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Direct linkHart, Liam; Chen, Jing – Educational Gerontology, 2023
Ageism can negatively affect everyday interactions with older adults, social policies, healthcare practices, and the physical and cognitive outcomes of aging. Reducing ageism among young adults can improve the lives of older adults and allow for optimal aging. The current study investigates whether a psychology course on aging with a…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Aging Education, Service Learning, Student Attitudes
Björn Bouwmeester Stjernetun; Jenny Hallgren; Catharina Gillsjö – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Nursing students are important future health care providers to the growing number of older persons in society. However, two barriers are their common ageist attitudes and lack of interest in geriatrics. This is a concern in light of the global demand for nurses and a challenge that need to be addressed in nurse education. Age suit simulation has…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Nursing Students, Student Attitudes, Aging (Individuals)
Oh, Chorong; Bong, Jiyae – Educational Gerontology, 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…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Diaries, Nursing Homes
Download full textChonody, Jill M. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
The United States is experiencing an aging of the population, and by 2030, 20% of Americans will be 65 years or older (Federal Interagency Forum, 2010). However, for many helping professions, including social work, medicine, and nursing, student interest in gerontological practice is quite low. One international study found that only 5.4% of the…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Aging Education, Student Attitudes, Graduate Students
Young, Jimmy A.; Lee, Justin S.; Kovacs, Pamela J. – SAGE Open, 2016
Regardless of their particular field of practice, social workers increasingly serve the growing population of older adults in the United States. This article describes the process of integrating an experiential component into a Baccalaureate Social Work (BSW) course involving 75 BSW students. Reflections on the strengths and challenges during 3…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Aging Education, Aging (Individuals), Counselor Training
Forlenza, Samuel T.; Bourassa, Dara – JTRM in Kinesiology, 2017
The amount of older adults is increasing rapidly and the demands of an aging population will need to be met by professionals in many fields, including exercise science. However, many undergraduate students do not want to work with older adults. Therefore, this qualitative study sought to examine the experiences and perceptions of exercise science…
Descriptors: Exercise, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Health Related Fitness
