Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
• Definition
– The prejudices and stereotypes that are applied to
older people on the basis of their age.
• Consequences
– People are less likely to see the similarities between
themselves and older adults.
– A lack of understanding of the elderly.
– Reduced opportunities for the young to gain realistic
insights into aging.
Misconceptions of Old Age
• Remote phase
• Near phase
• Honeymoon phase
• Disenchantment phase
• Reorientation phase
• Stability phase
• Termination phase
Nursing Interventions for
Retirement
Loneliness and desolation emphasize all the misfortunes of people who are
growing old.
Isolation can occur in sparsely populated rural areas as well as urban areas.
Hearing and speech deficits and language differences can foster loneliness.
Nursing Interventions for Social
Isolation