Prof Angela Kydd a.kydd@rgu.ac.uk
Clinical Professor
Prof Angela Kydd a.kydd@rgu.ac.uk
Clinical Professor
Anne Fleming
Sue Gardner
Trish Hafford-Letchfield
Liat Ayalon
Editor
Clemens Tesch-Römer
Editor
In the developed world, later life has brought more opportunities to contribute to society and pursue personal goals outside the role of paid work, combined with less stigma and greater recognition of the worth of older people. These values do not necessarily extend to the 'oldest old' where some people in the fourth age (people 80 years old and over) continue to face increasing stigma and societal stereotypes from those in the third age (people 60-79 years old). Ageism between these two cohorts is rarely discussed in the literature. Potential ageism involves stereotypical perceptions of the oldest old and may prove detrimental to those transitioning from the third to the fourth age if a resultant resistance to maintain their engagement and independence into older age occurs. This chapter explores the subtleties of these inter-cohort ageist discourses particularly from a health and social care perspective and considers the implications for transitions of older people between the third and fourth age. It addresses the challenges and adjustments needed to ensure continuing and inclusive engagement in society, in order to support independence to grow old without the fear of discrimination.
KYDD, A., FLEMING, A., GARDNER, S. and HAFFORD-LETCHFIELD, T. 2018. Ageism in the third age. In Ayalon, L. and Tesch-Römer, C. (eds.) Contemporary perspectives on ageism. International perspectives on aging, 19. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 8, pages 115-130. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_8
Online Publication Date | May 23, 2018 |
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Publication Date | May 31, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Jul 27, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 27, 2018 |
Print ISSN | 2197-5841 |
Electronic ISSN | 2197-585X |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 115-130 |
Series Title | International perspectives on aging |
Series Number | 19 |
Series ISSN | 2197-585X |
Book Title | Contemporary perspectives on ageism |
Chapter Number | Chapter 8 |
ISBN | 9783319738192 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_8 |
Keywords | Third age; Fourth age; Oldest old; Ageism |
Public URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10059/3028 |
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