Ageism harms older people's health, cognition, and well-being: A selective review and policy recommendations

SJ Barber, KJ Shoemaker… - Policy Insights from the …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Ageism refers to stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination directed towards individuals
based on their age, such as perceptions that someone is “too old” for certain activities …

The risks of ageism model: How ageism and negative attitudes toward age can be a barrier to active aging

HJ Swift, D Abrams, RA Lamont… - Social Issues and Policy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The World Health Organization's (WHO) active aging framework recognizes that age barriers
and ageism need to be removed in order to increase potential for active aging. However …

Effectiveness of intergenerational exchange programs between adolescents and older adults: a systematic review

M Webster, K Norwood, J Waterworth… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Communities are aging and becoming more segregated, leading to fractured relationships
between generations. Intergenerational exchange has improved cohesion, particularly when …

Intergenerational contact during and beyond COVID‐19

L Drury, D Abrams, HJ Swift - Journal of Social Issues, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Intergenerational contact is crucial for promoting intergenerational harmony and reducing
ageism. However, the COVID‐19 pandemic has disrupted and changed the nature and …

Intergenerational Programs Involving Adolescents, Institutionalized Elderly, and Older Volunteers: Results from a Pilot Research‐Action in Italy

S Santini, V Tombolesi, B Baschiera… - BioMed research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Changes in traditional family structures, public policy arrangements, and new family care
patterns are reducing opportunities for interaction between younger and older people in …

Intergenerational contact zones

M Kaplan, LL Thang, M Sánchez… - … contact zones: place …, 2020 - api.taylorfrancis.com
In recent decades, global population ageing and the awareness of age-segregated policies
and practices with the undesirable consequences of widening intergenerational gaps …

Can caring create prejudice? An investigation of positive and negative intergenerational contact in care settings and the generalisation of blatant and subtle age …

L Drury, D Abrams, HJ Swift, RA Lamont… - … of Community & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Caring is a positive social act, but can it result in negative attitudes towards those cared for,
and towards others from their wider social group? Based on intergroup contact theory, we …

Training younger volunteers to promote technology use among older adults

LE Brown, J Strommen - Family and Consumer Sciences …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Older adults demonstrate a wide variation in technology skills. Ecological systems theory
suggests that technology adoption is the product of process, person, context, and time …

[PDF][PDF] Educational methods using intergenerational interaction to fight ageism

M del Carmen Requena, HJ Swift… - Contemporary …, 2018 - library.oapen.org
The social phenomenon of ageing has deeply modified contemporary societies, making it
possible that three or more generations live together within the same chronological …

Older adults' stereotypes of and attitudes toward younger adults and intergenerational contact frequency

T Kuball, C Pollmanns, F Asbrock… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Affective attitudes and stereotypes of older toward younger adults influence
intergenerational contact experiences and are shaped by them. To capture contemporary …