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Dignity for the oldest old: can we afford it?

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Understanding the impacts of the massive demographic shift toward a more aged population has raised concerns on how to help elderly persons maintain their dignity. In addition, unrefined assumptions of rapidly increasing pensions, housing, health and social care costs have created ineffective public policies. Listening to the elderly will help in the development of economically viable propositions on resource allocation for elderly and family care. The middle classes will also have to start contributing more to the collective resources intended for the care of the elderly.

Aged, Elderly, Social policy

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Dignity, cultural power and narrative redemption: aging male writers confront the medical system

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The biographical illness stories by aging authors Reynolds Price, Paul West and Wilfrid Sheed are analyzed to determine the relationship between aging, dignity and medical treatment. The authors revealed that the hardest part of illness is the realization that their identities and dignity are compromised by their inability to work. The self-conception of the authors, who had received praises as creators and interpreters of culture, are threatened leaving them vulnerable and frustrated at the medical system which holds the power to make decisions on their health.

Health aspects, Aged authors, Elderly writers

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Dignity and quality of life in old age

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The definitions and the respective personal and social aspects as well as the relationship between dignity and quality of life are analyzed. Dignity is defined as the state of being worthy, honored or esteemed while quality of life is define as the state wherein an individual has met the demands of his environment and is experiencing a sense of general well-being. Dignity is an integral component of quality of life wherein an individual must have personal or self-dignity and should feel that his social environment accepts that he deserves dignity.

Analysis, Quality of life

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