Attitudes of older adults and attitudes towards older adults by Stephen Badham https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7 en-us 2018-09-27 09:24:43 UTC 2026-03-17 01:11:25 UTC hello@padlet.com 1) What is ageism? https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392312962 Ageism = someone treated unfairly because of their age, including the way they are presented in the media which in turn effects society’s view. 
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/work-learning/discrimination-rights/]]> 2019-10-02 08:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392312962 Effect of demographics on attitudes towards ageing https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392313077 Attitudes dependent on a persons gender, age, geographical location due to normative expectations of “old people”.. 

]]> 2019-10-02 08:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392313077 2) Examples of Ageism https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392313299 - Losing a job due to age
- Refused insurance or credit cards 
- Lower quality service in shops or restaurants
- Refused a referral from a doctor
- Refused membership to clubs
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/work-learning/discrimination-rights/]]> 2019-10-02 08:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392313299 Differences in age identification https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392313422 how strongly people identify themselves with being young/old for example..
 
Abrams 2015 - Young and old tend to have stronger age identification than those in the middle aged category.. also other categories that identify more strongly with their age = women, less educated people, unemployed people, people living in rural areas, those who feel wealthier.. why is this? 

]]> 2019-10-02 08:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392313422 4) Negative Perception of Ageing leads to: https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392313585 - Live 7.6yrs less than those with positive attitudes (Levy et al, 2002)
- Freeman et al (2016) analysed an irish longitudinal study of over 6000 people found that negative perceptions of ageing predicted new onset depression & anxiety.
- Walking speed is slower (Robertson et al, 2015)
- Wurm et al (2013) – less health seeking behaviour for maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Robertson (2016) Attitudes towards ageing and their impact on health and wellbeing in later life: an agenda for further analysis]]> 2019-10-02 08:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392313585 Are the elderly a burden on healthcare? https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392313744 Abrams 2015 - Older people have been seen to feel more positive towards people over the age of 70 on the other hand some older people hold negative attitude and are more likely to think that people over 70 are a burden on healthcare.. needs research to back up.. perhaps look into why this is the case? 
If this attitude changed perhaps healthcare provisions could be improved for the elderly..
]]> 2019-10-02 08:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392313744 Attitudes affecting people at different levels https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392314344  
individual and societal level:
Ind – barrier to inclusion.. 
Soc – obscuring our understanding of the aging process..
(micro, meso and macro levels Abrams 2015 p.6) 

]]> 2019-10-02 08:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392314344 5) Attitudes towards the elderly and voting https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392314925 Negative attitudes towards the elderly have implications for voting behaviours. 
Tilley and Evans (2014) found that elderly people are more likely to vote Conservative, in constrast to younger populations who tend to be non-conservative voters, which may be a further reason for increasing ageism.


]]> 2019-10-02 09:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392314925 3) Why is attitudes such an issue? https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392318648 Our main reason for this issue is its domino effect on other issues - the attitudes of both the ageing individual and society's view. People currently are prejudice against the elderly in which assuming they are insignificant and provide little to society. This leads to a view that they should not be cared for, which in turn damages the amount of healthcare provided as well as actually increasing the health issues as presented later on. If we were to have a positive view of ageing, it would benefit the care provided and improve quality of life because they would be better cared for, thus in turn being brought into society in a way their capabilities are used beneficially, which will decrease rates of depression and low self worth.]]> 2019-10-02 09:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392318648 6) Attitudes exaggerating other age-related health issues https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392319509 Scholl & Sabat - Stereotypes, stereotype threat and ageing: implications for the understanding and treatment of people with Alzheimer's disease - quite often attitudes can act as a barrier preventing people to comply with treatment for dementia because of the negative stereotypes such issues have thus exaggerating the health issues further.. ]]> 2019-10-02 09:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/stephen_badham/sdc9ctwrf4j7/wish/392319509