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Attitudes towards ageing and their impact on health and wellbeing in later life
— an agenda for further analysis | | Author(s) | Guy Robertson |
| Journal title | Working With Older People, vol 20, no 4, 2016 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2016 |
| Pages | pp 214-218 |
| Source | www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/wwop.htm |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Attitude ; Health [elderly] ; Well being ; Quality of life ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | This paper provides an overview of a substantial body of research on the impact that negative attitudes towards ageing have on the health and well-being outcomes of people in later life. Also highlighted is the need for a more interdisciplinary approach towards older people's well-being. The paper draws from an initial analysis of over 70 peer reviewed and published studies on the psychosocial impact of negative stereotypes about ageing. It finds that there is compelling evidence that the way in which people think about ageing can have a very significant adverse impact on a wide array of health and well-being outcomes. This research evidence is largely unknown, nor operationalised, within the field of health and social care policy or service development. The fact that beliefs and attitudes can have such a profound impact on health and well-being outcomes suggests the possibility that there may be psychosocial interventions to address them, in order to improve older people's experience of later life. There is a need for a more interdisciplinary research agenda to take these findings forward. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170106205 A |
| Classmark | BG: DP: CC: D:F:5HH: F:59: 64A |
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