Clinical Interventions to Empower Older Women

O’Brien, Jennifer L.; Whitbourne, Susan Krauss

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-09306-2_8

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“…Older women's health might benefit if they are taught stress management techniques. Assertiveness and stress management training could be taught by nurses, health educators, social workers, or psychologists (O'Brien & Whitbourne, 2015). Professionals might find fruitful educational partnerships with activists in the Women's Health Movement (e.g., National Women's Health Network, Black Women's Health Imperative; Dan, Jonikas, & Ford, 1994).…”

Section: Policies and Practices To Reduce Ageism And Improve Women's mentioning

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Ageism can be Hazardous to Women's Health: Ageism, Sexism, and Stereotypes of Older Women in the Healthcare System

Chrisler

Barney

Palatino

2016

Journal of Social Issues

244

166

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Women tend to live longer than men, and thus typically have more interactions with the healthcare system in old age than men do. Ageism and stereotypes of older people in general can have an important impact on elders’ physical and mental health and well‐being. For example, internalized negative stereotypes can produce self‐fulfilling prophecies through stereotype embodiment and contribute to weakness and dependency. Ageist beliefs and stereotypes can interfere with health care seeking as well as with diagnosis and treatment recommendations; they can, for example, contribute to gender disparities in the health care of older adults if older women are perceived as too frail to undergo aggressive treatments. Ageism also results in disrespectful treatment of older patients, which is communicated through baby talk and other forms of infantilization or the shrugging off of patients’ complaints and concerns as “just old age.” Intersectional identities can result in a cumulative burden for older women patients who may have a history of disrespectful treatment for other reasons (e.g., sexism, racism, bias against lesbians). Reduction of ageism and sexism and promotion of more realistic and diverse views of older women could improve doctor–patient relationships, facilitate adherence to treatment regimens, and reduce disparities in health and health care.

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confidence: 99%

Ageism can be Hazardous to Women's Health: Ageism, Sexism, and Stereotypes of Older Women in the Healthcare System

Chrisler

Barney

Palatino

2016

Journal of Social Issues

244

166

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“…Physiotherapists and medical practitioners provide typical clinical treatment and preventive medical interventions to meet each patient's specific health requirements [14]. In most cases, patients become frustrated because of conservative treatment and continuous extensive therapies [15]. Many healthcare professionals hold stereotypical approaches, which undermine the dignity and autonomy of older adult patients [16].…”

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Interdisciplinary Co-design Framework in Healthcare Design for Older Adult Patients with Chronic Low-back Pain

Tufail¹,

Lee²,

Kim³

et al. 2021

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This study presents three forms of interdisciplinary expertise in the healthcare design context to approach a particular multifaceted problem around the current healthcare for older adult patients with chronic low-back pain (LBP). Using an interdisciplinary co-design framework, first, our design approach performs the role of an initiator to define the problem by exploring the current context of healthcare. Second, it facilitates the experiences of experts and patients to reach the roots of the problem by functioning as a mediator. Third, our approach fulfills the primary role of healthcare design in producing new meanings considering the principles of patient-centeredness. These roles significantly contributed to the design of healthcare innovations. Our framework transformed the distributed disciplinary knowledge developed while tackling the multifaceted problem into new forms of expertise for collaboration in healthcare innovation.

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Sexism and Ageism

Chrisler

2021

Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging

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Clinical Interventions to Empower Older Women

Cited by 8 publications

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Ageism can be Hazardous to Women's Health: Ageism, Sexism, and Stereotypes of Older Women in the Healthcare System

Ageism can be Hazardous to Women's Health: Ageism, Sexism, and Stereotypes of Older Women in the Healthcare System

Interdisciplinary Co-design Framework in Healthcare Design for Older Adult Patients with Chronic Low-back Pain

Sexism and Ageism

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