ArticleJournal of gerontological nursing2017
Voicing Ageism in Nursing Home Dementia Care.
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- Scales used to assess ageism in the health care sector: a (COSMIN) systematic review of the measurement properties.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
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- The two faces of elderspeak.NPJ dementia · 2026Review
- Humans: An integrative review exploring dehumanisation in advanced dementia.Nursing ethics · 2025Review
- Contextual Action Theory in Nursing Home Settings: A Conceptual Framework for Considering the Active Role of Residents.Journal of population ageing · 2025Article
- Ageism in the Mental Health Setting.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Review
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- Language-Based Strategies that Support Person-Centered Communication in Formal Home Care Interactions with Persons Living with Dementia.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023Article
- Wishes and Needs of Nursing Home Residents: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Reliability and Validity Testing of the Quantified Quality of Interaction Schedule.Journal of nursing measurement · 2021Article
- Understanding Elderspeak: An Evolutionary Concept Analysis.Innovation in aging · 2021Review
- Elderspeak to Resident Dementia Patients Increases Resistiveness to Care in Health Care Profession.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingReview
- Developing and validating an intervention-specific knowledge assessment for person-centered communication in nursing home continuing education.Gerontology & geriatrics educationArticle
- Provider-Patient Interaction: Exploring Elderspeak in Simulated Preclinical Chiropractic Student Encounters.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
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Abstract
Elderspeak (i.e., infantilizing communication) is a common form of ageism that has been linked to resistiveness to care in nursing home residents with dementia. Nursing home staff use elderspeak by modifying speech with older residents based on negative stereotypes, which results in patronizing communication that provides a message of incompetence. The purpose of the current secondary analysis was to describe communication practices used by nursing home staff that reflect ageism. Transcripts of 80 video recordings of staff-resident communication collected during nursing home care activities were re-analyzed to identify specific elderspeak patterns, including diminutives, collective pronouns, tag questions, and reflectives. Elderspeak was used in 84% of transcripts, and specifically during bathing, dressing, oral care, and other activities. Collective pronoun substitution occurred most frequently-in 69% of recorded conversations. Subgroup analysis of the inappropriate terms of endearment found that "honey"/"hon" and "sweetheart"/"sweetie" were most commonly used. [Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 43(9), 16-20.].
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