Identity of people with dementia: Opportunity for empowerment
Human identity is dynamic, fleeting, and changeable and is formed in social contexts. People with dementia are considered a vulnerable ...group with a less stable identity due to the nature of the disease, often causing their individuality to be disregarded. Systematic review of the literature shows that the living and social environments play an important role in the consolidation, maintenance, and reconstruction of the identity of people with dementia. Interactions of people with dementia with their living and social environments enable them to learn new strategies for expressing their identity, while social capital remains a valuable source of power in the process of identity expression, consolidation, or reconstruction. The narratives of people with dementia contribute to the preservation of their personal identity and enable reviving memories. The opportunity to share experiences and participate in social interactions serves as recognition of their uniqueness and provides them a sense of worth and value. People with dementia want to participate and engage in activities, as many are an essential building block of their identity. Successful completion of activities also helps maintain a positive self-image and experience their own worth.
Prispevek prikazuje pomembne ugotovitve na področju samskega življenja vstarosti in obravnava problem samote. Težav, s katerimi se zaradi samote srečajo stari ljudje, ne smemo zanemarjati, prav tako ...pa moramo upoštevati tudi posledice teh težav na njihovo fizično in psihično zdravje in splošno počutje. Zato so v príspevku opisane nekatere intervencije, ki so se pokazale kot učinkovite vpreprečevanju negativnih posledic samote pri starih ljudeh. Ker je socialna mreža za zdravje starostnika zelo pomembna, so najuspešnejše intervencije tiste, ki temeljijo na krepitvi socialne podpore starega človeka (npr. sodelovanje znotraj društev, zagotavljanje podpore drugim, multigeneracijska gospodinjstva).
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on older people’s lives on a global scale but for some marginalised communities have seen a marked exacerbation of health and other inequalities. ...Research has highlighted the impact of the pandemic on lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT+) people’s lives, but less has been documented about the experiences of LGBT+ older communities and how their specific needs have been mediated. Community-based advocacy organisations are central to promoting LGBT+ human rights in the UK through its social movements, and this paper explores their role and significance during a distinct period of the UK mandatory isolation. Drawing on a case study approach based on qualitative interviews with six key LGBT+ community organisations in the UK, we captured their insights into how they navigated support for older people when faced with limited resources and the challenges posed by mandatory physical and social distancing. We position these events in current discourse about structural and health inequalities for LGBT+ ageing in the UK.
Predvsem se izogibajte patronažnega in pokroviteljskega odnosa do starejše generacije; ta generacija ni homogena v nobenem smislu in je ni mogoče nagovarjati niti »reševati« z nekimi ukrepi, ki ...predvidevajo, da so vsi ljudje nemočni in potrebujejo pomoč. To ne velja niti za pripadnike manjšin. S tem se jih še dodatno stigmatizira in getoizira.
