana and Joyce Halliday in What works in tackling health inequalities?: Pathways, policies and practice through the lifecourse Published in print: 2006 Published Online: March 2012 ISBN: eisbn: Publisher: Policy Press DOI: / policypress/ This chapter examines policy and practice in addressing health inequalities in older people. It considers efforts to improve the health and well-being of older citizens through lifestyle/behavioural interventions, initiatives that target housing and living standards and initiatives designed to improve access to health and social care. It suggests that older people themselves are more concerned about their independence and quality of life rather than the availability or quality of care services. Page 2 of 5

3 Older people, human rights, law and policy Mary Keys in Ethical and Legal Debates In Irish Healthcare: Confronting complexities Published in print: 2016 Published Online: May 2016 ISBN: eisbn: Publisher: Manchester University Press DOI: / manchester/ This chapter identifies the area of decision-making as central to the protection of older people. It addresses the recognition of legal capacity as a central issue to avoid choices being ignored and not respected. The chapter discusses some of the law and policy reforms necessary to meet international human rights standards, as set out in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the European Convention on Human Rights. Lessons from research in other jurisdictions are highlighted to avoid the pitfalls identified from similar law reform elsewhere. Older People in Law and Society Jonathan Herring Published in print: 2009 Published Online: May 2009 ISBN: eisbn: Item type: book acprof:oso/ This book examines the legal rights and responsibilities of older people. Although the focus is particularly on the legal issues surrounding old age it draws extensively on the gerentological, philosophical, sociological, and medical literature surrounding the subject. The book examines the key issues surrounding ageing and law: ageism and age discrimination; mental capacity; care and older people; elder abuse; pensions and benefits for older people; grandparents; the health care of older people; and inheritance issues. These issues raise complex social and legal issues. The book highlights the many ways our social and legal systems let older people down and makes proposals as to how these could be improved. It argues that the devaluation of ageing and the social exclusion of older people not only impoverishes the lives of older people, but of society generally. Page 3 of 5

4 Social determinants of health in older age Michael Marmot and Richard G. Wilkinson in Social Determinants of Health Published in print: 2005 Published Online: September 2009 ISBN: eisbn: acprof:oso/ This chapter focuses on the social determinants of physical and mental health and disability among older people. It begins by reviewing research on social and economic inequalities in health in older ages, concluding that much of the work on inequalities in older age has focused on documenting differences rather than testing theories as to what the generative mechanisms may be. It then discusses several of the specific social determinants that may contribute to these inequalities, either as aspects of socio-economic position or as mediators on the pathway between socio-economic position and health. Health inequalities during older age: research evidence Sheena Asthana and Joyce Halliday in What works in tackling health inequalities?: Pathways, policies and practice through the lifecourse Published in print: 2006 Published Online: March 2012 ISBN: eisbn: Publisher: Policy Press DOI: / policypress/ This chapter explores the consequences of poverty and income polarisation for health inequalities in later life. It discusses the extent to which age is a more important source of health exclusion for older people than socio-economic status per se. It suggests that though differentials in health status decline after middle age, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that lower socio-economic status is associated with greater mortality, poorer mental health and a higher prevalence of disability among older people. Global Aging M. C. Terry Hokenstad and Moon Choi in Handbook of International Social Work: Human Rights, Development, and the Global Profession Published in print: 2011 Published Online: January 2012 Page 4 of 5

5 ISBN: eisbn: acprof:oso/ Unprecedented population aging is taking place around the world. Both the number and proportion of older persons (sixty years of age and older) have been steadily increasing over the past half century. This chapter discusses the implications of this demographic revolution for social welfare policy and social work practice. Policy challenges include the coverage and cost of pension programs for an increasing number of older people who have retired from the labor market. Challenges also encompass the adequacy and efficiency of health care for citizens who are living longer with chronic illness. Social workers must focus on a growing amount of isolation, abuse, and neglect among their older client group. Social workers also must develop and adapt social development strategies, particularly for elderly clients without pensions or outside of the formal labor market. Introduction Jeanne Katz and Sheila Peace in End of Life in Care Homes: A Palliative Care Approach Published in print: 2003 Published Online: November 2011 ISBN: eisbn: acprof:oso/ This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the potential of the palliative care approach to improve the care of older people dying in residential care and nursing homes in Great Britain. This book examines a category of disadvantaged dying: those older people disenfranchised by physical and sometimes mental deterioration. It argues in defence of delivering palliative care to people dying from conditions other than malignancies and provides some strategies for health workers. Page 5 of 5