Institutionalization and disengagement among the elderly
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12925532 |
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| Authors | John Myles (Carleton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 171-182 |
| Publication date | 1979-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1755-6171 • E-ISSN: 1755-618X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1755-618x.1979.tb01019.x |
| OpenAlex | W2166478556 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
Lanalyse qui suit présente les résultats d'une étude empirique comparant les relations sociales parmi les gens âgés demeurant au sein de la communautéà celles qui prévalent dans les foyers pour vieillards, et ce à partir d'un échantillon aléatoire de la population d‘àge avancé du Manitoba pour l'année 1971. Les résultats indiquent que ces vieillards, tout comme les résidents des “ghettos gris,” ont des niveaux d'interaction sociale plus élevés et plus satisfaisants que les vieillards qui demeurent au sein méLme de la communauté. De telles observations nous semblent importantes non seulement du point de vue de notre compréhension des “institutions totales,” mais aussi par rapport aux problèmes plus généraux du vieillissement et du “désengagement.” Le fait que la participation aux événements interactionels soit plus élevée parmi les résidents de ces foyers (et des autres “ghettos gris”) correspond à cette théorie du vieillissement qui voit le “désengagement” chez les vieillards comme une réponse spécifique à la position qu'ils occupent au sein de la structure de stratification d’âges du capitalisme avancé. This paper presents the results of an empirical analysis of the relationship between institutionalization and disengagement based on a random stratified sample of the elderly population of Manitoba in 1971. The results indicate that the institutionalized elderly, like other residents of “grey ghettos,” have higher levels of social interaction and derive greater satisfaction from their social relations than do the elderly residing in the larger community. It is suggested that these findings are not only significant for our understanding of the nature of “total institutions” but are also suggestive with respect to the more general issue of disengagement and aging. The fact that involvement in interactional events is greater among the institutionalized elderly (and other residents of “grey ghettos”) is consistent with a theory of aging which views disengagement among the elderly as a response which is historically specific to the position which they occupy within the structure of age stratification characteristic of advanced capitalism
Art · Disengagement theory · Ethnology · Gens · Humanities · Institutionalisation · Political science · Sociology · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Gerontology
Social Integration of the Aged
The Measurement of Life Satisfaction
An Exploration of the Activity Theory of Aging
Growing old
The Social Forces in Later Life
The Myth of the Golden Years
A Weberian Outline of a Theory of Community
Factors in the Personal Adjustment of Institutionalized and Non-Institutionalized Aged
Institutionalization and Sick Role Identification Among the Elderly
Disengagement Theory
Face-to-Face
Old People in Three Industrial Societies
Health and Social Factors Related to Life Satisfaction
Dying
| Highly cited | No |
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