Search results for: ageism

• Challenges of overcoming ageism towards elderly people in healthcare context

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  • I. Nowakowska

  - HORYZONTY WYCHOWANIA - Year 2017

  RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the paper is to analyse the impact ageism may have on providing healthcare to elderly people. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The article investigates the consequences of ageism in medical settings, where the elderly are particularly vulnerable to discrimination, distinguishing ageism from appropriate practice variation as well as giving suggestions to improve the situation. The paper analyses...

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• Employees 50+: How They Are Assessed and How They Assess Themselves

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  • A. Richert-Kaźmierska
  • K. Stankiewicz

  - Social Sciences/ Socialiniai Mokslai - Year 2014

  In Poland, the older workers are valued for their knowledge and professional experience. Many of them, during transition period, actively participated in the creation of today’ s businesses and now occupy exposed managerial positions, being aware of their own value. On the other hand, old age is one of the main reasons for the limited access to work. The seniors are assigned stereotypical characteristics, such as low levels of...

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