The Department of Health (DH) commissioned the Centre for Policy on Ageing (CPA) to undertake a literature review to determine whether older people in the United Kingdom are treated less favourably than younger users of social care in the way resources are allocated, needs are assessed, care is planned and services are delivered. This study looks at all aspects of the potential for ageism and age discrimination in adult social care including institutional and individual ageism and age discrimination; quality and level of services; direct and indirect discrimination; differential levels of funding; attitudes of professional staff; and evidence reflected in the attitudes and views of service users. This is one of four CPA literature reviews on ageism commissioned by the DH. It is a rapid semi systematic literature review and not a systematic review.
The Department of Health (DH) commissioned the Centre for Policy on Ageing (CPA) to undertake a literature review to determine whether older people in the United Kingdom are treated less favourably than younger users of social care in the way resources are allocated, needs are assessed, care is planned and services are delivered. This study looks at all aspects of the potential for ageism and age discrimination in adult social care including institutional and individual ageism and age discrimination; quality and level of services; direct and indirect discrimination; differential levels of funding; attitudes of professional staff; and evidence reflected in the attitudes and views of service users. This is one of four CPA literature reviews on ageism commissioned by the DH. It is a rapid semi systematic literature review and not a systematic review.
Subject terms:
older people, social care, social care provision, age discrimination, ageing;
The Department of Health (DH) commissioned the Centre for Policy on Ageing (CPA) to identify possible evidence of age discrimination in policy and practice in primary health care in the UK through a literature review. The remit for the review of primary care services was to signpost areas where negative discrimination may be occurring for service commissioners and providers to use as a starting point in reviewing and revising their practice. Topics include: ageist attitudes; NSF for older people; access to GP services; evidence of ageism and age discrimination in GP practice; treatment and quality of care; GP referrals; preventative strategies; frail older people and multimorbidity; GP performance contract; NICE guidelines and the use of QALYS; focus of the NHS. This is one of four reviews of ageism and age discrimination in health and social care.
The Department of Health (DH) commissioned the Centre for Policy on Ageing (CPA) to identify possible evidence of age discrimination in policy and practice in primary health care in the UK through a literature review. The remit for the review of primary care services was to signpost areas where negative discrimination may be occurring for service commissioners and providers to use as a starting point in reviewing and revising their practice. Topics include: ageist attitudes; NSF for older people; access to GP services; evidence of ageism and age discrimination in GP practice; treatment and quality of care; GP referrals; preventative strategies; frail older people and multimorbidity; GP performance contract; NICE guidelines and the use of QALYS; focus of the NHS. This is one of four reviews of ageism and age discrimination in health and social care.
Subject terms:
older people, primary care, age discrimination, ageing, community health care;
The Department of Health has commissioned this review of ageism and age discrimination in the provision of mental health services for older people in the context of the European Commission Draft Directive (July 2008) - COM (2008) 426 and the passage through the United Kingdom parliament during 2009‐10 of the Equality Bill and related secondary legislation that will outlaw age discrimination in the provision of goods and services, including health and social care. Topics include: ageism and types of age discrimination; stigma, stereotypes and ageist attitudes; mental health services for older people; age discrimination in the treatment of particular conditions: common mental disorders, dementia, less common conditions, comorbidity; prevention and public health interventions; NICE guidelines and QALY; education and training. This review is one of four reviews of ageism and age discrimination in health and social care.
The Department of Health has commissioned this review of ageism and age discrimination in the provision of mental health services for older people in the context of the European Commission Draft Directive (July 2008) - COM (2008) 426 and the passage through the United Kingdom parliament during 2009‐10 of the Equality Bill and related secondary legislation that will outlaw age discrimination in the provision of goods and services, including health and social care. Topics include: ageism and types of age discrimination; stigma, stereotypes and ageist attitudes; mental health services for older people; age discrimination in the treatment of particular conditions: common mental disorders, dementia, less common conditions, comorbidity; prevention and public health interventions; NICE guidelines and QALY; education and training. This review is one of four reviews of ageism and age discrimination in health and social care.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mental health services, older people, stereotyped attitudes, age discrimination, ageing, dementia;
The Department of Health has commissioned this review of evidence of ageism and age discrimination in secondary health care in the United Kingdom in the context of the European Commission Draft Directive (July 2008) - COM (2008) 426 and the introduction in the UK parliament, in April 2009, of the Equality Bill and related secondary legislation that will outlaw age discrimination in the provision of goods and services. Topics include: ageist attitudes in healthcare; hospital care; discrimination in the treatment of particular conditions: cancer, cardiology, transient ischaemic attack and stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, Parkinson's disease; clinical trials; NICE guidelines and the use of QALYS. This is one of four reviews of ageism and age discrimination in health and social care.
The Department of Health has commissioned this review of evidence of ageism and age discrimination in secondary health care in the United Kingdom in the context of the European Commission Draft Directive (July 2008) - COM (2008) 426 and the introduction in the UK parliament, in April 2009, of the Equality Bill and related secondary legislation that will outlaw age discrimination in the provision of goods and services. Topics include: ageist attitudes in healthcare; hospital care; discrimination in the treatment of particular conditions: cancer, cardiology, transient ischaemic attack and stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, Parkinson's disease; clinical trials; NICE guidelines and the use of QALYS. This is one of four reviews of ageism and age discrimination in health and social care.
Subject terms:
hospitals, law, older people, age discrimination, ageing, health care;
This report summarises the key findings from a semi-systematic review of research and policy documents to explore on how society thinks and feels about ageing and older people. It focuses specifically on representations of age, ageing and older people, and on language and framing used around ageing. The research is summarised into ten key areas: understanding who is ‘old’; common traits, characteristics and expectations regarding older people and ageing; work, health and social care and other life domains; age as a social identity; intersectional identities; language and communication; age and ageing in policy; age and ageing in the media; values and social norms; and research tools for measuring attitudes to age and age stereotypes. The review found that representations of older people are predominantly negative, driven by age stereotypes that position older people as high-warmth but low competence, in decline and dependent. However, the literature also highlights some key areas for future research that could help to identify pathways to change, and lead more positive representations of older people, ageing and the ageing population.
(Edited publisher abstract)
This report summarises the key findings from a semi-systematic review of research and policy documents to explore on how society thinks and feels about ageing and older people. It focuses specifically on representations of age, ageing and older people, and on language and framing used around ageing. The research is summarised into ten key areas: understanding who is ‘old’; common traits, characteristics and expectations regarding older people and ageing; work, health and social care and other life domains; age as a social identity; intersectional identities; language and communication; age and ageing in policy; age and ageing in the media; values and social norms; and research tools for measuring attitudes to age and age stereotypes. The review found that representations of older people are predominantly negative, driven by age stereotypes that position older people as high-warmth but low competence, in decline and dependent. However, the literature also highlights some key areas for future research that could help to identify pathways to change, and lead more positive representations of older people, ageing and the ageing population.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
literature reviews, older people, ageing, attitudes, stereotyped attitudes, policy, mass media, self-concept, age discrimination;
Literature has shown that age stereotypes are contextual barriers for workers’ occupational wellbeing. The current paper provides a conceptual analysis and a systematic review of research literature on age stereotypes toward older workers and it highlights how age stereotypes represent possible employment barriers into the ongoing ageing workforce. Using a systematic review methodology, 18 publications were identified (published in English language since 2000 to 2014 in relevant peer-reviewed journals). The main findings of selected empirical studies indicated that: a) there is the need to focus HR management policies on older workers; b) age stereotypes toward older workers are multidimensional and there is the simultaneous existence of both positive and negative stereotypical beliefs; c) managers’ age stereotypes can affect several organisational outcomes. Self-categorisation theory and intergroup bias are recommended as promising theoretical approaches for studying age stereotypes toward older workers and their cognitive identification with the age group.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Literature has shown that age stereotypes are contextual barriers for workers’ occupational wellbeing. The current paper provides a conceptual analysis and a systematic review of research literature on age stereotypes toward older workers and it highlights how age stereotypes represent possible employment barriers into the ongoing ageing workforce. Using a systematic review methodology, 18 publications were identified (published in English language since 2000 to 2014 in relevant peer-reviewed journals). The main findings of selected empirical studies indicated that: a) there is the need to focus HR management policies on older workers; b) age stereotypes toward older workers are multidimensional and there is the simultaneous existence of both positive and negative stereotypical beliefs; c) managers’ age stereotypes can affect several organisational outcomes. Self-categorisation theory and intergroup bias are recommended as promising theoretical approaches for studying age stereotypes toward older workers and their cognitive identification with the age group.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
literature reviews, stereotyped attitudes, age discrimination, older people, wellbeing, employment, organisations, organisational culture, institutional discrimination;
Working with Older People, 16(4), 2012, pp.149-153.
Publisher:
Emerald
The author asserts that ageism is the backdrop against which most older people live their lives. His paper examines published research from social gerontology on the impact of negative attitudes on longevity and health and then incorporates research from positive psychiatry to produce some practical personal development approaches based on synthesis of the two. The literature suggests that negative attitudes, largely fed by societal ageism, can significantly reduce longevity. Altering a person's “explanatory style” (their view of their place in the world; whether they think they are valuable, deserving or worthless) can produce significant health and wellbeing benefits. The latter is proposed as a means of countering the former. However, whilst each element is grounded in robust research evidence, there is as yet no dedicated research to show that the proposed “combined intervention” will have the intended impact. A methodology is proposed for enabling individuals to examine their negative attitudes towards their own ageing and then use a variety of psychological techniques to ameliorate or replace them with more positive ones, which it is argued, will lead to greater health and wellbeing.
The author asserts that ageism is the backdrop against which most older people live their lives. His paper examines published research from social gerontology on the impact of negative attitudes on longevity and health and then incorporates research from positive psychiatry to produce some practical personal development approaches based on synthesis of the two. The literature suggests that negative attitudes, largely fed by societal ageism, can significantly reduce longevity. Altering a person's “explanatory style” (their view of their place in the world; whether they think they are valuable, deserving or worthless) can produce significant health and wellbeing benefits. The latter is proposed as a means of countering the former. However, whilst each element is grounded in robust research evidence, there is as yet no dedicated research to show that the proposed “combined intervention” will have the intended impact. A methodology is proposed for enabling individuals to examine their negative attitudes towards their own ageing and then use a variety of psychological techniques to ameliorate or replace them with more positive ones, which it is argued, will lead to greater health and wellbeing.
Subject terms:
life expectancy, mental health, older people, psychiatry, self-concept, self-esteem, stereotyped attitudes, age discrimination, ageing;
Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 14(3), 2002, pp.1-21.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
Cultural marginalization of both women and homosexuals stimulates in many lesbian women adaptive strategies which are useful in meeting thechallenges of aging, even while older lesbians are constrained by social constructions of gender, sexual orientation, and age. These factors combine to present a unique profile of challenges to lesbians as they age. Topics for research in lesbian aging have been limited in the past to preliminary studies of relationship formation and maintenance and issues of aging, and to social services advisories regarding lesbian consciousnessin case management and planning of gerontological services.
Cultural marginalization of both women and homosexuals stimulates in many lesbian women adaptive strategies which are useful in meeting thechallenges of aging, even while older lesbians are constrained by social constructions of gender, sexual orientation, and age. These factors combine to present a unique profile of challenges to lesbians as they age. Topics for research in lesbian aging have been limited in the past to preliminary studies of relationship formation and maintenance and issues of aging, and to social services advisories regarding lesbian consciousnessin case management and planning of gerontological services.
Subject terms:
lesbians, literature reviews, older people, social exclusion, social care provision, age discrimination, case management, gender;
Literature review supporting the report which sets out the basic principles of good practice in working with older lesbians and gay men and looks how to develop an inclusive organisation with adapted services, training and consultation.
Literature review supporting the report which sets out the basic principles of good practice in working with older lesbians and gay men and looks how to develop an inclusive organisation with adapted services, training and consultation.
Extended abstract:
Author
TURNBULL Annmarie;
Title
Opening doors: the needs of older lesbians and gay men; a literature review.
Publisher
Age Concern England, 2001.
Summary
This report surveys recent and current literature regarding the needs of older lesbians and gay men. It complements Opening Doors - Working with older lesbians and gay men, a resource pack that Age Concern England published in July 2001. The document format is much the same as that for the Resource Pack and contains sections which: contexts this work within the wider work programme of Age Concern England; outlines the methods used; summaries the findings; provides illustrative case studies; discusses the findings; and lists references and contacts.
Context
Age Concern is in the process of developing a coherent strategy for working with and on behalf of older lesbians and gay men. Work has already begun in this area. The Resource Pack, Opening Doors - Working with older lesbians and gay men, (2001), has been produced, launched and circulated, and a series of training event undertaken for local Age Concerns. It is the intention now to continue to raise the profile of the work by seeking out examples of good practice throughout the federation and the wider community. In that context this report was commissioned to analyse the outcomes of a literature search on the needs of older lesbians and gay men and to highlight key issues and findings that would inform strategy.
Method
The author states that the work undertaken was desk research and the methods have been limited to: catalogue and abstract scanning; document retrieval and analysis; telephone conversations; and, compilation of brief illustrative UK case studies. No search strategy and inclusion criteria are defined.
Contents
This 23 page report is divided into four sections. Section one outlines the function of this report, provides contextual information and the aims of the report, and, briefly outlines the methods utilised in the literature review. Section two provides a summary of findings from the literature review and looks at possible positive and possible negative issues for the ageing lesbian/gay individual. Section three lists references and suggested further reading, and section four lists relevant contacts.
Conclusion
"While research to date indicates that a lesbian or gay man's sexual identity has both positive and negative potential in their ageing process, it needs to be stressed that most of the samples have focused on people who are relatively comfortable with their sexuality. Invisibility is a crucial factor. It inhibits the potential for research, reinforces the idea that there are no specific needs among this group and silences the gay and lesbian individual.
Not surprisingly, gay men and lesbians share the same common concerns about ageing as most older people: loneliness, ill health and financial concerns. They also share the realisation that support around these three issues is frequently inadequate. What distinguishes them is that their old age could be improved in other ways by significant changes in social attitudes, the law and subsequently to service provision."
37 References.
Subject terms:
homosexuality, housing, lesbians, life style, literature reviews, older people, social care provision, age discrimination, attitudes, discrimination, education, gay men, good practice;