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| A framework for understanding vulnerabilities in old age | | Author(s) | Elisabeth Schröder-Butterfill, Rüly Marianti |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 26, part 1, January 2006 |
| Pages | pp 9-35 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/jid_ASO |
| Keywords | At risk ; Poor elderly ; Family care ; Indonesia ; Homelessness ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | Identifying vulnerable older people and understanding the causes and consequences of their vulnerability is of human concern and an essential task of social policy. To date, vulnerability in old age has mainly been approached by identifying high risk groups, like the poor, childless, frail or isolated. Yet vulnerability is the outcome of complex interactions of discrete risks, namely of being exposed to a threat, of a threat materialising, and of lacking the e defences or resources to deal with a threat. The authors review approaches to vulnerability in various disciplines, in order to develop a systematic framework for approaching vulnerability. This framework distinguishes and examines the interactions among the domains of exposure, threats, coping capacities and outcomes. Drawing in European and Asian gerontological literature, the authors discuss what might be meant by these domains and their place in the understanding of vulnerability to old age. Two case studies are presented - one on homelessness in Britain, the other on familial care provision in Indonesia - to illustrate the ways in which specific vulnerabilities are created and distributed over the life course. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060125002 A |
| Classmark | CA3: F:W6: P6:SJ: 7XH: K4A: 8 |
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