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• Ageism as social pathology in geriatric medicine

  31-32

  Andrei Ilnitski

  Kiryl Prashchayeu

  Megtekintések száma:

  5

  The main trend of modern geriatrics is to maintain a high functional ability, which consists of intrinsic capacity and environment. It is important to attach importance to the impact of the environment, including of its social component, when can promote the development of social pathology, for example loneliness or the consequences of ageism which can significantly reduce the quality of life.

• Smart against ageism: an overview of age discrimination in Portugal

  25-29

  Dantas Carina

  Louceiro Juliana

  Machado Natália

  Megtekintések száma:

  80

  Negative stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination on the ground of age, known as “ageism” have been shown to cause cardiovascular stress, lowered levels of self-efficacy and decreased productivity^[1]. Across the EU, policies and practices still reflect ageist prejudices and deprioritise, disregard, or even exclude older adults in different ways.

• COVID-19, lockdown, elderly. Experiences of the follow up research among active older adults 2020-2021.

  40-42

  Patyán László

  Bene Ágnes

  Stumpf-Tamás Ivett

  Megtekintések száma:

  102

  Introduction, aims:
  The COVID-19 pandemic caused invaluable harms on the World during last two years. Among all economic and societal consequences the negative effects for elderly people was also apparent. Researches - among others - focused on the age related inequalities for accessing and using services, economic disadvantages, the decline of psychical, physical and mental conditions, reduced quality of life, increased level of loneliness, stress and depression, such as the increase and new faces of ageism.
  This research focused on the individual and organizational consequences of COVID – 19 pandemic and the effects of the state interventions followed by. The target group were identified as active seniors who have leading positions in different local and regional senior’s associations. These people were affected individually as a member of the age group and as an experts with organizational responsibilities as well.

  Research method:
  We chose a qualitative follow up (longitudinal) research method that was committed by semi structured phone interviews, recorded and anonymised. The time of the two data record focused and followed the main Hungarian waves of the pandemic: May – June in 2020 and June – July in 2021. Sample were collected from all districts of Hungary (n=42).

  Main research topics were:
  - The situation of the older adults (experiences about the local older people, daily life, problems, issues, social connections)
  - The life in the organization (activities, new initiatives, problems, issues)
  - Individual experiences (fears, daily life, social connections, shopping habits, use of ICT, vaccination).

  Results:
  We found significant differences on the personal life situation and the perception of pandemic and related interventions during the two waves. Pandemic situation may influenced these results. The age related “stay at home campaign” made more difficulties for the older people during the first wave, meanwhile related interventions weren’t so strict during the second wave by introducing shopping timeline for older people and night curfew for all in the late nights. Even first wave did not cause such harm like the second one in Hungary.
  During the first wave we found older people as a rule following citizens. They followed all the restrictions and regulations strictly. Life situations mainly were determined by the living conditions, that is means the ones who lived in the countryside mainly a house with garden experienced less negative effects than those, who lived in the housing estate area (first wave mainly fall on March – May).
  Older people reported increased importance of the local authorities. With the lack of central supporting interventions, local authorities played main role for local support, care and security. If the local government took care of older people they felt safety. Less interventions and coordination made older people insecured.
  The second wave made new situations for people. Older adults became one of the first target groups in vaccination and people started to cope with the pandemic.
  Older adults became more critical with governmental interventions.
  Critics focussed on the
  - pandemic related communication, the vaccination (older people mainly got Shinofarm vaccine that was not accepted in the EU at that time),
  - difficulties with the availability of health services, and
  - they experienced increased economic problems.
  The life in the organization: during the first wave we found frozen life of the seniors organization, cancelled and delayed programmes. Some initiatives were also reported. People preferred to keep contact via phone instead of using another ICT tools. Some of the answerer worried about the community life, how they can restart after the pandemic, others preferred the forthcoming chance for personal meetings.
  Seniors organisations may play an important role of the senior’s life by organizing free time and social activities, advocacy, and many other aspects of active ageing. As we made a first extract of this research further analyse will focus more on the good examples and new initiatives on the social, community and organizational levels.

• Generációk közötti feszültségek okai, csökkentésének lehetőségei

  2-10

  Bekéné Zelencz Katalin

  Megtekintések száma:

  238

  A szerző a fiatalok és az idősek közötti feszültségek okait igyekszik feltárni. Rávilágít a gondolkodás és a személyiség fejlődés területeire, a két generáció közötti különbségekre, és hasonlóságokra is valamint a feszültségek csökkentésére megoldási alternatívákat kínál. Feltárja a fiatalok és a szépkorúak állapotbeli nehézségeit is. A szerző célja, hogy a különböző korosztályok megismerjék egymás problémáit, életkori szakaszok feladatait, ezzel is a generációk közötti feszültséget szeretné csökkenteni. Továbbá célja, hogy az ageizmust megelőzését előmozdítsa, segítse a generációk közeledését.

• Demokratikus értékek – Diszkriminatív gyakorlatok, tekintettel az időskorúak státusára

  64-76.

  Hell Judit

  Megtekintések száma:

  118

  A gerontológiai tudományok művelése Magyarországon rövid múltra tekint vissza. Talán ezért sokan és tévesen a gerontológia jelentését leszűkítik annak biológiai- orvosi típusára. Amellett érvelünk, hogy a humán- és társadalomtudományi gerontológiának is létjogosultsága van. Megmutatjuk, hogy az ember, az idős ember léthelyzetével kapcsolatban a filozófia és az etika milyen sajátos területen vizsgálódik, miben jelölhető meg missziója: elemezzük a nyugati filozófiai gondolkodás történetét, azt, hogy mely nagy erkölcsi eszméket, értékeket munkált ki több ezer év alatt. Ezek az ideák a modern demokratikus társadalmak elvi alapját képezik. Ilyenek: szabadság, egyenlőség, igazságosság, testvériség, emberi méltóság, emberi jogok. A gyakorlatban ezek gyakran sérülnek. Pl. az időseket életkoruk miatt diszkriminálják. Ezzel sérül az egyenlőség és az igazságosság elve, sérül emberi méltóságuk. A gazdaság, politika, kultúra, oktatás, a nemzedékek közötti viszonyok terén hátrányos helyzetük nyilvánvaló. Az etika feladata a nyugati értékek mentén e gyakorlatok elvi kritikája, ezáltal hozzájárulás annak formálásához. A kontinens demográfiai krízisét az Európai Unió korszerű idősügyi politikai intézkedések, támogatások, projektek útján, a klasszikus nyugati értékek őrzése alapján kezeli.

• Challenges to Mental Health Security and Safety of Older Adults in the U.S.

  3

  Csikai Ellen L.

  Megtekintések száma:

  90

  Although rates of Covid-19 infection are lower for older adults, the mortality rates are higher than all other ages. While the health challenges are evident, the mental health effects of the pandemic are less evident. The term “compassionate ageism” has been used to describe protection of all older adults as vulnerable groups, however it overlooks individual factors that may mitigate risk and enhance mental health aspects of coping with the realities of the pandemic. Isolation and separation from families and once enjoyed activities, whether residing in their own homes or long-term care facilities, has taken an immeasurable physical and mental health toll on older adults. Safety and security for mental health as well as physical health must be considered in any strategy to try mitigate the effects on the quality of life of older adults during this critical time in our history.

• Active Ageing Good Practices Promoting Intergenerational Communication and Understanding

  5-6

  Maria Aurora Fenech

  Edel Borg Mizzi

  Megtekintések száma:

  22

  Persistent negative stereotypes on the aging process and the older person are noticeable within the current youth-orientated culture. Older persons may also hold negative stereotypes about the younger generation. These undesirable typecasts co-exist because younger and older persons often have limited contact with each other. Indeed, the younger generation, only gets to engage in communication with the older person within the family unit, rarely outside their own familial structures. Similarly, older persons, residents of long-term care have limited opportunities of interacting with the younger generation.

• The correlations of resilience of the geriatric population in Botswana: A cross sectional study

  36-37

  Mhaka-Mutepfa Magen

  Megtekintések száma:

  35

  According to Botswana's Current statistics for 2021, people aged 60 and above would make up 8.9% of the population. As people age, they face a plethora of challenges; mental, legal, social, health, economic, environmental, and political, in addition to ageism and marginalization. Therefore, they need resilience to deal with these challenges that emanate from the aging process, the development of care needs, and the depletion of resources. However, in Africa, there is anecdotal evidence that some older people cannot cope with their lives, let alone carer responsibilities caused by HIV related death and other risk factors. For older people to flourish, they need resilience to achieve, endure, develop and sustain their health and well-being in the face of adversity. The degree of success and impact on their resilience is undocumented. The research will therefore determine the correlates with resilience and establish ways to curb the risk factors.