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Partnership and respect of older adults
— two changing values in social policies | | Author(s) | Marie Beaulieu, Francine Caron |
| Corporate Author | Gerontology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University, Canada |
| Journal title | GRC News, vol 18, no 1, May 1999 |
| Publisher | Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, May 1999 |
| Pages | pp 9-11 |
| Keywords | Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social policy ; Canada. |
| Annotation | This article discusses some preliminary results of a study (funded by the Québec Ministry of Education) that analyses the changes to social policies in Québec during the 1990s, to identify ethical issues associated with ageing. The article presents a brief historical background of social policies in Québec and proposes answers to two key questions: 1) How does public and government discourse show respect of older adults? 2) What types of partnership are offered to older adults in our changing society? The policies analysed were not always age-specific but had an influence on the way the psychosocial needs of older adults were defined. The author concludes that at the 1999 opening of the Quebec Parliament, a series of issues were addressed which included specific ones on older adults, the focus of these being an intergenerational approach for the Québec of tomorrow. This is seen as a positive development in social policies for the province. (KJ). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990525213 A |
| Classmark | TOB: TM2: 7S |
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