Chapter 12 Ageism and Older Immigrants

The population of older immigrants in Europe has grown in recent decades. This population consists of two main groups: individuals who migrated as labour migrants and aged in the host country and those who migrated in older age. Because of the double jeopardy of their migration status and older age, both groups are potentially at risk for experiencing ageism in the form of marginalization and social exclusion. As with other groups of older adults, ageism towards older immigrants takes place at different institutional, cultural, social, and individual levels, and in many different contexts. Most immigration studies have failed to recognize older immigrants’ jeopardies as practices of ageism. This chapter discusses policies regarding older immigrants in the context of ageism. The following question is investigated and discussed: Does migrant status constitute a situation of increased vulnerability to ageism? The chapter concludes with recommendations and implications in light of current immigration waves.

• Tipo de recurso: Book
• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
• Repositorio: Expeditio: repositorio UTadeo
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:expeditiorepositorio.utadeo.edu.co:20.500.12010/16941
• Acceso en línea: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-73820-8_12; http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/16941; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_12
• Palabra clave: Ciencias sociales; Políticas de inmigración; Discriminación por edad; Inmigrantes mayores
• License: Abierto (Texto Completo)