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Humanism and Aging
No full textHumanism, as a meaning frame, is defined by four characteristics: human agency; human
dignity; self-realization; and love of vulnerable, unique, and irreplaceable persons. A humanist
view of aging is in favor of healthy aging and life extension, but human life is and
remains inherently vulnerable (not just medically), and in a humanist view other aims are
regarded as deserving a higher priority than life extension for privileged social groups
with already a high (healthy) life expectancy. Humanist priorities are (1) a better social
organization of a person’s life course with a better balance among learning, working, caring,
and enjoying; (2) more social justice—for too long differences in socio-economic status
have been determinants of shocking differences in health and longevity; (3) development
and dissemination of cultural narratives that better accommodate the fulfillment of
essential meaning-needs of the elderly than the stereotyping decline- and age-defying
narratives); (4) less loneliness and social isolation.
Keywords: humanism, aging, life course, healthy life expectancy, agency, dignity, justice, self-realization, love,
loneliness
Left in Limbo. Welfare Clients’ Evolving Views on the Fairness of Workfare Volunteerism.
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De kloof overbruggen? Een onderzoek naar de schuldenaanpak van Humanitas in Feijenoord.
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Holy Apparition or Hyper-religiosity: Prevalence of explanatory models for religious and spiritual experiences in patients with bipolar disorder and their associations with religiousness.
No full textPersons With a Migration Background Caring for a Family Member with Dementia: Challenges to Shared Care
No full textBackground and Objectives: By shedding light on the reasons why persons with a migration background (PwM) may take
up the role of family caregiver of a person with dementia, and how this relates to gender norms, we aim to elucidate cultural
and social dynamics that impede care sharing.
Research Design and Methods: A qualitative study of 12 PwM who provide care, or have recently provided care, for a
family member with dementia was conducted through semi-structured interviews. Identified themes and patterns were
analyzed with the help of Hochschild’s interpretive framework of framing and feeling rules.
Findings: Our findings illuminate how motivations to provide care are framed through two moral framing rules, reciprocal
love and filial responsibility, and how these framing rules are accompanied by the feeling rule of moral superiority over
non-caregiving family members. We show how shared dementia care is impeded though these moral framing and feeling
rules, and how gender norms impact on an unequal distribution of care-tasks.
Implications: Healthcare practitioners should identify the moral dialectics of caregiving. This means that, on the one hand,
they should be aware that moral framing rules may pressure women into exclusive caregiving, and that this can lead
to health problems in the long term. On the other, healthcare practitioners should recognize that providing care can
create a deep sense of pride and moral superiority. Therefore, showing acknowledgement of the caregiver contribution is a
crucial step in creating trust between the caregiver and healthcare practitioner. Furthermore, asking for support should be
normalized. Governmental advertisements on care–support can achieve this