‘Ageing in place’ in Norway – A Fairclough-inspired discourse analysis of a white paper

IF 3.8 2区医学 Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Health & Place Pub Date : 2025-06-05 DOI:10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103497

Ragnhild Julante Andersen Gulestø , Gudmund Ågotnes , Stinne Glasdam

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The concept of ‘ageing in place’, understood as enabling older adults to remain in their own homes as long as possible, has gained significant attention in policy discussions worldwide. This study aimed to explore the ideologies and strategies behind this concept through a Fairclough-inspired discourse analysis of a Norwegian white paper titled ‘Fellesskap og meistring. Bu trygt heime’ [Community and Coping. Live Safely at Home]. The findings revealed that while the white paper articulates practical aspects of ‘ageing in place’, it overlooks the emotional and relational factors contributing to a sense of belonging and identity. Furthermore, by idealising the concept of home, the document oversimplifies the complexities related to ageing, assuming that all older adults have a family or that all families can adequately support older adults, while ignoring the challenges some might face. This raises concerns about the largely overlooked disparities in who can age ‘well’ and highlights the need to critically explore how discourses, policies, and practices shape perceptions of ‘ageing in place’.

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挪威的“老龄化”——费尔克劳对白皮书的话语分析

“就地养老”的概念，被理解为使老年人尽可能长时间地留在自己的家中，在全球的政策讨论中得到了极大的关注。本研究旨在通过对挪威白皮书“felesskap og meistring”的费尔克劳启发的话语分析，探索这一概念背后的意识形态和策略。但是要试着去了解社区和应对。在家安全生活]。调查结果显示，虽然白皮书阐述了“原地老龄化”的实际方面，但它忽视了影响归属感和认同感的情感和关系因素。此外，通过理想化家庭的概念，该文件过度简化了与老龄化相关的复杂性，假设所有老年人都有一个家庭，或者所有家庭都能充分支持老年人，而忽略了一些人可能面临的挑战。这引起了人们对谁能够“很好地”老龄化的很大程度上被忽视的差异的关注，并突出了批判性地探索话语、政策和实践如何塑造“到位老龄化”的看法的必要性。

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