Journal of Aging Studies articles from December 1999

Journal of Aging Studies archives from December 1999

INTRODUCTION.
December 22, 1999... Over recent years, qualitative approaches to research have become well established throughout the social sciences and humanities and in a number of professional fields, such as education and nursing (Coffey and Atkinson 1996, p. 10). Indeed,...

ADVANTAGES GAINED BY COMBINING QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DATA IN A LONGITUDINAL STUDY.
December 22, 1999... INTRODUCTION It is now widely accepted that there is no such thing as value-free research (Murphy and Longino 1992). Even in the critical but conscious areas of political or religious ideology researchers cannot entirely free themselves of...

REASONING WITH CASE STUDIES: Issues of an Aging Workforce.
December 22, 1999... INTRODUCTION Seven large-scale case studies were conducted in the research program, "Issues of an Aging Workforce." The program focused on the human resources management issues that arise as the demographic structure of the labor force,...

A METHODOLOGICAL DISCOURSE ON GENDER, INDEPENDENCE, AND FRAILTY: Applied Dimensions of Identity Construction in Old Age.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 1999... INTRODUCTION In Canada (as in most developed countries), when the post World War II (WWII) baby boom generation reaches old age in the first years of the next millennium, an expected 25 percent of the population will be 65 or over...

INTERVIEWING VULNERABLE OLD PEOPLE: Ethical and Methodological Implications of Imagining Our Subjects.
December 22, 1999... INTRODUCTION Like all researchers, in-depth interviewers approach their subjects with preformed ideas about the kinds of people they will meet. Often, our interactions do not always go according to expectation, though we rarely feel at...

"WE'RE NOT OLD!": Older Women's Negotiation of Aging and Oldness.
December 22, 1999... INTRODUCTION Ageism and the impact of ageist stereotypes, both positive and negative, have been widely discussed in the literature (Sontag 1972; Matthews 1979; Lewis and Butler 1984; Connidis 1987; Hennessy 1989; McPherson 1990; Arber and...

LIFE AS GIFT: Spiritual Narratives of Elderly African-American Women Living in Poverty.
December 22, 1999... INTRODUCTION Recent work on older African-American women has focused on their strengths when confronting hardship (Carter 1982; Davis 1990), such as coping with poverty, or the emotional impact on women acting as sole caregivers for...

SUCCESSFUL AGING AND CREATIVITY IN LATER LIFE.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 1999... INTRODUCTION Stepping into her house I was struck by the variety of art work hanging on her walls. An abstract painting hung on the wall to the left, a still life carefully positioned next to it, an impressionistic oil painting with blobs...

PATTERNS IN DISCOURSE ABOUT ELDERLY PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND.
December 22, 1999... INTRODUCTION The Royal Commission on Social Policy, which was set by the New Zealand government in 1986, received an unprecedented number of submissions from the public on a broad range of social issues. Significant in this material was a...