How Does Self-Rated Health Differ among Older Vietnamese Men and Women?
AbstractDue to gender differences in life expectancy, women outlive their male counterparts but experience more years of poor health. Whereas the correlates of gender differences in later life health have been examined in Western countries there is a limited but growing body of research among older adults in developing countries. Utilizing data from the 2011 Vietnam National Aging Study, this study examines gender differentials in self-rated health among Vietnamese aged 60 years and over (N = 2467) within the differential exposure and differential vulnerability frameworks. Logistic regression analyses show women had ...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - April 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Elder Orphan in Healthcare Settings: an Integrative Review
This article explores the concept of orphaned older adults within the healthcare context through an integrative review of literature. The review utilized online health databases and online publishing platforms for grey literature. Eight articles focusing on elder orphans within the healthcare literature were included in this review. Four emerging themes were identified: characteristics of the older adult orphan; healthcare and clinical oversight; older adult orphans ’ support services; and ‘older adult orphan’ as an advocacy healthcare terminology. Elder orphans are vulnerable older adults who may have current stable...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - March 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
What Is Known about the Factors Motivating Short-Term International Retirement Migration? A Scoping Review
AbstractIt is known that older persons from many countries often enjoy living abroad for weeks or months of the year, often to avoid periods of harsh weather at home. However, there has been little attempt to synthesize existing knowledge of this practice, often called retirement migration. Scoping reviews are a widely accepted form of research synthesis. In this article we present the findings of a scoping review that asks: what is known about the factors motivating short-term international retirement migration? Using the guidance of a reference librarian, we searched 17 databases to identify pertinent academic articles. ...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - March 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Dynamics of Retirement Income Inequality in Canada, 1991-2011
AbstractThis paper explores trends in retirement income inequality in Canada from 1991 to 2011. Although poverty rates among retired Canadian seniors have mostly stabilized, our research suggests that since the 1990s other measures of income inequality have sharply risen. Using census microdata files (1991 –2011) and national-level Canadian statistics, we explore the dynamics of income inequality for Canadian retirees by examining relative income from both private and public sources. We find that levels of private retirement income have dramatically risen for some, thus changing the landscape of inc ome inequality for Ca...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - March 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
What Is Known about the Factors Motivating Short-Term International Retirement Migration? A Scoping Review
AbstractIt is known that older persons from many countries often enjoy living abroad for weeks or months of the year, often to avoid periods of harsh weather at home. However, there has been little attempt to synthesize existing knowledge of this practice, often called retirement migration. Scoping reviews are a widely accepted form of research synthesis. In this article we present the findings of a scoping review that asks: what is known about the factors motivating short-term international retirement migration? Using the guidance of a reference librarian, we searched 17 databases to identify pertinent academic articles. ...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - March 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Dynamics of Retirement Income Inequality in Canada, 1991-2011
AbstractThis paper explores trends in retirement income inequality in Canada from 1991 to 2011. Although poverty rates among retired Canadian seniors have mostly stabilized, our research suggests that since the 1990s other measures of income inequality have sharply risen. Using census microdata files (1991 –2011) and national-level Canadian statistics, we explore the dynamics of income inequality for Canadian retirees by examining relative income from both private and public sources. We find that levels of private retirement income have dramatically risen for some, thus changing the landscape of inc ome inequality for Ca...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - March 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Book review - Race, Place and the Seaside – postcards from the edge
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Source: Journal of Population Ageing - March 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
A Critique of “Productivist” Policy Responses to Population Ageing Focusing on Financial Outcomes in Retirement for Women
AbstractFocusing on financial outcomes in retirement for women, this paper critically examines the suite of “productivist” policies proposed by leading regional and global policy institutions as a solution to what they perceive as a potential population ageing crisis. Specifically, the paper challenges the claim that this suite of policies constitutes a virtuous system. Taking the life course timing o f women’s paid and unpaid work, we successively integrate the likely key consequences of “productivist ageing” policy in a series of retirement income scenarios. The series culminates in a situation where a mother t...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - February 15, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Factors Associated with Perceived Health Status of the Vietnamese Older People
This study, using data from the Vietnam Aging Survey (VNAS) in 2011 with 2789 persons aged from 60 to 108, explored the factors associated with the perceived health status of the Vietnamese older people. Using logistic regression analysis, the study found that there were no statistically significant differences between older people in their perceived health status in terms of age group, gender, marital status, and living area. In contrast, however, the study also found that reading ability, working status, morbidity, activities in daily living, experience of domestic violence, household income, and satisfaction with housin...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - February 3, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
New Roles for Older People
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Source: Journal of Population Ageing - January 3, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Enterprising Self: a Panacea for all or New Fictitious Social Role for Older Adults? The Analysis of European Polices for Senior Entrepreneurship
This article includes a critical assessment of policy texts in two policy frameworks of European Union and OECD, namely: the active ageing framework and the inclusive entrepreneurship framework. The aim of this paper is to address two research questions: How is senior entrepreneurship framed in the European policies? What are the narratives of exclusion and inclusion construed in the European policies on senior entrepreneurship? Using the theoretical perspective of enterprising self and critical gerontology, the paper identifies two major narrations within which the mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion operate: the hegemo...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - December 29, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Return to Religion? Predictors of Religious Change among Baby-Boomers in their Transition to Later Life
AbstractIn this paper, we investigated the correlates of change in religiosity among babyboomers as they aged from their 50s to their 60s. Change was assessed as a function of cognitive and behavioral manifestations of religious involvement, early religious participation, and challenges that emerged over this period of life. Using qualitative and quantitative data from 599 respondents in the 2016 wave of the Longitudinal Study of Generations, we examined retrospectively assessed religious change over the previous ten years and the precipitating reasons for such change. Religiosity was most likely to remain stable, but a si...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - December 29, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Between User ’s Expectations and Provider’s Quality of Work: the Future of Elderly Care in Lithuania
AbstractIn the context of the future development of a high-quality, user-driven elderly care system and efforts to ensure sufficient labour supply and job quality in this sector, it is important to analyse the sector from the perspective of both service users and service providers. The article aims to reveal the controversy between the demand for eldercare services, which reflects preference for informal care and home help services, and the challenge of securing quality jobs for care sector ’s employees. Expectations of potential service users with regard to care services in Lithuania indicate a need for developing vario...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - December 28, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
