What’s Keeping Residents “Out of the Mainstream”: Challenges to Participation in the News Media for Older People Living in Residential Care
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Allen, Laura D., Dana Burr Bradley and Liat Ayalon. "What’s Keeping Residents “Out of the Mainstream”: Challenges to Participation in the News Media for Older People Living in Residential Care." Journal of Applied Gerontology (December 4, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221143619.
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The voices of older people living in residential care are often excluded from news articles about residential care, and thisexclusion was especially apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study is to identify and understand thebarriers which may be obstructing the news media participation of older residents. Semi-structured interviews were conductedwith 7 journalists, 7 administrators, and 12 residents. Interview transcripts were analyzed using a thematic analysis, whichresulted in the following themes: (1) residents are physically separated from their communities; (2) journalists do not considerresidents to be official sources for news stories; (3) administrators feel they must manage their care home’s reputation andcontrol access to residents; and (4) journalists and administrators are not equipped to handle issues of consent and privacy. Therole of ableism and ageism in the news reporting process is discussed