Precarious Aging: Insecurity and Risk in Late Life Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractPopulation aging and longevity in the context of declining social commitments raise concerns about disadvantage, inequality, and the well‐being of older people. In this short piece, we use the concept of precarity as a lens to understand new and sustained forms of insecurity that affect late life, and we illustrate how these risks, when experienced over time and in relation to conditions such as austerity, can deepen disadvantage.

authors

• Grenier, Amanda M
• Phillipson, Christopher

status

• published 

publication date

• September 2018

has subject area

• 2201 Applied Ethics (FoR)
• 2203 Philosophy (FoR)
• Aging (MeSH)
• Applied Ethics (Science Metrix)
• Cultural Characteristics (MeSH)
• Health Promotion (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Ill-Housed Persons (MeSH)
• Longevity (MeSH)
• Needs Assessment (MeSH)
• Politics (MeSH)
• Socioeconomic Factors (MeSH)

published in

• Hastings Center Report  Journal

keywords

• Aging
• Cultural Characteristics
• Health Promotion
• Humans
• Ill-Housed Persons
• Longevity
• Needs Assessment
• Politics
• Socioeconomic Factors

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/hast.907

PubMed ID

• 30311238

start page

• S15

end page

• S18

volume

• 48

issue

• S3