Swedish name: Social Work with Elderly
This syllabus is valid: 2014-08-25 valid to 2016-08-14 (newer version of the syllabus exists)
Syllabus for courses starting after 2016-08-29
Syllabus for courses starting between 2016-08-22 and 2016-08-28
Syllabus for courses starting between 2016-08-15 and 2016-08-21
Syllabus for courses starting between 2014-08-25 and 2016-08-14
Syllabus for courses starting between 2011-02-07 and 2014-08-24
Syllabus for courses starting between 2011-01-31 and 2011-02-06
Syllabus for courses starting between 2011-01-24 and 2011-01-30
Syllabus for courses starting between 2011-01-17 and 2011-01-23
Course code: 2SA062
Credit points: 15
Education level: Second cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level:
Social Work: Second cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Grading scale: Three-grade scale
Responsible department: Department of Social Work
Revised by: Head of Department of Social Work, 2014-06-18
The course deals with research which conceptualises experiences of aging and identity. Life after retirement entails changes in personal relationships and living conditions. The aging body and ideas of aging are problematised from a social perspective. Needs for social care, medical care and dependence are problematised from the experiences of both giver and receiver. Home, family, death and grief are examples of themes that are examined from the global to the local context. The role of the citizen focuses on the diverse and gendered conditions of aging. Social situations such as loneliness and vulnerability as well as poverty, addiction and violence are considered during the course. The course problematises fundamental theoretical categories such as gender, class, ethnicity and sexuality.
After completing the course the student is expected to
•Display in-depth knowledge of the conditions and underlying factors affecting social aging.
•With the aid of theories, be able to critically examine, argue and relate to central terms such as
identity, family, relationships, care, diversity and equality.
•With the aid of these theories, be able to reflect on, as well as analyse, social work
with the elderly.
•Display a good ability to independently determine, describe, discuss and present a
research problem, with a theme relevant to the course, both orally and in writing.
•Display a good ability to communicate and to contribute with considered
viewpoints to seminar discussions.
For non-programme students applying as single-course students, the requirements are 180 ECTS including an undergraduate thesis of 15 ECTS. A minimum of 90 ECTS has to be within one of the following: Social Work, Sociology, Psychology or in other courses that are considered equal to thus above.
Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish upper secondary course English A (IELTS (Academic) with a minimum overall score of 5.5 and no individual score below 5.0. TOEFL PBT (Paper-based Test) with a minimum total score of 530 and a minimum TWE score of 4. TOEFL iBT (Internet-based Test) with a minimum total score of 72 and a minimum score of 17 on the Writing Section).
Teaching takes the form of lectures, seminars and individual presentations. Attendance at seminars and individual presentations is compulsory. Students who are unable to participate in an examinatory element will be set extra assignments. The course requires the students to find their own literature, or to critically relate to a selection of supplementary articles.
The course uses continuous examination in the form of active participation in seminars and individual and written tests. The course is examined through a written assignment which is presented orally and discussed in a seminar, as well as through active participation in seminar discussions of participants’ presentations. All examinatory elements are used as bases for the overall course grade. To receive the grade “pass” for the course it is necessary to achieve a passing grade for all seminars as well as for the individual written assignment. To receive a “pass with credit” grade for the course it is necessary to achieve a passing grade for all seminars as well as a pass with credit grade for the individual written assignment. Students who achieve a passing grade in an examination may not be re-examined order to achieve a higher grade. For all written assignments it is required that students handle sources in accordance with academic tradition. Students who do not achieve a passing grade in an examination have the right to re-examination no later than three months after examination results have been made public, and subsequently when the course is given again. Students who fail to participate in compulsory/or examinatory group work or seminar(s) can, in certain cases, supplement this with an individual assignment. In cases where this is not possible the student is given the opportunity to participate in the element in question when the course is given again. Students have the right to change examiner after two failed examinations, unless special reasons exist. A written request for change of examiner is to be submitted to the director of studies no later than two weeks before the next examination date.
Credit Transfer
Transfer of credits is assessed on an individual basis. For more information please contact your student adviser. See also the “Code of rules and procedures at Umeå University”. http://www8.umu.se/studentcentrum/regler_riktlinjer/regelsamlingen/index_eng.htm
Ageism: A Threat to Ageing Well in the 21st century
Angus Jocelyn, Reeve Patricia
Journal of Applied Gerontology : 2006 :
Mandatory
Mapping marketization: concepts and goals. In Gabrielle Meagher & Marta Szebehely (eds) Marketisation in Nordic eldercare: a research report on legislation, oversight, extent and consequences.
Anttonen Anneli, Meagher Gabrielle
Stockholm: Department of social work Stockholm university : 2013 :
Marketisation in Nordic eldercare: a research report on legislation, oversight, extent and consequences.
Mandatory
Atchley Robert
Retirement as a Social Role (in) Gubrium, Jaber F & Holstein, James A (2000) (ed) Aging and Everyday Life
Oxford: Blackwell Publishers : 1976 :
Mandatory
Attributes of age-identity. Ageing & Society. vol. 25:479-500.
Bowling Ann, See-Tai Sharon, Ebrahim Shah, Gabriel Zahaava, Solanki Priyha
2005 :
Mandatory
Renegotiating identity and relationships: men and women’s adjustment to retirement. Ageing & Society, vol. 24:213-233
Barnes Helen, Perry Jane
2004 :
Mandatory
The Health and Social Service Needs of Gay and Lesbian Elders and Their Families in Canada. The Gerontologist, vol. 43, no. 2:192-202
Brotman Shari, Ryan Bill, Cormier Robert
2003 :
Mandatory
Globalization, Women´s Migration, and the long-Term-Care Workforce. The Gerontologist, vol. 48, no. 1:16-24
Browne Colette V, Braun Kathryn L
2008 :
Mandatory
Bytheway Bill
Ageism and age categorization. Journal of social issues, vol. 61, no. 2:361-374
2005 :
Mandatory
Conrad Peter
Medicalization and Social Control
Annual Review of Sociology Vol 18:209-232 : 1992 :
Annual Review of Sociology Vol 18
Mandatory
Coupland Justine
Past the perfect kind of age? Styling selves and relationships in over-50s dating advertisements
Journal of Communication Volume 50, Issue 3, pages 930, September 2000 :
Mandatory
Cruikshank, Margret (2008)
Aging and identity politics. Journal of Aging Studies, vol. 22, no. 2:147-151.
Mandatory
Food and eating as social practice understanding eating patterns as social phenomena and implications for public health
Delormier Treena, Frohlich Ketherine L, Potvin Louise
Sociology of Health & Illness Volume 31, Issue 2, pages 215228, March 2009 :
Mandatory
”It’s like a family”: Caring Labor, Exploitation, and Race in Nursing Homes. Gender & Society, vol. 21, no. 6:905-928
Dodson Lisa, Zincavage Rebekah M
2007 :
Mandatory
Intentions and strategies among elderly people. Coping in everyday life. Journal of Aging Studies, vol. 19:437-451
Duner Anna, Nordström Monica
2005 :
Mandatory
Eisenhandler Susan
The Asphalt Identikit: Old Age and the Drivers License
International journal of Aging and Human Development Vol 30, No 1:1-14 : 1990 :
Mandatory
The Biomedicalization of Aging: Dangers and Dilemmas. The Gerontologist, vol.29, no. 2:587-596
Estes C L, Binney E A
1989 :
Mandatory
Ageing and Old Age: Reflections on the Postmodern Life Course (in) Bytheway, Bill, Keil Teresa, Allatt, Patricia, Bryman, Alan (ed)(1989) Becoming and Being Old: Socological Approaches to Later Life.
Featherstone Mike, Hepworth Mike
Sage Publications : 1989 :
Mandatory
Viagra: Medical Technology Construction Aging Masculinity
Gross Gregory, Blundo Robert
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare Vol. XXXII, No 1:85-97 : 2005 :
Mandatory
The Nursing Home as a Discursive Anchor for the Ageing Body. Ageing & Society, vol.19: 519-538
Gubrium Jaber F, Holstein James A
1999 :
Mandatory
Gunnarsson Evy
The vulnerable life course: poverty and social assistance among middle-aged and older women. Ageing and Society, vol. 22:709-728
2002 :
Mandatory
The social separation of old and young. A root of Ageism. Journal of Social Issues, vol. 61, no. 2:343-360
Hagestad Gunhild, Uhlenberg Peter
2005 :
Mandatory
Leaving the labour market: the impact of exit routes from employment to retirement on health and wellbeing in old age
Halleröd Björn, Johan Örestig, Stattin Mikael
European Journal of Ageing, 10:25-35 DOI: 10.1007/ s10433-012-0250,8 : 2013 :
Mandatory
Gender and the Division of Houshold Labor in Older Couples: A European Perspective. Journal of Family Issues, vol. 28, no 3:399-421.
Hank Karsten, Jürges Hendrik
2007 :
Mandatory
Harnett Tove
Seeking exemptions from nursing home routines: Residents everyday influence attempts and institutional order
Journal of aging studies, vol 24:292-301 :
Mandatory
Hazan Haim
The Cultural Trap: The Language of Images (in) Gubrium, Jaber F & Holstein, James A (2000) (ed) Aging and Everyday Life
Blackwell Publishers : 1994 :
Mandatory
Hazan Haim
The Personal Trap: The Language of Self-Presentation (in) Gubrium, Jaber F & Holstein, James A (2000) (ed) Aging and Everyday Life
Blackwell Publishers : 1994 :
Mandatory
Critical friendship
Heapy Brian, Davies Katherine
Families, Relationship and Societies, vol 1 no. 3:311-26 : 2012 :
Mandatory
Hendricks Jon
Public Policies and Old Age Identity
Journal of Aging Studies. Vol 18, No. 3:245-260 : 2004 :
Mandatory
Hilbourne Marion
Living together full time? Middle-class couples approaching retirement. Ageing and Society, vol. 19:161-183
1999 :
Mandatory
Kalman Hildur
Loss and Grieving: Selves between Autonomy and Dependence.
PhanEx Vol 7 (2): 1-27 : 2012 :
Mandatory
Karner Tracy X
Professional Caring: Homecare Workers as Fictive Kin. Journal of Aging Studies, vol. 12, no 1:69-82.
1998 :
Mandatory
Katz Stephen
Busy Bodies: Activity, Aging, and the Management of Everyday Life. Journal of Aging Studies, vol. 14, no. 2:135-152.
2000 :
Mandatory
Kaufman Sharon
The Ageless Self (in) Gubrium, Jaber F & Holstein, James A (2000) (ed) Aging and Everyday Life
Blackwell Publishers : 1986 :
Mandatory
Widowhood and the end of spousal care-giving:relief of wear and tear. Ageing and Society, vol. 28, 551-570.
Keene Jennifer Reid, Prokos Anastasia H
2008 :
Mandatory
Kontos Pia
Resisting Institutionalization: Constructing Old Age and Negotiation Home (in) Gubrium, Jaber F & Holstein, James A (2000) (ed) Aging and Everyday Life
Blackwell Publishers : 1998 :
Mandatory
Krekula Clary
Age Coding - on age-based practices of distinction
International Journal of Ageing and Later Life Vol. 4, No. 2:7-31 : 2009 :
Mandatory
Mallett, Shelley (2004)
Understanding home: a critical review of the literature. The Sociological Review, vol. 52, no. 1:62-89
Mandatory
Marketising trends i Swedish eldercare: competition, choicce and calls for stricter regulation.
Erlandsson Sara, Storm Palle, Strantz Anneli, Marta Szebehely, Trydegård Gun-Britt
Stockholm: Department of social work, Stockholm University : 2013 :
http://www.normacare.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Marketisation-in-nordic-eldercare-webbversion-med-omslag1.pdf
Mandatory
Meyerhoff Barbara
A Death in Due Time: Conviction, Order, and Continuity in Ritual Drama (in) Gubrium, Jaber F & Holstein, James A (2000) (ed) Aging and Everyday Life
Blackwell Publishers : 1992 :
Mandatory
Medicalization of Sleeplessness: A Public Health Concern.
Moloney Mairead Eastin, Konrad Thomas, Zimmer Catherine
American Journal of Public Health Vol. 101. No 8:1429-1433 : 2011 :
Mandatory
Psycosocial wellbeing and reason for retirement in Sweden
Nordenmark Mikael, Stattin Mikael
Ageing and Society, vol 29:413-430 : 2009 :
Mandatory
Olaison, Anna & Cedersund Elisabet (2006)
Assessment for home care: Negotiating solutions for individual needs. Journal of Aging Studies, vol. 20:367-380.
Mandatory
Such Trivial Matters - How staff account for restrictions of residents influence in nursing homes
Persson Tove, Wästerfors
Journal of Aging Studies, vol 23:1-11 : 2009 :
Mandatory
Rosenfeld, Dana (1999)
Identity work among gay and lesbian elderly. Journal of Aging Studies, vol. 13, no. 2:121-144.
Mandatory
Rubinstein, Robert, L (1989)
The Home Environments of Older People: a Description of the Psychosocial Processes Linking Person to Place. The journals of gerontology, vol. 44, no. 2:545-553.
Mandatory
Salander, Pär & Agneta Spetz (2002)
How do patients and spouses deal with the serious facts of malignant glioma. Palliative Medicine, vol. 16:305-313.
Mandatory
Savishinsy Joel
The Unbearable Lightness of Retirement: Ritual and Support in a Modern Life Passage (in) Gubrium, Jaber F & Holstein, James A (2000) (ed) Aging and Everyday Life
Blackwell Publishers : 1995 :
Mandatory
Siebert, Darcy C, Mutran, Elisabeth J & Reitzes, Donald (1999)
Friendship and Social Support: The Importance of Role Identity to Aging Adults. Social Work, vol. 44, no. 6:522-533.
Mandatory
Commensal Eating Patterns: A Community Study
Sobal Jeffery, Nelson Mary K
Appetite Vol 41, No. 2:181-190 :
Mandatory
Stepfamilies and older people: evaluating the implications of family change for an aging population. Aging and Society, vol. 19, no. 2:239-261.
Bornat Joanna, Dimmock Brian, Jones David, Peace Shelia
1999 :
Mandatory
Torres, Sandra (2006)
Elderly Immigrants in Sweden: ”Otherness” Under Construction. Journal of Ethnic Migration Studies, vol. 32, no. 8:1341-1358.
Mandatory
Twigg, Julia (2000)
Carework as a form of bodywork. Ageing & Society, vol. 20:389-411.
Mandatory
Walker, Alan (1982)
Dependency and Old Age. Social Policy & Administration, vol 16, no. 2:115-135.
Mandatory
Warren, Carol A.B. (1998)
Aging and Identity in Premodern Times. Research on Aging, vol. 20, no. 11:11-35.
Mandatory
Whitaker Anna
The body as existential midpoint - the aging and dying body of nursing home residents. Journal of Aging Studies, 24, 2, 96-110
2010 :
Mandatory
Zink, Therese C, Jacobson, Jeff jr., Pabst, Saundra Regan, Fisher, Bonnie S (2006)
A Lifetime of Intimate Partner Violence: Coping Strategies of Older Women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, vol. 21, no. 5:634-651.
Mandatory
Åström, Sture, Karlsson, Stig, Sandvide, Åsa, Bucht, Gösta, Eisemann, Martin, Norberg, Astrid, Saveman, Britt-Inger (2004)
Staff’s experience of and the management of violent incidents in elderly care. Scandinavian Journal of Caring, vol. 18:410-416.
Mandatory
Öberg, Peter & Tornstam, Lars (2001)
Youthfulness and Fitness – Identity Ideals for all Ages? Journal of Aging and Identity, vol. 6, no. 1:15-29.
Mandatory