Professor Sandra C. Buttigieg, from the Faculty of Health Sciences, is the lead author of the research study 'Researching Ageism in Health-Care and Long Term Care'. The co-authors are Stefania Ilinca, José M. S. de Sao Jose, and Annika Taghizadeh Larsson. This follows the publication of the article: 'Ageism in Health Care: A Systematic Review of Operational Definitions and Inductive Conceptualizations' co-authored by this group in The Gerontologist, by the Oxford University Press.
This research study has been included as a chapter in the handbook entitled 'Contemporary Aspects on Ageism', an open access book providing the European perspective on the concept of ageism. The handbook, published by Springer, is part of the EU-funded COST ACTION on AGEISM.
Buttigieg, Ilinca, Sao Jose, and Taghizadeh Larsson give a comprehensive overview of how ageism is defined and measured in health and long-term care. The chapter focuses on ‘assessment’ and ‘conceptualization and theory’ of ageism with the aim to address questions that deal with the importance of how ageism in healthcare and long-term care has been empirically studied.
The study delves into how evidence for the existence of ageism among key stakeholders (e.g. health care professionals and long-term care workers, family members and older adults) is reported in empirical research. The research study also deals with the conceptual and methodological approaches used to measure and assess ageism involving these key stakeholders.
The study delves into how evidence for the existence of ageism among key stakeholders (e.g. health care professionals and long-term care workers, family members and older adults) is reported in empirical research. The research study also deals with the conceptual and methodological approaches used to measure and assess ageism involving these key stakeholders.
