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| Care of Europe's older people | | Author(s) | Gertaud Dayé |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing, vol 6, no 2, July 2005 |
| Pages | pp 21-25 (Dignity and older Europeans, part 2) |
| Source | http://www.pavpub.com |
| Keywords | Health services ; Services ; Management [care] ; Rights [elderly] ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Quality of life ; Europe. |
| Annotation | The Director of EURAG (the European Federation of Older Persons) explores dignity from the viewpoint of older Europeans themselves. General recommendations concerning policies for older people are considered together with commitments included in action plans on ageing in relation to the question of to what extent these texts can be seen as a means to guarantee the dignity of the older person? The interrelatedness of recommendations concerning health, labour market and those on social protection policies are stressed, and the impact on older citizens' dignity is highlighted. The use of language is explored, as is the presentation of older people in the media and advertising and the impact on dignity. The paper also questions whether dignity, or rather the loss of dignity, is experienced similarly by all groups of older people. Is there a difference between men and women, those people from ethnic minorities and for people with a disability who are becoming old? Finally, the paper considers what kind of care we want when we are old: how do we wish to be taken care of once we are no longer able to live fully independent lives in our own homes? (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050905210 A |
| Classmark | L: I: QA: IKR: TOB: F:59: 74 |
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