Marcela Petrová Kafková
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1273149 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Marcela Petrová Kafková |
| PRENOMES | Marcela Petrová |
| SOBRENOME | Kafková |
| ASSINATURA | KAFKOVÁ M P |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Masaryk University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4325-1697 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2012 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Food Provision as a Practice of Individualised Care
This article examines how the broader societal discourse of individualisation permeates the field of care for older adults through the example of food provision in nursing homes and memory care units.Drawing on a critical discursive analysis of interviews with care staff, the study identifies key discourses that shape how individualisation is articulated and enacted within institutional settings.The analysis highlights how economic, organisationa…
Research Dilemmas of Using Video Recordings to Capture Mealtimes Practice in Institutional Settings
The increasing accessibility and ease of video recording, coupled with advancements in editing technologies, present significant opportunities for research within the social sciences. This study builds on the established tradition of visual data usage in ethnographic and anthropological research, particularly through the lens of video ethnography, which seeks to analyze the content of video recordings and the underlying meanings they convey. Focu…
Ageing in rural areas as a mode of active ageing
Sources of Loneliness for Older Adults in the Czech Republic and Strategies for Coping With Loneliness
In this article, issues of loneliness and exclusion from social relations in old age are examined from the perspective of older men and women. Our focus is on sources of loneliness they themselves perceive and what strategies they use to cope with it. Twenty‐nine interviews with older adults at risk of loneliness in the Czech Republic and their models of social convoys are analyzed. Surprisingly small gender differences in feelings of loneliness …
Life-course transitions and exclusion from social relations in the lives of older men and women
Exclusion from Social Relations in Later Life
Older adults face particular risks of exclusion from social relationships (ESR) and are especially vulnerable to its consequences. However, research so far has been limited to specific dimensions, countries, and time points. In this paper, we examine the prevalence and micro- and macro-level predictors of ESR among older adults (60+) using two waves of data obtained four years apart across 14 European countries in the Survey of Health, Ageing and…
Transitions in Old Age
This paper summarises the knowledge about transition from the third age to what is called the fourth age. The study understands ageing as an embodied process and explores the meanings that are attached to the body in the narratives of older persons who have acquired impairment in later life and are receiving care. Because the onset of impairment and infirmity marks a point of transition, the study considers the bodily aspects of the ageing proces…
Environmental Attitudes in An Intergenerational Perspective
Environmentally oriented attitudes and values can be one of the sources of intergenerational tension or consent. Considering that climate change has become one of the major societal themes today, the issue of intergenerational tension or consent in approach to the environment is crucial. This issue could bring about a generational gap. Questions about intergenerational tensions bring us to age influence on environmental values. The influence of a…
Self-perception during the Transition to the Fourth Age in the Czech Republic
Le vieillissement de la population signifie également un nombre croissant de personnes dans le soi-disant quatrième âge : l'expérience combinant la vieillesse avec un certain degré d'incapacité et la nécessité de recevoir des soins. Alors que certains auteurs identifient le quatrième âge avec la mort sociale, en parlant de l'impossibilité de la recherche empirique, notre article présente une interprétation des récits des personnes âgées concernan…
The Fourth Age as a Specific Field for the Expression of Agency
The concept of the fourth age has until recently been an overlooked topic in social gerontology, which in past decades has focused more closely on the third age. This article provides an overview of commonly applied definitions of the fourth age. It focuses on concepts that do not view the fourth age as an unavoidable stage in life but rather as a stage in which the shared vulnerabilities and responsibilities for care that some older adults may e…
Resilience as a Factor of Longevity and Gender Differences in Its Effects
Various explanations for longevity and mortality differences have been repeatedly tested and discussed in the context of worldwide population ageing. This study contributes to this field of research by testing the potential of resilience as a capacity to adapt in the face of adversity through individual and social resources and is the first European study to investigate how resilience predicts survival in later life. Panel data from the Survey of…
The Meaning and Performance of the Grandparenting Role among Young Old Czechs
In the discourse of active ageing it is assumed that young seniors will hold active roles in public and private life. This article examines grandparenting as an emerging role of young olds in the context of their heterogeneous role sets. Based on an integrated analysis of a survey conducted among people aged 50-70 and qualitative interviews it describes what roles Czech young olds hold and how they position and frame the grandparenting role among…
Activities of Seniors in Large Towns
The article presents an analysis of selected activities engaged in by seniors in the central areas of large Czech towns. The authors set out from the assumption that activities are a factor that animate the physical environment and, together with the actual quality of the physical environment, importantly contribute to the quality of life of seniors. The authors illustrate this on the basis of a sample survey conducted among seniors over the age …
The Meaning and Performance of the Grandparenting Role among Young Old Czechs
In the discourse of active ageing it is assumed that young seniors will hold active roles in public and private life. This article examines grandparenting as an emerging role of young olds in the context of their heterogeneous role sets. Based on an integrated analysis of a survey conducted among people aged 50-70 and qualitative interviews it describes what roles Czech young olds hold and how they position and frame the grandparenting role among…
Resilience as a Factor of Longevity and Gender Differences in Its Effects
Various explanations for longevity and mortality differences have been repeatedly tested and discussed in the context of worldwide population ageing. This study contributes to this field of research by testing the potential of resilience as a capacity to adapt in the face of adversity through individual and social resources and is the first European study to investigate how resilience predicts survival in later life. Panel data from the Survey of…
Life-course transitions and exclusion from social relations in the lives of older men and women
The Fourth Age as a Specific Field for the Expression of Agency
The concept of the fourth age has until recently been an overlooked topic in social gerontology, which in past decades has focused more closely on the third age. This article provides an overview of commonly applied definitions of the fourth age. It focuses on concepts that do not view the fourth age as an unavoidable stage in life but rather as a stage in which the shared vulnerabilities and responsibilities for care that some older adults may e…
Activities of Seniors in Large Towns
The article presents an analysis of selected activities engaged in by seniors in the central areas of large Czech towns. The authors set out from the assumption that activities are a factor that animate the physical environment and, together with the actual quality of the physical environment, importantly contribute to the quality of life of seniors. The authors illustrate this on the basis of a sample survey conducted among seniors over the age …
Self-perception during the Transition to the Fourth Age in the Czech Republic
Le vieillissement de la population signifie également un nombre croissant de personnes dans le soi-disant quatrième âge : l'expérience combinant la vieillesse avec un certain degré d'incapacité et la nécessité de recevoir des soins. Alors que certains auteurs identifient le quatrième âge avec la mort sociale, en parlant de l'impossibilité de la recherche empirique, notre article présente une interprétation des récits des personnes âgées concernan…
Activities of Seniors in Large Towns
The article presents an analysis of selected activities engaged in by seniors in the central areas of large Czech towns. The authors set out from the assumption that activities are a factor that animate the physical environment and, together with the actual quality of the physical environment, importantly contribute to the quality of life of seniors. The authors illustrate this on the basis of a sample survey conducted among seniors over the age …
The Meaning and Performance of the Grandparenting Role among Young Old Czechs
In the discourse of active ageing it is assumed that young seniors will hold active roles in public and private life. This article examines grandparenting as an emerging role of young olds in the context of their heterogeneous role sets. Based on an integrated analysis of a survey conducted among people aged 50-70 and qualitative interviews it describes what roles Czech young olds hold and how they position and frame the grandparenting role among…
The Fourth Age as a Specific Field for the Expression of Agency
The concept of the fourth age has until recently been an overlooked topic in social gerontology, which in past decades has focused more closely on the third age. This article provides an overview of commonly applied definitions of the fourth age. It focuses on concepts that do not view the fourth age as an unavoidable stage in life but rather as a stage in which the shared vulnerabilities and responsibilities for care that some older adults may e…
Resilience as a Factor of Longevity and Gender Differences in Its Effects
Various explanations for longevity and mortality differences have been repeatedly tested and discussed in the context of worldwide population ageing. This study contributes to this field of research by testing the potential of resilience as a capacity to adapt in the face of adversity through individual and social resources and is the first European study to investigate how resilience predicts survival in later life. Panel data from the Survey of…
Self-perception during the Transition to the Fourth Age in the Czech Republic
Le vieillissement de la population signifie également un nombre croissant de personnes dans le soi-disant quatrième âge : l'expérience combinant la vieillesse avec un certain degré d'incapacité et la nécessité de recevoir des soins. Alors que certains auteurs identifient le quatrième âge avec la mort sociale, en parlant de l'impossibilité de la recherche empirique, notre article présente une interprétation des récits des personnes âgées concernan…
Environmental Attitudes in An Intergenerational Perspective
Environmentally oriented attitudes and values can be one of the sources of intergenerational tension or consent. Considering that climate change has become one of the major societal themes today, the issue of intergenerational tension or consent in approach to the environment is crucial. This issue could bring about a generational gap. Questions about intergenerational tensions bring us to age influence on environmental values. The influence of a…
Exclusion from Social Relations in Later Life
Older adults face particular risks of exclusion from social relationships (ESR) and are especially vulnerable to its consequences. However, research so far has been limited to specific dimensions, countries, and time points. In this paper, we examine the prevalence and micro- and macro-level predictors of ESR among older adults (60+) using two waves of data obtained four years apart across 14 European countries in the Survey of Health, Ageing and…
Transitions in Old Age
This paper summarises the knowledge about transition from the third age to what is called the fourth age. The study understands ageing as an embodied process and explores the meanings that are attached to the body in the narratives of older persons who have acquired impairment in later life and are receiving care. Because the onset of impairment and infirmity marks a point of transition, the study considers the bodily aspects of the ageing proces…
Sources of Loneliness for Older Adults in the Czech Republic and Strategies for Coping With Loneliness
In this article, issues of loneliness and exclusion from social relations in old age are examined from the perspective of older men and women. Our focus is on sources of loneliness they themselves perceive and what strategies they use to cope with it. Twenty‐nine interviews with older adults at risk of loneliness in the Czech Republic and their models of social convoys are analyzed. Surprisingly small gender differences in feelings of loneliness …
Life-course transitions and exclusion from social relations in the lives of older men and women
Ageing in rural areas as a mode of active ageing
Food Provision as a Practice of Individualised Care
This article examines how the broader societal discourse of individualisation permeates the field of care for older adults through the example of food provision in nursing homes and memory care units.Drawing on a critical discursive analysis of interviews with care staff, the study identifies key discourses that shape how individualisation is articulated and enacted within institutional settings.The analysis highlights how economic, organisationa…
Research Dilemmas of Using Video Recordings to Capture Mealtimes Practice in Institutional Settings
The increasing accessibility and ease of video recording, coupled with advancements in editing technologies, present significant opportunities for research within the social sciences. This study builds on the established tradition of visual data usage in ethnographic and anthropological research, particularly through the lens of video ethnography, which seeks to analyze the content of video recordings and the underlying meanings they convey. Focu…
Psychology (10 obras) · Medicine (8 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Gerontology (7 obras) · Health disparities and outcomes (7 obras) · Aging and Gerontology Research (6 obras) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (6 obras) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (6 obras) · Demography (5 obras) · Perspective (graphical (5 obras)