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4 Νοε 2021 · Ageism is prejudice and discrimination against people based on their age. It is widespread worldwide, and negatively affects healthcare.
18 Μαρ 2021 · Ageism has serious and wide-ranging consequences for people’s health and well-being. Among older people, ageism is associated with poorer physical and mental health, increased social isolation and loneliness, greater financial insecurity, decreased quality of life and premature death.
Ageism has far-reaching impacts on all aspects of our health and well-being when we are older: It is associated with earlier death. It is linked to poorer physical health, affecting, among others, our ability to recover from disability and our sexual and reproductive health.
18 Μαρ 2021 · For example, ageism is associated with earlier death (by 7.5 years), poorer physical and mental health, and slower recovery from disability in older age. Ageism also increases risky health behaviors, such as eating an unhealthy diet, drinking excessively or smoking, and reduces our quality of life.
10 Απρ 2021 · The report highlights that ageism can be institutional, interpersonal, or self-directed and summarises the best evidence on the scale, impacts, and determinants of ageism against both older and younger people and the most effective strategies to address ageism.
14 Νοε 2022 · In the U.S., 1 out of every 7 dollars (15.4%) spent on the eight most-expensive health care conditions among people ages 60 and older is linked to ageism. Research suggests 93.4% of people ages 50-80 regularly experience some form of ageism in their daily lives.
While ageism is present on a systemic level in the healthcare field, characterizing and understanding the complex factors affecting ageism can positively impact older patients’ lives and outcomes. The downstream ramifications of ageism in healthcare are important to consider in clinical contexts.
