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Ageism is the stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination against people on the basis of their age. Research has shown that ageism directed toward older adults has a negative impact on their health, well-being, and quality of health care received.
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.
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.
24 Φεβ 2022 · Abstract. Ageism in healthcare is a pervasive reality that leads to negative health outcomes for older adults. While it is often implicit, the COVID-19 pandemic threw explicit age discrimination in healthcare into sharp relief globally.
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.
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.
16 Μαΐ 2017 · The review reveals that the predominant forms of operationalization and inductive conceptualization of ageism in the context of health care have neglected some components of ageism, namely the self-directed and implicit components.
