What is positive ageing? An exploration of the views of the participants of the Westgate Foundation

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dc.contributor.advisorSapouna, Lydiaen
dc.contributor.authorMcManamon, Orla
dc.contributor.otherThe Westgate Foundation
dc.contributor.roleCivil Society Organizationen
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-01T10:54:33Z
dc.date.available2019-11-01T10:54:33Z
dc.date.issued2017-05
dc.description.abstractPopulation ageing has become a global phenomenon in recent decades. Fertility rates are decreasing and people are living for longer than ever before. In response to this, there has been a shift in thinking to promote healthier outcomes for those in later life. As a result, ideologies around healthy ageing have evolved. Terms such as ‘successful ageing’, ‘active ageing’ and ‘positive ageing’ are now part of the discourse with regards to growing older. Although these terms were conceived as early as the 1980s, they may still be considered as relatively new in Ireland with the first Irish National Positive Ageing Strategy published in 2013. The Westgate Foundation is a community based organisation working with people aged over 60 years. Through collaboration with the CARL team and UCC, a group of participants from the Westgate foundation formed the idea of asking the question ‘What is Positive Ageing?’. As a fourth year Bachelor of Social Work student I found the question interesting and decided to join the collaboration as part of my final year action research study. This action research study explores the concept of positive ageing. It does this largely as a participatory study, taking into account the views of participants of the Westgate Foundation. I also examine existing and relevant literature and policies on healthy ageing. The research findings depict positive outcomes for those who are actively involved socially and have positive attitudes to life in general. The correlation between the academic research and the participatory research showed similar findings on what it is to age positively while identifying the challenges faced relating to positive ageing.en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMcManamon, O. (2017) What is positive ageing? An exploration of the views of the participants of the Westgate Foundation. Cork: Community-Academic Research Links, University College Cork.en
dc.identifier.endpage64en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8940
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCommunity-Academic Research Links, University College Corken
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCARL Research Reports;57
dc.relation.urihttps://www.ucc.ie/en/scishop/rr/
dc.rights©2017, Orla McManamon.en
dc.subjectPositive ageingen
dc.subjectFertility ratesen
dc.subjectHealthy ageingen
dc.subjectSuccessful ageingen
dc.subjectActive ageingen
dc.subjectIrish National Positive Ageing Strategyen
dc.subjectThe Westgate Foundationen
dc.subjectPositive attitude to lifeen
dc.titleWhat is positive ageing? An exploration of the views of the participants of the Westgate Foundationen
dc.typeReporten
dc.type.qualificationnameBachelor of Social Worken
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