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"What can you expect, my dear, at my age?"
— recognising the need for counselling in a residential unit | | Author(s) | Steve Scrutton |
| Journal title | Bereavement Care, vol 15, no 3, Winter 1996 |
| Pages | pp 28-29 |
| Keywords | Bereavement ; Advisory services [elderly] ; Care homes ; Attitudes to the old of general public. |
| Annotation | Ageism, simply defined as the discounting of the needs and aspirations of older people, is inbred in our social attitudes. It is as rampant as sexism and racism - but much less discussed and understood. There is a tendency for us all to believe that bereavement in older people is a natural concomitant of the ageing process, and something that does not require help. Such an acceptance of loss in old age has led to a neglect of the support and counselling required by older people and their carers in situations that would clearly warrant such assistance with younger people. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970811002 A |
| Classmark | DW: IT: KW: TOB |
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