Gallistl Vera, Bohrn Karoline, Rohner Rebekka, Kolland Franz
Kompetenzzentrum für Gerontologie und Gesundheitsforschung, Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500, Krems, Österreich.
Z Gerontol Geriatr. 2023 Feb;56(1):18-22. doi: 10.1007/s00391-022-02143-2. Epub 2022 Dec 20.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic old age has been "vulnerablilized" in the media by characterizing old age as a vulnerable and risky phase of life. Gerontologists have criticized the age-based definition of risk groups for their underlying agism.
From a practice-theoretical perspective the article asks through which social practices a vulnerable age is realized during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The article refers to data from six qualitative interviews with people aged 65 and older. The data was analyzed using fine structure analysis followed by a topic analysis.
The results show that during the COVID-19 pandemic doing age was characterized by a not doing or the disappearance of routinized everyday practices. For the respondents this not doing age was connected to experiencing vulnerable ageing, in which they felt physically and temporally vulnerable.
Practices of aging during the COVID-19 pandemic have developed against the backdrop of a societal discourse that has positioned activity as an indicator of good and positive aging. At the same time few opportunities have been created to maintain activity under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic.
自新冠疫情开始以来，老年群体在媒体中被“脆弱化”，其被描绘为人生中脆弱且充满风险的阶段。老年医学专家批评了基于年龄对风险群体的定义，认为其存在潜在的年龄歧视。
从实践理论的角度出发，本文探讨在新冠疫情期间，老年群体的脆弱性是通过哪些社会实践得以体现的。
本文参考了对65岁及以上人群进行的六次定性访谈的数据。采用精细结构分析，随后进行主题分析的方法对数据进行分析。
结果表明，在新冠疫情期间，“践行年龄”的特征是日常惯例行为的缺失或消失。对于受访者而言，这种“缺失年龄”与体验到的脆弱老龄化相关联，在此过程中，他们在身体和时间方面都感到脆弱。
新冠疫情期间的老龄化实践是在一种社会话语背景下发展起来的，这种话语将活动定位为良好和积极老龄化的指标。与此同时，在新冠疫情的条件下，维持活动的机会却很少。
