Productive Ageing

Sünje Lorenzen; Katja Specht

doi:10.5771/9783863215910

Zusammenfassung

For many people, growing old is an unpleasant experience. It is a time of restriction, deprivation and of loss. You retire from work, lose your loved ones and have to cope with illness. It is an art to remain productive, to ensure that life remains meaningful, and to stay active and alive. This social psychological study shows how people of old age manage this within their various lifestyles, whether they live in senior citizens homes, in assisted-living projects, in their own apartments, alone or together with others.

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Copyrightjahr: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-3-86321-591-0
ISBN-Online: 978-3-86321-591-0
Verlag: Mabuse Verlag, Frankfurt am Main
Reihe: Mabuse-Verlag Wissenschaft
Band: 131
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 142
Produkttyp: Monographie

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Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 10
1 Introduction Kein Zugriff Seiten 11 - 14
1. 2.1 Attitudes of the Researchers Kein Zugriff
2. 2.2 Memories and Productive Orientations in the Interview and in Group Discussion Kein Zugriff
3. 2.3 Researchers View in Analysis Kein Zugriff
4. 2.4 Core Sentences as Experience Categories Expressed in Everyday Language Kein Zugriff
1. 3.1 Productive Orientations and Spontaneous Activity Kein Zugriff
2. 3.2 Feelings of Insecurity and Productive Orientations Kein Zugriff
1. 1. 4.1.1 Living in a Senior Citizens Home Kein Zugriff
  2. 4.1.2 Managing the Household in the Senior Citizens Home Kein Zugriff
  3. 4.1.3 Assisted Living at Home Kein Zugriff
  4. 4.1.4 A Therapeutic Example from Irvin D. Yalom: A Wake-Up Call in Old Age Kein Zugriff
2. 1. 4.2.1 Maintaining Caring Relationships Kein Zugriff
  2. 4.2.2 Developing Relationships of Friendship Kein Zugriff
  3. 4.2.3 A Literary Example from Bertolt Brecht: “Die unwürdige Greisin” (Unseemly Old Lady) Kein Zugriff
5 Interviews with Social Carers Kein Zugriff Seiten 59 - 66
1. 6.1 Looking into the Mirror: a Quiet, Personal Conversation with Oneself Kein Zugriff
2. 1. 6.2.1 “Back then, when you had decided on a trade, that was your scope of work to the bitter end” Kein Zugriff
  2. 6.2.2 “Today I thank God that I was not a hero, when you kill someone, you’re a murderer” Kein Zugriff
3. 1. 6.3.1 “Those are our dogs. When we went hunting, they were always with us. All of them are dead now.” Kein Zugriff
  2. 6.3.2 “That’s my wife, who’s dead now, she had just come from dancing, that was the first time we saw each other” Kein Zugriff
  3. 6.3.3 “That was our Golden Wedding Anniversary and that was our Diamond Wedding Anniversary” Kein Zugriff
1. 1. 7.1.1 Perspectives of a Women’s Group: “A good life is not possible for me without being close to nature” Kein Zugriff
  2. 7.1.2 Perspectives of a Men’s Group: “We develop the need for peace and quiet” Kein Zugriff
  3. 7.1.3 Perspectives of a Group of Women and Men: “I couldn’t believe I’d become older” Kein Zugriff
2. 1. 7.2.1 “It has to be more, so you can participate in social life and be creative” Kein Zugriff
  2. 7.2.2 “Local communities do a lot to ensure that senior citizens can take part in things. For example, senior citizens receive a grant to visit museums.” Kein Zugriff
  3. 7.2.3 “A touch of bling and glamour doesn’t hurt” Kein Zugriff
3. 1. 7.3.1 “When we came home wearing trousers, we had to take them off straight away. No! You’re girls, my mother would say, girls don’t wear trousers” Kein Zugriff
  2. 7.3.2 “And suddenly we had happy music again and dance events” Kein Zugriff
1. 8.1 Objective Experience Categories of Ageing Kein Zugriff
2. 8.2 Perception Categories of Ageing Kein Zugriff
3. 1. 8.3.1 “I read and write, then I eat, relax for an hour, and in the afternoon, I answer letters and do other practical things that need doing” Kein Zugriff
  2. 8.3.2 “I have no pain and I still go for a walk alone with my white stick because I value the feeling of independence” Kein Zugriff
4. 1. 8.4.1 “The youth aren’t as bad as all that. You have to take them seriously and meet them halfway” Kein Zugriff
  2. 8.4.2 “We have a wealth of practical knowledge from which young people could learn a great deal” Kein Zugriff
  3. 8.4.3 “There are many activities you can join in on as an older person” Kein Zugriff
  4. 8.4.4 “You have to gradually accept that there are many things you can’t do anymore in old age. That’s hard” Kein Zugriff
  5. 8.4.5 “To climb the stairs without a banister, with a shopping bag is something I can’t do anymore” Kein Zugriff
9 Final Reflections Kein Zugriff Seiten 137 - 138
Literature Kein Zugriff Seiten 139 - 142