SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF SUCCESSFUL AGEING: THE CASE OF RUWARE PARK IN MARONDERA, ZIMBABWE

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https://doi.org/10.15270/55-3-743

Keywords:

social construction, successful ageing, geriatric, ageing, intervention plans, older persons

Abstract

Social constructions of successful ageing provide an invaluable resource for challenging and reconfiguring approaches and models of geriatric care. This paper has established that contrary to normative framing of successful ageing as that (ageing) which is free from diseases and infirmity, older persons in Ruware Park of Marondera had some social, cultural, personal and economic conceptualisations of the notion. Based on these varied conceptualisations, this paper has advocated for the remodelling of geriatric care programmes, policies and philosophies towards infusing localised notions of successful ageing in forming comprehensive and multidimensional geriatric intervention plans. Social work is critical in effectuating the change.

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Shingirai Paul Mbulayi, Fort Hare University

Postgraduate student

Simon Kang'ethe, Fort Hare University

Department of Social Work/SocialDevelopment

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Published

2019-08-16

How to Cite

Mbulayi, S. P., & Kang’ethe, S. (2019). SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF SUCCESSFUL AGEING: THE CASE OF RUWARE PARK IN MARONDERA, ZIMBABWE. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 55(3), 329. https://doi.org/10.15270/55-3-743

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Vol. 55 No. 3 (2019)

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