Part 1: Reflect on how those experiences from the Discussion Post impact your nursing practice now?
These were the questions from the Discussion post:
- How does a person’s difference in age, culture, race, gender and living situation impact your comfort as a nurse in communicating with them?
- While growing up, how were OAs (older adults) treated in your family, culture, community and in society (identify the year range)? When I was growing up in my early childhood in my country around 1980’s, older adults in my family were treated with a lot of respect. They will live with us and were always appreciated for their wisdom which were passed from generation to generation helping us learned about our Latin culture. We would not put our older adults in nursing homes even if they had cognitive issues such as dementia. They were always a source of knowledge for the community and society especially in church and other places of worship.
Part 2: Discuss what ageing biases you have witnessed &/or perpetrated.
Part 3: Create a community education plan to address ageing bias.
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