Wellness In Aging - Ageism

Question 1

What is gerontology?

Answer 1

Study of healthy and successful aging of older adults

Question 2

What is geriatrics?

Answer 2

Medical subspecialty focused on medical problems of older adults

Question 3

What is ageing anxiety? Is this a negative or positive attitude towards older people?

Answer 3

Ageing feared as the body losing beauty, function, health

Negative attitude

Question 4

What are general positive vs negative attitudes towards aging and older adults?

Answer 4

Positive - respect, honour, knowledge, guidance

Negative - older adults dismissed for being outdated, burdensome, dependent, irrelevant, unattractive, etc

Question 5

What is ageism?

Answer 5

Stereotyping, discriminating, or prejudice against individuals based on age

Question 6

Does ageism exist in all cultures?

Answer 6

No

Filipinos, Vietnamese, Chinese, koreans, etc tend to respect the wisdom and contribution of older adults

Question 7

What are some effects of ageism?

Answer 7

Abuse and neglect, social isolation, age attribution in health care

Question 8

What is age attribution?

Answer 8

The act of assigning traits or behaviours to someone based off of their age

Question 9

Example of ageism and age attribution?

Answer 9

Ageism : not hiring a 60 year old because you believe they won’t be good with technology

Age attribution : determining a 75 year old’s fatigue is due to “old age” rather than other factors like stress, med side effects, etc