<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The literature frequently argues that the feeling of insecurity might be greater among the elderly than in other population groups. Based on results of a qualitative study which consisted of 51 interviews with people aged between 70 and 92 years old, this paper proposes to approach the feeling of insecurity from the actors’ perspective. This allows us to take into account the perception of the elderly in order to dispose of the age-related vision that tends to erase the effects of fragility due to aging.</p></abstract>

The literature frequently argues that the feeling of insecurity might be greater among the elderly than in other population groups. Based on results of a qualitative study which consisted of 51 interviews with people aged between 70 and 92 years old, this paper proposes to approach the feeling of insecurity from the actors’ perspective. This allows us to take into account the perception of the elderly in order to dispose of the age-related vision that tends to erase the effects of fragility due to aging.

The Feeling of Insecurity Among the Elderly: Between Environmental Changes and Individual Fragility

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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The literature frequently argues that the feeling of insecurity might be greater among the elderly than in other population groups. Based on results of a...

The Feeling of Insecurity Among the Elderly: Between Environmental Changes and Individual Fragility

Published Online: Apr 11, 2018

Page range: 139 - 156

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0007

Keywords
elderly, insecurity, strategies, vulnerability, weakening

© 2018 Leah R. Kimber et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Feeling of Insecurity Among the Elderly: Between Environmental Changes and Individual Fragility

Published Online: Apr 11, 2018

Page range: 139 - 156

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0007

Keywordselderly, insecurity, strategies, vulnerability, weakening

© 2018 Leah R. Kimber et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
elderly, insecurity, strategies, vulnerability, weakening