ABSTRACT

Research has shown that ageism can act as a barrier to both quality of life and quality of care delivery within the continuum of residential care settings. Anti-ageism interventions have the hefty task of improving attitudes and behaviors toward aging and older adults. The purpose of this study was to examine whether a one-hour video-based intervention designed to address ageism could decrease self-reported ageist attitudes and behaviors among staff members of long-term service and support settings. This cross-sectional study used data collected from 265 staff members of aging services organizations. The study examined ageist attitudes and behaviors at pre-intervention, and at two follow-up points: immediately after the intervention and three-month post-intervention. Results demonstrated that internalized aging anxiety significantly decreased from pre-intervention to the immediate follow-up and stayed stable at the 2^nd follow-up. Results showed that ageist behaviors significantly decreased over the three-month study period and that participants were able to identify specific actions they had taken as a result of the video intervention. The study suggests that a low-cost, short video-based intervention on ageism can improve ageism-related attitudes and behaviors among staff in long-term services and supports settings.

摘要

研究表明，年龄歧视可能会成为住宅护理环境连续体中生活质量和护理质量的障碍。反年龄歧视干预的艰巨任务是改善对老年人和老年人的态度和行为。本研究的目的是检查旨在解决年龄歧视问题的一小时视频干预是否可以减少长期服务和支持机构工作人员自我报告的年龄歧视态度和行为。这项横断面研究使用了从老龄化服务组织的 265 名员工那里收集的数据。该研究检查了干预前和两个后续点的年龄歧视态度和行为：干预后立即和干预后三个月。^和跟进。结果表明，在三个月的研究期间，年龄歧视行为显着减少，并且参与者能够识别出由于视频干预而采取的具体行动。该研究表明，针对年龄歧视的低成本、基于短视频的干预可以改善长期服务和支持环境中工作人员与年龄歧视相关的态度和行为。