{"id":1385,"date":"2020-03-01T08:57:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T08:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2021-12-24T08:58:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T08:58:22","slug":"ageism-societal-response-to-population-ageing-ageing-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/?p=1385","title":{"rendered":"Ageism & Societal Response to Population Ageing – Ageing Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u0418\u0437\u0432\u043e\u0440: WUNRN \u2013 01.03.2020<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Global reach of ageism on older persons\u2019 health: A systematic review<\/strong><\/p>\n

FULL STUDY – https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0220857<\/a> \u2013 January 15, 2020<\/h3>\n

Conclusions: The current analysis which included over 7 million participants is the most comprehensive review of health consequences of ageism to date. Considering that the analysis revealed that the detrimental impact of ageism on older persons\u2019 health has been occurring simultaneously at the structural and individual level in five continents, our systematic review demonstrates the pernicious reach of ageism. Initiatives to improve population health would benefit from taking ageism into account.<\/p>\n

By including all regions, languages, and health outcomes, our review included the most studies to date of the consequences of ageism. Accordingly, this review allows clinicians and policy makers to evaluate the consequences of ageism beyond national and regional borders and across time.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/ifa.ngo\/spotlight-details\/?spotlight_id=7089<\/a><\/p>\n

Ageism & Societal Responses to Population Ageing<\/strong><\/p>\n

February 06, 2020 \u00a0<\/strong>\u00b7\u00a0<\/strong>A recent systematic review published in PLOS ONE has explored just how deleterious the impact of ageism can be on an older person\u2019s health.\u00a0The article entitled \u201cGlobal reach of ageism on older persons\u2019 health: A systematic review\u201d found that 95.5% of all studies included illustrated that ageism led to significantly worse health outcomes for older adults, and perhaps most strikingly, highlighted just how pervasive and insidious ageism is worldwide.<\/p>\n

The effects of ageism can even be seen in many of the social responses to population ageing. \u00a0While responses to population ageing in general are a positive sign that ageing is being prioritized within political agendas, upon further inspection ageism is still very much at play. \u00a0The provision of social protection schemes provides an interesting example. \u00a0While crucial, the provision of social security to older adults sidesteps some of the underlying factors contributing to lower income in older adults. \u00a0While increased longevity has undoubtedly created a need for social security it can also mask the reality that many older adults while wanting to work, are excluded from the labor market due to ageism. \u00a0This is also seen in the seemingly arbitrary age-cut offs which dictate access to many services and resources including social security. Age does not discriminate, for example, someone at the age of 60 may have similar needs to someone else at the age of 70, and yet the former may not be able to access much needed services simply because they fall outside of a chronological age-cut off.<\/p>\n

Universal healthcare is another interesting example which for many countries enables their citizens to access basic services.\u00a0As with social security, ageism (prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination) is ever present in this system. \u00a0Older adults may face limits in the access to certain services based on their age.<\/p>\n

Rehabilitation services may not be available to individuals over the age of 80 years. \u00a0This is deeply concerning as recovering functional ability post fall or accident can significantly impact the overall health outcomes for older adults.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, many services such as routine eye exams and hearing tests essential to the wellbeing of older people are not funded within \u201cuniversal coverage\u201d which often leads to the misperception that they are not important.\u00a0Equally older people are more likely to be prudent with limited funds and not prepared to invest in prevention for fear that it may result in the need for costly eyeglasses or hearing aids.<\/p>\n

In fact, the said study found that ageism was related to poorer health for older adults in 11 different measures, some of which were structural and some individual, including decreased longevity, poorer quality of life and even higher risk for cognitive impairment and physical illness. \u00a0What is unequivocal is that societal responses to ageing are for the most part just that, responses. \u00a0The solutions, be it social security or universal healthcare in this case, are based on, and \u201crespond to\u201d, the identified problem which then often ignores the underlying factors contributing \/ exacerbating the problem, in this case ageism. \u00a0In order to maximize the success of current and future approaches to population ageing, the underlying issue of ageism must be more adequately explored and addressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u0418\u0437\u0432\u043e\u0440: WUNRN \u2013 01.03.2020 Global reach of ageism on older persons\u2019 health: A systematic review FULL STUDY – https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0220857 \u2013 January 15, 2020 Conclusions: The current analysis which included over 7 million participants is the most comprehensive review of health…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-1385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vesti","entry","no-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1385"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1387,"href":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions\/1387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1385"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_series&post=1385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}