Negotiating ‘positive’ aging in the presence of age-related vision loss (ARVL): The shaping and perpetuation of disability

McGrath, Colleen; Rudman, Debbie Laliberté; Polgar, Jan Miller; Spafford, Marlee M.; Trentham, Barry

doi:10.1016/j.jaging.2016.08.002

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“…However there are few qualitative studies that discuss both of these themes together. 4,11 Thus, to unveil this phenomenon, it is translated in a challenge that aims to wake the interest of academic community, managers, health professionals in the sense of evoking new lenses to construct care alternatives for people with physical disability.…”

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Aging with physical disabilities: experience intersected by stigma, social isolation and finitude

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Objective: To understand the experience from a perspective of elderly people with physical disabilities. Method: Qualitative study that interviewed 15 people from the Mato Grosso Association of Disabled Person. Testimonies were obtained from 2016 July to 2017 June in the metropolitan region of Cuiabá/Brazil. Data were organized in thematic categories and analyzed through social phenomenology of Alfred Schütz. Results: It was evidenced that the stigma intersects the experience of the physical deficiency including in the old age. The perpetuation of stigma translated into impaired identity, social isolation, lack of perspective and acceptance of finitude as inevitable, contributing to a negative experience in old age. Conclusion and implications for practice: The experience of aging with physical disability has an intrinsically multidimensional nature, confronting complex lives and social contexts hostile to the body diversity, which need to be considered in public policies, by service managers and professionals involved in the processes of care for the elderly with physical disability.

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Aging with physical disabilities: experience intersected by stigma, social isolation and finitude

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“…Failing to address intersectionality between ageing and disability may (1) underrepresent the prevalence of discrimination experienced by people living with disabilities, and (2) produce tensions and be counterproductive to current policy narratives around healthy/successful ageing and social inclusion [38,39]. Considering the intersection between ageing and disability is critical to developing a person-centred response to addressing discrimination and improving care and inclusion.…”

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Discrimination and disability: Types of discrimination and association with trust, self‐efficacy and life satisfaction among older Australians

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Objective: To examine the prevalence, context and types of discrimination reported by older Australians (aged 55 years and over) and associations between outcomes (trust, self-efficacy and life satisfaction) and exposure to discrimination. Methods: The 2014 General Social Survey was used to measure discrimination. Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine associations between levels of trust, self-efficacy and life satisfaction and exposure to discrimination. Results: A sizeable minority of older Australians with a disability reported discrimination (15%), with higher exposure for those with more severe or multiple disabilities. In addition to disability, age and nationality, race, or ethnic group were cited as reasons for discrimination. Discrimination was reported across a variety of contexts, including everyday social interactions. Lower levels of trust, self-efficacy and life satisfaction were associated with exposure to disability discrimination. Conclusion: Focusing on disability discrimination alone underestimates the level of exposure to discrimination. Discrimination may reinforce social exclusion by reducing trust and self-efficacy in familial and community contexts.

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“…The average health literacy in adults who were aged 65 and older is lower than other age groups [454] and this may be confounded by the size and font of the information labels, which may also be a potential source of error even for health care professionals [455,456]. Age related visual impairments, may make the situation for the elderly even worse [457], as visual impairment is prevalent in 30% of population aged >65 years. It may lead to issues in product identification, failure to understand directions or may miss information like "shake it well before use", that can lead to poor drug bioavailability.…”

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Challenges and innovations of drug delivery in older age

Khan

Roberts

2018

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Both drug delivery performance and various age-related physical, mental and physiological changes can affect drug effectiveness and safety in elderly patients. The many drug delivery systems developed over the years include recent novel transdermal, nasal, pulmonary and orally disintegrating tablets that provide consistent, precise, timely and more targeted drug delivery. Certain drug delivery systems may be associated with suboptimal outcomes in the elderly because of the nature of drug present, a lack of appreciation of the impact of age-related changes in drug absorption, distribution and clearance, the limited availability of pharmacokinetic, safety and clinical data. Polypharmacy, patient morbidity and poor adherence can also contribute to sub-optimal drug delivery systems outcomes in the elderly. The development of drug delivery systems for the elderly is a poorly realised opportunity, with each system having specific advantages and limitations. A key challenge is to provide the innovation that best meets the specific physiological, psychological and multiple drug requirements of individual elderly patients.

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Negotiating ‘positive’ aging in the presence of age-related vision loss (ARVL): The shaping and perpetuation of disability

Cited by 23 publications

References 65 publications

Aging with physical disabilities: experience intersected by stigma, social isolation and finitude

Aging with physical disabilities: experience intersected by stigma, social isolation and finitude

Discrimination and disability: Types of discrimination and association with trust, self‐efficacy and life satisfaction among older Australians

Challenges and innovations of drug delivery in older age

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