... . From The Measure of a Man 1959. Ageism leads to age discrimination. In 1988, I met the Founder of the Gray Panthers (The New York Times, 1995), Maggie Kuhn, at her home in Philadelphia, USA. She was a friend of Robert Butler, a gerontologist whose greatest impact on the lives of older...

... persons is a shocking manifestation of ageism. Neglect of older adults in geriatric institutions: the less than optimal care provided by nursing homes in Israel has been an ongoing problem, documented well before the COVID-19 epidemic (Natan et al., 2010). Systemic neglect is demonstrated...

... to achieve quality of life for very older people needing care and should be of interest to CCGs, social services departments, older people's care providers and carer and user organisations. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Creativity Quality of life Social work Ageism Frailty...

... with such issues, while I was focusing on my own life path. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Perspectives on “being old” Ageing process Family relationships Attitudes to ageing Ageism Thinking about “age” is an emotional issue for me, and I suspect for many others around me. I...

... for raising awareness of physiotherapists to the social phenomenon of ageism and its implications on daily professional and ethical conduct. Originality/value While other studies revealed ageism in various health care settings, this study was original both in its methodology (examining implicit ageism via...

... diseases, both in the UK and the US, as well as interviews with sceptics of ageing science and medicine. There has been much critique of how ageing science is anti‐ageing, reinforcing the ageism prevalent in Western culture. Our specific objective in this paper is to suggest how biogerontology can...

... in 1947 and visiting my husband and parents who were patients in the same hospital over the course of the last years of their lives and of visiting friends in hospitals. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Personal experience Ageism Staff attitudes Hospital standards Dignity Acute care...

..., the second calls for the removal of ageism and ageist practices; the third concerns the regulatory frameworks needs in service provision and the fourth reflects the welfare entitlements of older people. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Dignity Older people Policy Ageism Rights...

... included greater public awareness about the dignity of older people and about existing care and support services for them. Health policies should tackle ageism in service provision and the development of standards in health and social care for older people could do much to improve dignity. © Emerald...

...Annette Boaz; Carol Hayden Older people feel that ageism underlies many of their more specific concerns. A number of pieces of research carried out on behalf of the Inter‐Ministerial Group on Older People also reveal the importance of the Government addressing the ageist attitudes to older people...