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| Social inclusion through ageing-in-place with care? | | Author(s) | Patrick Barrett, Beatrice Hale, Robin Gauld |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 32, part 3, April 2012 |
| Pages | pp 361-378 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Ill health ; Independent housing ; Home care services ; Social inclusion. |
| Annotation | The onset of ill-health and frailty in later life, within the context of the policy of ageing-in-place, is increasingly being responded to through the provision of home care. In the philosophy of ageing-in-place, the home provides for continuity of living environment, maintenance of independence in the community and social inclusion. The provision of assistance to remain at home assumes continuity in the living environment and independence in the organisation of daily life and social contact. This paper explores the changes that occur as a result of becoming a care recipient within the home and concludes that the transition into receiving care is characterised by discontinuity and upheaval which tends to reinforce social exclusion. In analysing this transition the authors draw on the rites of passage framework, which highlights the social processes of separation, liminality and reconnection. Separation from independent living leads to a state of liminality. The final stage in the rites of passage framework draws attention to reconnection. Whilst not inevitable, reconnection can be an appropriate goal for the care sector when supporting frail or disabled older people through the transition into becoming a home-care recipient. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120405001 A |
| Classmark | BG: CH: KL: NH: RNA |
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