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Butzbach O, Fuller DB, Schnyder G. Manufacturing discontent: National institutions, multinational firm strategies, and anti‐globalization backlash in advanced economies. GLOBAL STRATEGY JOURNAL 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/gsj.1369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Olivier Butzbach
- Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” Caserta (CE) Italy
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- Department of Asian and International StudiesCity University of Hong Kong Kowloon Tong Hong Kong
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- Institute of International ManagementLoughborough University London UK
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Rishworth A, Elliott SJ. Global environmental change in an aging world: The role of space, place and scale. Soc Sci Med 2019; 227:128-136. [DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.07.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2018] [Revised: 06/07/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Van den Bogaert S, Ceuterick M, Bracke P. The silver lining of greying: Ageing discourses and positioning of ageing persons in the field of social health insurance. Health (London) 2018; 24:169-186. [PMID: 30207192 DOI: 10.1177/1363459318800171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Contemporary ageing discourses and policies perceive being active as the key to a good later life and thereby focus on individual responsibility and self-care. Drawing on website articles and press releases of Belgian sickness fund agencies, this study analyses the ageing discourses and positioning of ageing persons of these organisations. A discourse analysis was performed using positioning theory to analyse how sickness fund agencies discursively construct the ageing process and position ageing persons, and to investigate how these positioning acts are related to sickness fund agencies' roles as social insurer, social movement, social entrepreneur and private insurer. Our results reveal three storylines on ageing; ageing as a medical problem, ageing as a new stage in life and ageing as a natural life process. These storylines are applied to construct ageing and position ageing persons in different ways. Depending on their role, sickness fund agencies take on a different position drawing on these different storylines. We also show how these storylines reproduce the moral framework on how to age well and thereby disempower ageing persons. Our results underline the importance of multidimensional perspectives on ageing.
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Lee HY, Kim JY, Na KY, Park HY, Han J, Pak Y, Nam B, Pae CH, Lee J, Lim TH, Lee D. The role of telehealth counselling with mobile self-monitoring on blood pressure reduction among overseas Koreans with high blood pressure in Vietnam. J Telemed Telecare 2018; 25:241-248. [PMID: 29933721 DOI: 10.1177/1357633x18780559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Rapid globalization has produced a growing demand for the chronic care management of overseas populations living in medically underserved areas. This study investigated the utilization pattern of telehealth counselling among overseas Koreans with high blood pressure, and evaluated the relationships between mobile self-monitoring application and blood pressure reduction. METHODS A global chronic management programme consisting of lifestyle modification and self-monitoring blood pressure was launched to provide a telehealth counselling service for Koreans with high blood pressure living in Vietnam from August 2016 to December 2017. During the first telehealth session, doctors educated patients on lifestyle modifications using a mobile self-monitoring application and checked the change of blood pressure in a follow-up telehealth visit. We examined utilization patterns and compared the blood pressure change among the mobile self-monitoring group versus the control group using Wilcoxon signed rank tests. RESULTS A total of 234 patients with systolic blood pressure of more than 130 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure of more than 80 mmHg were registered, installed the mobile app and were provided with automated blood pressure devices with the telehealth counselling service by Korean doctors. A follow-up telehealth counselling session was provided at three months. Only 15% (36/234) received two or more telehealth counselling sessions. Significant differences were found in the mean change of systolic blood pressure at three months in the monitoring group and the non-monitoring group (-16.0 vs. -5.7, p = 0.008). DISCUSSION In this unique telehealth study, a mobile self-monitoring application was associated with significantly reducing systolic blood pressure levels in three months. Encouraging patients via a mobile application that includes a self-monitoring function might have the potential for self-managing chronic diseases, especially in resource-limited environments.
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- Hyang Yuol Lee
- 1 Research Institute of Healthcare Policy, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea.,2 Research Institute of Nursing Science, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Korea
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- 3 Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea.,4 College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea
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- 4 College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.,5 Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea.,6 Office of Humanitarian and Public Healthcare Support, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea.,7 Office of External Affairs, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea
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- 8 Health Promotion Center, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea
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- 3 Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea
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- 3 Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea
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- 9 Overseas Business Team, ezCaretech Co., Ltd., Seongnam-si, Korea
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- 7 Office of External Affairs, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea
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- 10 Clinical Administration Team, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea
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- 11 HealthConnect Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea
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Ageism in a Cross-Cultural Perspective: Reflections from the Research Field. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON AGING 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Laceulle H. Virtuous aging and existential vulnerability. J Aging Stud 2017; 43:1-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2017.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mercille J. Neoliberalism and health care: the case of the Irish nursing home sector. CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2017.1371277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Julien Mercille
- School of Geography, University College Dublin , Belfield, Ireland
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Kunow R. Postcolonial theory and old age: An explorative essay. J Aging Stud 2016; 39:101-108. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2016.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Revised: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Research on the rationing of care to older patients in Britain and America typically focuses on acute care here I consider `chronic care'as illustrated by `community care' in Britain. Adopting a critical sociological approach to dependency and to the construction of `later life,'I argue that chronic care users constitute a class, and that clinical need has played a pivotal role in its development. As this reflects the allocative rationing of care I call into question, the claim made by the current British government that need can provide a benchmark of age justice.
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- Mary Simms
- Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, London, ORE.
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Aronson J. Silenced Complaints, Suppressed Expectations: The Cumulative Effects of Home Care Rationing. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SERVICES 2016; 36:535-56. [PMID: 16981630 DOI: 10.2190/cgpj-prwn-b1h6-yvjb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In many Western welfare jurisdictions, publicly provided home care is being eroded and its provision increasingly individualized. These shifts are of a particular significance for older women, a group for whom supportive home care has been an important buttress against the social and physical jeopardies of old age. A longitudinal, qualitative study of such women in Ontario, Canada, spanned the implementation of managed competition in home care and a period of rapid privatization and service rationing. Study participants experienced cuts and, stemming from increasingly precarious employment conditions in the home care workforce, inconsistent care providers. These changes generated distress, insecurity, and isolation in participants' lives. This article explores how their complaints about insufficient care were silenced: by fear, hopelessness, and the cultural injunction to put a stoic and selfless face on the limitations of old age. Their accounts reveal how large material and discursive shifts and state restructuring come to penetrate identity, feeling, and speech. This examination of the silencing of complaint at home care's front lines reveals the cumulative effects of rationing; it also illuminates how, if heard, service users' voices can inform collective struggles to resist the degradation of home care and reposition older people in relation to the state.
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- Jane Aronson
- School of Social Work, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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Intergenerational inequity arguments and the implications for state-funded financial support of older people. AGEING & SOCIETY 2015. [DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x1500135x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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ABSTRACTAs population demographics shift towards an older population structure in the Western world, concerns about the future costs of pensions are apparent in politics, media and everyday conversations. In New Zealand, the universal state-funded pension paid to all citizens over the age of 65 years is often considered to be unsustainable in the context of population ageing. To examine the arguments surrounding universal superannuation, rhetorical analysis was undertaken on two New Zealand newspaper articles that discussed the future cost of pensions, and the 233 public responses these articles generated. The cost of superannuation was used to emphasise the different characteristics of each generational cohort and the ways that this produced inequity across generations. Claims of intergenerational inequity generated antagonism and widened divisions between generational groups. Foregrounding generational inequity in the discussion of superannuation has profound implications for state-funded income support for older people which relies upon widespread public support. Intergenerational inequity ignores the significant inequity in health and social circumstances in retirement among older New Zealanders and overlooks the significant impact of universal superannuation on protecting older New Zealanders from poverty in later life.
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Wilińska M, Cedersund E. “Classic ageism” or “brutal economy”? Old age and older people in the Polish media. J Aging Stud 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2010.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Walker A, Fong F. Relations Between the Generations: Uniting the Macro and the Micro. JOURNAL OF INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/15350770.2010.521096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Doron I, Apter I. The debate around the need for an international convention on the rights of older persons. THE GERONTOLOGIST 2010; 50:586-93. [PMID: 20185521 DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In recent years, there has been a growing interest and debate around the question, whether there is a need for an international convention on the rights of older persons. The debate around this question is far from simple or consensual. Although there are strong voices in favor, there are also strong arguments against. Moreover, the mere fact that a legal gap exists at the international level is not a sufficient reason for the advancement of a new convention. Hence, the goal of this article will be not only to provide a detailed analysis of the arguments in support and against such a convention but also to propose some specific recommendations for the advancement of such a convention in the future.
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- Israel Doron
- Department of Gerontology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
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Active aging is established as the leading global policy strategy in response to population aging. In practice, however, the term active aging serves as a convenient shelter for a wide range of policy discourses and initiatives concerning demographic change. The twin purposes of this article are, first, to examine its European origins and how it has been applied in the world's oldest region. This policy analysis illustrates the contrast between the primarily European discourse on active aging, which emphasizes health, participation, and well-being, and the U.S. discourse that prioritizes productivity. The application of active aging in Europe has, nonetheless, been predominantly in the productivist mold. The examination of the emergence of this key policy concept in Europe is contextualized by an outline of the changing politics of aging in this region. The second purpose of the article is to set out a new, comprehensive strategy on active aging that is intended to realize the full potential of the concept. Understanding of the need for this broad vision of active aging is facilitated by the historical policy review.
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- Alan Walker
- Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
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Harrison TC. A qualitative analysis of the meaning of aging for women with disabilities with policy implications. ANS Adv Nurs Sci 2006; 29:E1-13. [PMID: 16717482 DOI: 10.1097/00012272-200604000-00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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This is a report of a hermeneutic phenomenological study of the meaning of aging for women with childhood-onset disabilities due to the effects of paralytic polio. Twenty-five women aged 55-65 years were interviewed 2 to 4 times regarding their life course experiences and the meaning they assigned to aging. Field notes, audiotaped interviews, life course charts, and demographics were used in thethematic analysis that produced 5 themes: Bodies Change, Disrupted Meaning, The Unpredictibility of Aging, Slowing Down, and Changing Perspective. Overall, the findings indicate that the experiences of disability due to the result of paralytic polio could not be separated from the experiences of aging, which ultimately led the author to question policies that distribute and fund benefits based on age and disability status without an understanding of the varied experiences of women with disabilities.
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