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Background: Widespread negative attitudes toward aging in the U.S. are obstacles to training care providers and providing high quality care. Studies identifying educational effects on attitudes toward older people are still inconclusive. Objective: To examine the impact of learning experiences on university student attitudes toward older people. Me...
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... In addition, the scores for negative attitudes towards the elderly were found to be significantly higher in participants who stated that they did not participate in the project. The new experiences of university students enable them to develop positive attitudes (Lee et al., 2015). Intergenerational interaction programs are thought to help university students break away from prejudices. ...
... It shows the attitude of employees towards their commitment to the organization (Mitchell et al., 2001). (Lee et al., 2015)stated that the intention to stay in a job is the desire to continue to stay engaged and become a member of or stay in an organization. (Norton et al., 2015) emphasized that the intention to continue work is an individual's subjective assessment of the willingness to continue to stay in the job position after a period of direct involvement, interacting with the working environment in the job and executing the goals of the organization. ...
... Providing students with opportunities for clinical observation, training, and research will positively influence their professional attitudes and values. 11 Elderly care staff and technicians play an invaluable role in providing care, rehabilitation, and support to elderly individuals, whether they require assistance or not, to help them lead a high-quality life. 8 Therefore, it is highly significant to make sure that elderly care professionals have positive and humane attitudes towards elderly people in places where institutional care services are provided to increase the quality of health care provided for them. ...
The purpose of this research is to examine the attitudes of students studying elderly care towards old people. This descriptive study was conducted with 307 students studying in the elderly care program of two different state universities in the Eastern part of Turkey. Data were collected with the "Kogan's Attitudes Toward Old People Scale(KAOPS )" and "Personal Information Form". The data were analyzed using SPSS 25.0 statistical analysis software, and the analysis involved calculating numbers, percentages, means, as well as conducting t-tests and ANOVA tests. The lowest score that the participating elderly care students got from the scale was 53, the highest was 205, and the average score of the scale was 142,47±21,74. A statistically significant difference was determined between students' grades and their subsequent motivation to care for and attitudes towards the elderly (p
... In their study, they used art and design courses to measure five groups of students and find that students would abandon the course in the state of negative emotions or ignore the existence of the course. A positive attitude helps to form good behavior, while a negative attitude can lead to inappropriate behavior (Lee et al., 2015). The negative attitudes of college students can easily lead them to make some negative choices. ...
... The better the student's learning attitude is the better academic achievement he/she will achieve. In the nursing profession, negative attitudes will affect the academic achievement of college students (Lee et al., 2015). Muñoz et al. (2016) discover that student's attitudes can influence their future academic achievement and it is also the major to generating emotions. ...
... The attitude of student nurses towards caring for older adults needs to be examined and shaped, to meet the ideals of culture [12], 18]. Studies, which showed negative attitudes of student nurses towards the care of older adults, have been carried out in various countries [8], while others also documented positive attitudes [16,18,26]. A study by Rathnayake, et al., [29], showed an almost 50-50 (49-44) ratio for those with positive attitudes and those with negative attitudes. ...
... This study found that somestudents had a positive attitude towards the older adults which confirms the study by Lee, Shin, & Greiner [18], that education can influence the attitude of students towards older adults. The level 400 students who formed the majority of participants, had been taught palliative care and introduction to gerontology in their final year. ...
Background and Aim
Nurses perception and attitude towards an older patient can positively or negatively influence the quality rendered. As students under training, the views of this population needs to be sought and shaped to improve the quality of care the older patients receive. This is because life expectancy is on the rise. The study aimed to explore students’ perception of ageing and their attitude towards care of the older adults.
Methods and materials
An exploratory descriptive design was used. Data form containing the sociodemographic attributes of the students and a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers in line with the literature. The participants interviewed were student nurses who had been in clinical practice for at least one semester. Four focus group discussions (FGD) were held.
Results
Average age of the participants was 22.30 years. An equal number of males and females (15 each) were recruited to have a balance in gender. Students expressed that they saw the older adults as their grandparents so they try to accord them respect and care. However, older adults are perceived not receptive to nurses in training. The students stated that registered nurses neglected the basic care of older adults such as diaper changes, bathing, and feeding, and would rather beckon student nurses to attend to the older adults.
Conclusion
Gerontology as a stand-alone course is necessary for early years of training to give an in-depth education to nursing students and instil a positive attitude towards older adult patients.
... Een verklaring hiervoor is het feit dat eerstejaarsstudenten nog weinig tot geen opleiding met gerontologische focus genoten hebben en doorheen hun oplei-ding in die materie sterker opgeleid worden en meer kennis vergaren (40). Deze tegenstrijdige bevindingen onderstrepen de nood aan bijkomend onderzoek en wijzen op het belang van longitudinale metingen die de evolutie van de attitude tegenover ouderen doorheen de opleidingsjaren monitoren (14,59). ...
... This is especially key because frequent and impactful intergenerational contact opportunities may be limited in a largely agesegregated society (Drury, Hutchison, & Abrams, 2016). Exposure to a gerontology curriculum can improve post-secondary students' understanding about older adults and the aging process (e.g., Chonody, 2015;Cottle & Glover, 2007;Ferrario, Freeman, Nellett, & Scheel, 2008;Lee, Shin, & Greiner, 2015;O'Hanlon & Brookover, 2002). However, service-learning interventions are reportedly most effective at reducing ageism (Chonody, 2015). ...
... In contrast to prior research, it appears that although beneficial (Chonody, 2015), applied innovation in the form of service-learning integrated throughout the course is not necessary to prompt a heightened awareness of aging. This finding is particularly relevant, as previous research (Chonody, 2015;Cottle & Glover, 2007;Ferrario et al., 2008;Lee et al., 2015;O'Hanlon & Brookover, 2002) has demonstrated positive pedagogical outcomes related to gerontology curricula. However, this has primarily been shown among courses with regular, in-person interaction between students and older people that is consistently integrated throughout the course (Bousfield & Hutchison, 2010;Drury et al., 2016). ...
Ageism is pervasive and socially normalized, and population aging has created a need to understand how views of aging and of older people, typically considered to be people over the age of 65, can be improved. This study sought to understand how undergraduate students’ attitudes towards older adults and the aging process may be influenced after completing a typical, lecture-based undergraduate course on aging that lacked service-learning components. Two undergraduate student cohorts ( n = 40) at two Canadian universities participated in semi-structured focus groups/interviews, describing how the course may have impacted their perceptions of the aging process and of older adults. An iterative collaborative qualitative analysis demonstrated that course content stimulated a deeper understanding of the aging process, prompting a reduction in and increased awareness of ageism, and enhanced personal connection with aging, ultimately facilitating the development of an age-conscious student. Lecture-based courses focused on aging may be sufficient to facilitate positive attitude change among undergraduate students towards older adults and the aging process.
... Specific to health care, research has shown there is value in measuring students' knowledge and attitudes about older adults due to the effect they have on the care students extend to older adults [7]. Studies indicate that attitudes, defined as a learned predisposition toward a target (object or person), that have been formed from culture and lack of exposure or knowledge [8] produce negative attitudes that appear to influence undergraduates against working with older adults.In a study of fourth-year nursing students [9], positive relationships with grandparents were linked to values such as respect and caring toward older adults, while clinical and work experiences were associated with a dislike for geriatric nursing, creating an incongruity between values and work attitudes. This implies the quality of the interaction occurring with older adults is impactful. ...
... Moreover, the attitudes of the care staff toward the elderly and ageism, which were moderate pre-test, positively changed with the planned training. Similarly, Lee et al. (24) have stated that attitudes toward the elderly can positively change with education. In a singlegroup, pre-test-post-test study conducted by Baumbusch et al. (21) a 4-week training program for nursing students positively affected their knowledge of and attitudes toward the elderly. ...
... Coffey and Whitehead (2015) (19) assessed healthcare assistants who worked for a long period in a nursing home and reported that attitudes toward the older persons were positive. Strugala et al. (2016) (8) assessed nursing students and revealed that 63.1% of them had negative attitudes toward the older persons; thy also stated that negative attitudes toward the older persons reduced the quality of care provided to the older persons. ...
