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ERIC Number: EJ1317185
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0360-1277
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Aging through Their Eyes: College Students' Attitudes toward Older Adults before and after Nursing Home Observations
Oh, Chorong; Bong, Jiyae
Educational Gerontology, v47 n9 p393-405 2021
This study was designed to investigate the impacts of self-arranged nursing home observation sessions on healthcare students' attitudes toward older adults. Sixty-seven undergraduate students enrolled in a gerontology course were required to complete an attitudes survey at the beginning and the end of the semester. In addition, they conducted 3 sessions of self-arranged nursing home observation and wrote pre- and post-observation journals. The quantitative attitudinal changes were measured by the Scale of Attitudes toward People with Dementia. For the analysis of the reflective journals, a thematic analysis approach was employed. The paired t-test showed a significant attitudinal change toward older adults among students. The thematic analysis also revealed that students showed improved understanding about older adults, a greater sense of kinship toward older adults, and increased motivation to work with older clients as future healthcare professionals. Nursing home observation may be beneficial to promote positive attitudes toward older adults among healthcare students.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ohio
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