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'So forget how old I am!'
— examining age identities in the face of chronic conditions | | Author(s) | Philip A Rozario, Daniel Derienzis |
| Journal title | Sociology of Health & Illness, vol 31, no 4, May 2009 |
| Pages | pp 540-553 |
| Source | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Attitude ; Adjustment ; Chronic illness ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The construction of age identity in older people with chronic conditions is examined using semi-structured interviews with 45 participants from two senior centres in Long Island townships in New York State. The authors applied symbolic interactionism and the concept of stigma in participants' narratives to identify three categories of age identities: definitely old; definitely not old; and ambivalent about their age identity. Further, they examined the metaphors of agelessness and the mask of ageing, relationship between chronological age and age identity, as well as the age-related stereotypes that older people offered in their narratives of their experiences of old age. Ideas about the meaning of old age itself varied, with some focusing on predominantly negative descriptors, while others saw it positively, i.e. as a time allowing for more freedom and self-exploration. The influence of chronic conditions on older people's age identities is more complex and nuanced that the characterisations promoted by ageist stereotypes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090701223 A |
| Classmark | BG: DP: DR: CI: 3DP: 7T |
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