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Thinking about Later Life: Insights from the Capability Approach
1School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care, Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
Ageing International
|June 12, 2018
Summary
Mainstream aging research often overlooks diversity. Amartya Sen's capability approach offers a framework valuing human diversity and individual experiences, crucial for understanding aging and later life identities.
Area of Science:
- Gerontology
- Social Sciences
- Philosophy
Background:
- Mainstream gerontological frameworks often fail to incorporate diversity and difference in aging experiences.
- Socially structured inequalities significantly shape both the lived experiences and social constructions of aging.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose Amartya Sen's capability approach as a suitable framework for gerontological research.
- To highlight the capability approach's focus on human values and diversity for understanding aging.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis of Amartya Sen's capability approach (2009).
- Demonstration of the approach's relevance to the study of old age and aging.
Main Results:
- The capability approach centers human beings, their values, and diversity.
- It provides a framework to analyze the complexities of aging and later life identities.
- It addresses the impact of shifting people-place and people-people relationships on aging.
Conclusions:
- Amartya Sen's capability approach offers a valuable conceptual tool for gerontology.
- The framework can enhance research on diverse aging experiences and complex identities in later life.
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