Can being ageist harm your older adult patients?
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Jacqueline K. Debrew, Clinical Associate Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: MR. C, 81, was admitted to an acute care facility for a scheduled total hip arthroplasty. Before the surgery, Mr. C worked part-time in the accounting office he'd started over 45 years ago, now managed by his son. He was completely independent in his activities of daily living. He lived with his wife of 57 years in a one-story single-family home.
Can being ageist harm your older adult patients?
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Nursing
- Language: English
- Date: 2015
- Keywords
- ageism, nursing, illness in older adults