社会认同和权力:老年人作为"护理受益者"在媒体内容中的家庭护理内容
Rachel Antonia Dunsmore1, Laura Funk1, Dana Sawchuk2
1Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Journal of gerontological social work
|May 3, 2025
概括
媒体对加拿大家庭护理人员的描述往往将老年人护理视为负担. 这种叙述可以使年龄歧视延续,并掩盖影响老年人和他们的家庭的系统失败.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 媒体研究 媒体研究
背景情况:
- 虐待和忽视老年人是加拿大的重大问题.
- 公共话语塑造了对家庭护理人员和老年人护理的看法.
- 媒体的表现可以强化关于衰老和照顾的有害假设.
研究的目的:
- 分析主流媒体对"照顾者"身份的构造.
- 检查这些建筑如何构建老年护理及其挑战.
- 调查2016年至2021年期间的倡导相关报道.
主要方法:
- 媒体内容的抽取形式分析.
- 专注于六年期间的倡导相关报道.
- 检查"照顾者"身份及其在公共领域的复制.
主要成果:
- 媒体经常将老年护理描述为负担,与"复杂的护理需求"有关.
- 标签"痴呆症"是不分青红白地使用,增加负担的感知,特别是对于女性.
- 这种框架使老年人失去人性,并忽视认知障碍的社会原因.
结论:
- 依赖"照顾者"身份将老年人边缘化,并延续了年龄歧视.
- 这种叙述掩盖了老年护理的系统性失败.
- 它压迫了家庭满足老年人的需求的能力.
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