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20 Οκτ 2021 · Ageism in health care settings, which can result in inappropriate or dangerous treatment, is getting new attention during the covid pandemic, which has killed more than half a million Americans age 65 and older.
However, for those oldest old living in nursing homes, these goals are largely out of reach. In this article, we use the meta-ethnographic method to explore and reinterpret existing findings on the ways in which well-being is experienced (or not) by the oldest old in institutional care settings.
Dismantling ageism in healthcare, in hospitals, and specifically in acute and critical care nursing might feel insurmountable. In reality, we have many resources and allies. Why not consider these options for action in your own nursing practice and share them at your unit's next staff meeting?
It reinforces stereotypes of incapacity and incompetence, which leads to poor health, including shorter life spans ... Nursing home residents with severe Alzheimer’s have been shown to react aggressively to infantilizing language.”
Ageism is a social construct of old age that portrays aging and older people in a stereotypical, often negative, way (2). It is an alteration in feeling, belief, or behavior in response to an individual’s or group’s perceived chronological age. Like racism and sexism, ageism “others” older individuals in an undesirable or condescending ...
7 Απρ 2021 · COVID made ageism far worse as we saw people in nursing homes dying because their lives did not matter enough. Many people think that was incompetence, true — but ageism explains it better."
8 Αυγ 2023 · The subtheme ‘Complex and challenging’ is especially related to older people residing in nursing homes. This complexity linked to multiple intersecting medical and social issues, lack of confidence of the practitioner , dislike of elder care, and therapeutic nihilism [20, 21].
