Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... ideas which they express ' , describe old age in expressive , and almost invariable derogatory , infantalizing or pitying tones ( Scrutton , 1990 ) . Sociological , psychological and religious ideas also reinforce stereotypical pictures ...
... ideas which they express ' , describe old age in expressive , and almost invariable derogatory , infantalizing or pitying tones ( Scrutton , 1990 ) . Sociological , psychological and religious ideas also reinforce stereotypical pictures ...
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... ideas become embedded in the social structures which determine how older people are allowed , or permitted to live . Structural ageism is embedded into our laws and regulations involving employment , promotion and redundancy ...
... ideas become embedded in the social structures which determine how older people are allowed , or permitted to live . Structural ageism is embedded into our laws and regulations involving employment , promotion and redundancy ...
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... ideas encourage the tendency for old age to become seden- tary , dominated by attitudes about physical activity similar to those on retirement , considered by many to be an end of activity , rather than a beginning . The mechanistic ...
... ideas encourage the tendency for old age to become seden- tary , dominated by attitudes about physical activity similar to those on retirement , considered by many to be an end of activity , rather than a beginning . The mechanistic ...
Contents
reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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