Geographies of ageing

Skinner, Mark W.; Cloutier, Denise; Andrews, Gavin J.

doi:10.1177/0309132514558444

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“…We are also sympathetic to the arguments of Skinner, Cloutier, and Andrews (2015) regarding the need to develop a more comprehensive representation and interpretation of spatiality in gerontology. To this we also add the need to explore the social, political and emotional dimensions of care-giving and the elements of resistance that lie active but unnoticed there -fighting to continue a desperate call for effective caregiver respite that has been too long ignored.…”

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Exploring employment as a space of respite and resistance for family caregivers

Joseph¹,

Joseph

2019

Health Soc Care Community

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This paper challenges traditional definitions of work and leisure as separate concepts by suggesting that a space where individuals engage in employment (paid work) can, at the same time, be a space of respite (leisure) for employees who are also family caregivers. The research aims to better understand what caregivers perceive as ideal respite space, what that space means to them, how the space where employment takes place fits that ideal and what forces restrict caregivers’ ability to engage with employment as a space of respite. The term space is used because a caregiver's presence in a particular space (inside or outside of a place) gives it meaning that is simultaneously social, political and emotional. We report on a qualitative intrinsic case study of primary caregivers who are both employed and providing care to relatives with dementia. Using a reflective iterative process, 12 participants were recruited and interviewed from two Canadian provinces in 2013/14. Using a non‐temporal view of respite facilitated the identification of employment as an important space for caregivers to experience effective respite. Although this connection has been noted by other scholars, our research goes beyond this to identify four forces that create challenges for caregivers who want to maintain engagement with employment as a space of respite. These forces are internalised socialisation, family and organisational pressures and government policy. In addition, this research is one of the first to suggest ways that caregivers resist these forces. In concluding remarks, we reflect on the limitations of the study and offer suggestions for further research aimed at elucidating the spatiality of caregiver respite and the complex and dynamic aspects of resistance.

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Exploring employment as a space of respite and resistance for family caregivers

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Joseph

2019

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“…Some others are fed by feminist, post-structuralist and post-modernist approaches when conceptualizing ageing and space. In relation to these, particularly in social and cultural geography, the scope of the interest in ageing expands and deepens, and a rich theoretical and methodological pluralism and a distinct diversity of approach emerges (Skinner et al, 2015). At the same time, the interest in the elderly increases under the umbrella of embodied and emotional geographies and with regard to their daily realities (Anderson and Smith, 2001;Hopkins and Pain, 2007).…”

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The Geographies of ageing: Progress, debates and research agenda in geographical gerontology

Özgür¹

2019

Coğrafi Bilimler Dergisi

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Coğrafya, gelişmiş dünyada yürütülen gerontolojik çalışmalarda aktif olarak yer alan çok sayıda disiplinden biridir. Coğrafi araştırmaların sosyal gerontoloji içindeki rolü, 1970'lerin başlarında, yapılan çalışmaların yaşlı insanların, yaşlanma süreciyle bağlantılı olarak belirli çevrelerde bulunduklarını, buraları deneyimlediklerini ve kullandıklarını göstermesiyle, dolayısıyla da çevrenin yaşlanma sürecini etkilediğinin anlaşılmasıyla birlikte tanımlanmıştır. Zira coğrafyanın sentezleyici ve bütüncül geleneği, yaşlılar ile çevreleri arasındaki karmaşık etkileşimi değerlendirmek için etkili bir metodoloji sunmuştur. Coğrafya ile gerontoloji arasındaki bir kesişimde konumlanan ve coğrafi gerontoloji diye isimlendirilen yeni bir disiplin, Batı dünyasında yapısal olarak kurumlarda; düşünsel olarak hem disiplinlerin akademik tartışmalarında hem de önemli ampirik araştırma alanlarında gelişmektedir. Bu çalışma, son on yıllarda Türkiye'de politik ve akademik gündemde yerini alan nüfusun yaşlanması meselesine "yaşlanmanın coğrafyası" perspektifinden bakarak beşeri coğrafyacıların dikkatini çekmeyi; bu bağlamda yeni ortaya çıkan ve hızla gelişen bir disiplini tanıtmayı ve onun başlıca araştırma konularına işaret etmeyi amaçlamaktadır.Geography is one of the many disciplines actively involved in studies conducted in the developing world. The role of geographical research in social gerontology was first described when the studies conducted in early 1970's showed that elders presented themselves in a certain environment in relation to the aging process, that they experienced and used those environment and thus understanding that the aging process of the environment was affected by it, because the synthesizing and holistic tradition of geography represents an effective methodology to evaluate the complex interaction between elders and their environment. A new discipline, called geographical gerontology, positioned at an intersection between geography and gerontology, has been developing structurally in institutions of the western world and intellectually, both in the academic debates of disciplines and in key empirical research areas. This study aims to grab attention of human geographers by handling the aging population issue that has taken its place in political and academic agenda of Turkey in last decades from the geography of aging perspective and to introduce a newly emerging and rapidly developing discipline and point to its main research areas in this context.

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“…Ein zweiter Zugang, über den Alter in der Geographie als relational und intersektional verstanden werden kann, ist die Körperlichkeit des Alter(n)s. Um sich von einer biologistischen Sicht auf den Körper abzugrenzen, untersuchte die Sozialgerontologie lange vorwiegend gesellschaftliche und soziale Aspekte des Alter(n)s. Dies verändert sich gegenwärtig vor allem durch Beiträge aus der feministischen Gerontologie (vgl. Krekula, 2007;Höppner, 2017;Twigg, 2004;Slevin, 2006) und aus den embodied geographies der geographischen Altersforschung (Skinner et al, 2015). In den Körper schreiben sich soziokulturelle und physisch-biologische Attribute gleichsam ein, und die Diversität im Altersprozess tritt konkret und sichtbar zutage (Schwanen et al, 2012).…”

Section: Ungleichheit In Der Geographischenunclassified

Ungleichheit, Intersektionalität und Alter(n) – für eine räumliche Methodologie in der Ungleichheitsforschung

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Helbrecht

2018

Geogr. Helv.

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Abstract. This article explores the interplay of inequality, space and age(ing) from an intersectional perspective. It argues, that a spatial research methodology is most fruitful in order to include age(ing) in debates on intersectionality and inequality. Drawing on geographical gerontology and inequality research, we scrutinize the research gap at the intersection of these fields: While age is a neglected factor in intersectional debates on inequality, questions of power are hardly addressed by geographical gerontology. To bridge this research gap, we propose space as methodological perspective. By showing how the negotiation of age(ing) varies in different spatial settings, the article emphasises the value of spatial approaches to analyse the two faces of age(ing) – age as a marker of difference and ageing as a process. On a larger scale, the article points to the potential of a spatial methodology to approach the complexity of intersectionality.

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Geographies of ageing

Cited by 110 publications

References 151 publications

Exploring employment as a space of respite and resistance for family caregivers

Exploring employment as a space of respite and resistance for family caregivers

The Geographies of ageing: Progress, debates and research agenda in geographical gerontology

Ungleichheit, Intersektionalität und Alter(n) – für eine räumliche Methodologie in der Ungleichheitsforschung

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