Projekter pr. år
Abstract
Background:
Even in the Danish welfare state inequality in health proves hard to overcome. According to the literature elderly men living alone seem to be a vulnerable group in several respects: they lead shorter lives; are at increased risk of committing suicide; and some are found to have dysfunc-tional coping patterns in relation to stress, which could indicate difficulties adapting to the challenges of old age. Moreover, as to treatment and prevention men in general do not seem to profit from the offers from the health care system as much as women do.
Improving singular elderly men’s health and quality of life requires complex action, especially for those in socially marginalized positions whose ways of and attitudes towards life have been thoroughly established, and it raises the interesting question of whether a scarcity of resources leads to a certain notions of health and the good life that is far from the middle class view of the health care professionals.
Methods:
The purpose of the study, carried out throughout 2014 and 2015, is to produce knowledge about singular elderly men’s needs, everyday lives and ideas about health, masculinity, and a good aging process.
The study is in two phases. 1. An electronic survey is distributed nationwide to municipal pre-ventive home visitors in order to obtain information about their views on the men’s particular needs and the suitability of current health care services. 2. A group of elderly men living alone is interviewed about their own opinions and views on the matters.
Results:
It is expected that the study will contribute to a nuanced basis of knowledge for the public health care services for elderly men living alone. Also importantly, we wish to focus health care professionals’ attention to the question of realistic and meaningful goals for this group of men in that they may not be able to make significant changes in their everyday lives and this may be a challenge to the dominating discourse of active aging. Could efforts to increase quality of life on the men’s own terms be a more ethically sound alternative?
Contact information:
Kristian Frausing Hansen
VIA University College
[email protected]
Karen Pallesgaard Munk
VIA University College and University of Aarhus
[email protected]
Even in the Danish welfare state inequality in health proves hard to overcome. According to the literature elderly men living alone seem to be a vulnerable group in several respects: they lead shorter lives; are at increased risk of committing suicide; and some are found to have dysfunc-tional coping patterns in relation to stress, which could indicate difficulties adapting to the challenges of old age. Moreover, as to treatment and prevention men in general do not seem to profit from the offers from the health care system as much as women do.
Improving singular elderly men’s health and quality of life requires complex action, especially for those in socially marginalized positions whose ways of and attitudes towards life have been thoroughly established, and it raises the interesting question of whether a scarcity of resources leads to a certain notions of health and the good life that is far from the middle class view of the health care professionals.
Methods:
The purpose of the study, carried out throughout 2014 and 2015, is to produce knowledge about singular elderly men’s needs, everyday lives and ideas about health, masculinity, and a good aging process.
The study is in two phases. 1. An electronic survey is distributed nationwide to municipal pre-ventive home visitors in order to obtain information about their views on the men’s particular needs and the suitability of current health care services. 2. A group of elderly men living alone is interviewed about their own opinions and views on the matters.
Results:
It is expected that the study will contribute to a nuanced basis of knowledge for the public health care services for elderly men living alone. Also importantly, we wish to focus health care professionals’ attention to the question of realistic and meaningful goals for this group of men in that they may not be able to make significant changes in their everyday lives and this may be a challenge to the dominating discourse of active aging. Could efforts to increase quality of life on the men’s own terms be a more ethically sound alternative?
Contact information:
Kristian Frausing Hansen
VIA University College
[email protected]
Karen Pallesgaard Munk
VIA University College and University of Aarhus
[email protected]
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Publikationsdato | 2014 |
| Status | Udgivet - 2014 |
| Begivenhed | 22nd Nordic Congress of Gerontology - Gothenburg, Sverige Varighed: 26 maj 2014 → 28 maj 2014 Konferencens nummer: 22 |
Konference
| Konference | 22nd Nordic Congress of Gerontology |
|---|---|
| Nummer | 22 |
| Land/Område | Sverige |
| By | Gothenburg |
| Periode | 26/05/14 → 28/05/14 |
Emneord
- ældre
Fingeraftryk
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Enlige, gamle mænd: Livskvalitet, maskulinitet og sundhed
Munk, K. P. (Projektleder), Frausing, K. P. (Projektdeltager) & Smærup, M. (Projektdeltager)
01/01/15 → 31/12/17
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