On his own terms: everyday lives of older men living alone

Kristian Park Frausing; Kirsten Maibom; Michael Smærup; Karen Pallesgaard Munk

On his own terms: everyday lives of older men living alone

Kristian Park Frausing, Kirsten Maibom, Michael Smærup, Karen Pallesgaard Munk

Aarhus University

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Abstract

The chapter explores the everyday lives of older men living
alone. We contrast the demands of some of the “aging well” literature with the public stereotype of the older man living alone, presumably unable to follow
the moral obligation not to age. The chapter sums up
existing knowledge on older men living alone and reports the results from a qualitative interview study of solitary men. The
analysis reveals a tension between keeping up appearances and
coming to terms with a sometimes rather slow-paced everyday life
and declining bodily strength. At the same time, the men do manage
their everyday lives, sometimes with a little help from family
or professionals from the welfare state, and continually monitor
their abilities to manage living alone.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The old man
Editors	Karen Pallesgaard Munk, Kirsten Maibom, Michael Smærup, Kristian Park Frausing
Number of pages	25
Place of Publication	Aarhus
Publisher	Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Publication date	31 Mar 2023
Pages	247-271
ISBN (Print)	978-87-7219-126-3
Publication status	Published - 31 Mar 2023

Keywords

men
aging
everyday life

3 Contribution to book/anthology
2 Journal article
1 Anthology

Introduction
Frausing, K. P., Smærup, M., Maibom, K. & Munk, K. P., 31 Mar 2023, The old man. Munk, K. P., Maibom, K., Smærup, M. & Frausing, K. P. (eds.). Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, p. 11-23 13 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Contribution to book/anthology › Research › peer-review
Rising from very poor childhoods: old men on a life trajectory with the growing Danish welfare state
Munk, K. P., Smærup, M., Maibom, K. & Frausing, K. P., 31 Mar 2023, The old man. Munk, K. P., Frausing, K. P., Smærup, M. & Maibom, K. (eds.). Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, p. 193-222
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The old man
Munk, K. P. (Editor), Smærup, M. (Editor), Maibom, K. (Editor) & Frausing, K. P. (Editor), 31 Mar 2023, Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag. 363 p.
Research output: Book/Report/PhD thesis › Anthology › Research › peer-review
“I appreciate it when they come here, but I also bloody do when they leave”: meanings of loneliness among older men living alone
Frausing, K. P., Maibom, K., Smærup, M. & Munk, K. P., 31 Mar 2023, The old man. Munk, K. P., Maibom, K., Smærup, M. & Frausing, K. P. (eds.). Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, p. 109-132
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Contribution to book/anthology › Research › peer-review
Health and health-care utilisation in old age: the case of older men living alone
Frausing, K. P., Smærup, M., Larsen, P. L., Maibom, K., Juel, K. & Munk, K. P., 2022, In: Ageing & Society. 42, 6, p. 1252-1279 28 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Succesfuld aldring - også for enlige mænd?
Frausing, K. P., Smærup, M., Maibom, K. & Munk, K. P., May 2020, In: Gerontologi. 36, 1, p. 14-19 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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Munk, K. P. (Principle researcher), Frausing, K. P. (Co-researcher), Smærup, M. (Co-researcher), Frederiksen, J. S. (Co-researcher) & Maibom, K. (Co-researcher)
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On his own terms: everyday lives of older men living alone

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Introduction

Rising from very poor childhoods: old men on a life trajectory with the growing Danish welfare state

The old man

“I appreciate it when they come here, but I also bloody do when they leave”: meanings of loneliness among older men living alone

Health and health-care utilisation in old age: the case of older men living alone

Succesfuld aldring - også for enlige mænd?

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Enlige, gamle mænd. Sundhed, Livskvalitet og maskulinitet

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