Browsing Omsorgsbiblioteket by Journals "Ageing & Society"
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Ageing in a low-density urban city: transportation mobility as a social equity issue
(Journal article, 2018)The purpose of this study was to examine older adults' experiences and perspectives regarding transportation mobility. Using a community-based participatory research approach, residents of Arlington, Texas, age 55 and ... -
Resilience among old Sami women
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)There is lack of research on old indigenous women’s experiences. The aim of this study was to explore how old women narrate their experiences of wellbeing and lack of wellbeing using the salutogenetic concept of resilience. ... -
The emergent modes of dementia activism
(Journal article, 2014)After decades of silencing and discrimination, people with dementia are beginning to join forces, take action and campaign for social change. Drawing on data obtained from ‘activists’ with dementia using diary interview ... -
‘When the saints go marching in’: constructions of senior volunteering in Norwegian government white papers, and in Norwegian senior volunteers’ and health-care professionals’ stories
(Journal article, 2017)This study explores policy makers’, health-care professionals’ and senior volunteers’ perceptions of senior volunteers. Two Norwegian government white papers regarding older adult care and welfare services, which were ...