The role of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in older adults' representations of aging and anxieties regarding one's own future
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F23%3A10457693" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/23:10457693 - isvavai.cz</a>
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=rT1M7zCsGb" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=rT1M7zCsGb</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2023.101127" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jaging.2023.101127</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
The role of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in older adults' representations of aging and anxieties regarding one's own future
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
Dementia and Alzheimer's disease crucially influence the images of advanced age and represent a significant framework for the construction of anxieties regarding aging. By drawing on twenty-five in-depth interviews with older adults (age 65+ years) living in the Czech Republic, in this study, the influences of dementia and Alzheimer's disease on older adults' narratives of expectations and worries pertaining to their aging and future are analyzed. Three distinct ways in which participants narrate personal concerns related to Alzheimer's disease and integrate the risk of developing such a condition into their representations of fears associated with old age were identified: 1) Dementia as a perceived immediate risk, 2) dementia as the metonym of the fourth age, and 3) dementia as a distant tragedy but not a personal worry. These approaches differ in terms of the perception of the risk of developing dementia, anxiety-related responses related to future expectations, and the role of dementia in their representation of 'bad' old age. The different positions of dementia (specific health condition vs. signifier of dependency in old age) affected the participants' strategies related to medical screening and information seeking.
Název v anglickém jazyce
The role of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in older adults' representations of aging and anxieties regarding one's own future
Popis výsledku anglicky
Dementia and Alzheimer's disease crucially influence the images of advanced age and represent a significant framework for the construction of anxieties regarding aging. By drawing on twenty-five in-depth interviews with older adults (age 65+ years) living in the Czech Republic, in this study, the influences of dementia and Alzheimer's disease on older adults' narratives of expectations and worries pertaining to their aging and future are analyzed. Three distinct ways in which participants narrate personal concerns related to Alzheimer's disease and integrate the risk of developing such a condition into their representations of fears associated with old age were identified: 1) Dementia as a perceived immediate risk, 2) dementia as the metonym of the fourth age, and 3) dementia as a distant tragedy but not a personal worry. These approaches differ in terms of the perception of the risk of developing dementia, anxiety-related responses related to future expectations, and the role of dementia in their representation of 'bad' old age. The different positions of dementia (specific health condition vs. signifier of dependency in old age) affected the participants' strategies related to medical screening and information seeking.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
50401 - Sociology
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
<a href="/cs/project/GA21-16738S" target="_blank" >GA21-16738S: Společenské vnímání demence: kulturní reprezentace a subjektivní postoje</a><br>
Návaznosti
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2023
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Journal of Aging Studies
ISSN
0890-4065
e-ISSN
1879-193X
Svazek periodika
65
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
June
Stát vydavatele periodika
US - Spojené státy americké
Počet stran výsledku
8
Strana od-do
101127
Kód UT WoS článku
000951487300001
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85149657509