What’s Keeping Residents “Out of the Mainstream”: Challenges to Participation in the News Media for Older People Living in Residential Care

Laura D. Allen; Dana Burr Bradley; Liat Ayalon

doi:10.1177/07334648221143619

What’s Keeping Residents “Out of the Mainstream”: Challenges to Participation in the News Media for Older People Living in Residential Care

Laura D. Allen
, Dana Burr Bradley
, Liat Ayalon

The Louis & Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Abstract

The voices of older people living in residential care are often excluded from news articles about residential care, and this exclusion was especially apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study is to identify and understand the barriers which may be obstructing the news media participation of older residents. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 7 journalists, 7 administrators, and 12 residents. Interview transcripts were analyzed using a thematic analysis, which resulted in the following themes: (1) residents are physically separated from their communities; (2) journalists do not consider residents to be official sources for news stories; (3) administrators feel they must manage their care home’s reputation and control access to residents; and (4) journalists and administrators are not equipped to handle issues of consent and privacy. The role of ableism and ageism in the news reporting process is discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1313-1323
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Applied Gerontology
Volume	42
Issue number	6
Early online date	4 Dec 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221143619
State	Published - Jun 2023

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Authors L.D. Allen and L. Ayalon are part of the EuroAgeism ITN project, funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 764632.

Funders	Funder number
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions	764632

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ableism
ageism
civic engagement
long-term care
media portrayals

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