Youth And Elderly Disadvantage

Question 1

Johnson - workplace

Answer 1

Suggests that ageism Acura in the workplace in the Uk - institutionalised and embedded in practices - stereotypical assumptions about a person’s competence

Question 2

Ritzer - workplace

Answer 2

McJobs - young people are often on zero hour contracts - understimualting , low wage jobs

Question 3

Willis - workplace

Answer 3

Working class youths see their futures as working in basic manual labour jobs like their fathers and therefore don’t aspire for more

Question 4

Cohen - media

Answer 4

Discussed negatively labelling youths in the media - mods and rockers - folk devils , moral panics , set fulfilling prophecy

Question 5

Age concern - media

Answer 5

Old people are disproportionately stereotypes as a burden , mentally challenged and grumpy

Question 6

Wayne - media

Answer 6

Media ignored stories about how young people are affected by problems in housing , education, health , unemployment etc

Question 7

Young people health.org.Uk - health

Answer 7

75% of mental health problems start before ages 24 but 0.7% of NHS funding is spent in young people’s mental health

Question 8

Greengross - health

Answer 8

Argues the NHS is guilty of institutional ageism because older patients are treated differently from the young

Question 9

Human rights watch - health

Answer 9

Claims that older people in England are at serious risk of harm due to poor social care assessments

Question 10

Jacobson - crime

Answer 10

Found that children and young people in complex - complex backgrounds- 3/4 have absent fathers , 1/2 in deprived households , 1/2 had run away

Question 11

Harding - crime

Answer 11

Working class youths in London face deprivation and turn to crime for income - street casino - gamble with their lives

Question 12

Age Uk - crime

Answer 12

Of those who are targeted by fraud schemes the financial loss for older victims was likely nearly twice as much per scam than younger groups