Abstract
AbstractPrevious research examining attitudes toward the elderly among healthcare providers has established that negative stereotypes and negative views of older adults are common. However, few studies have assessed attitudes in an essential member of the geriatric health care team, the family caregiver. We present an overview of past research examining attitudes toward aging in health care, and discuss original findings from a sample of caregivers of White and African-American older women living in the community. Using the AGED Inventory (Knox et al., 1995), we examined predictors of negative or positive evaluations of the “typical” older woman. Associations with both caregiver and care recipient characteristics were observed. More negative ratings were related to increased caregiver burden and more care recipient depression, though care recipient medical burden was not related to caregiver attitudes. African-American caregivers rated older women more positively on some dimensions. Implications for addressing ageism in the healthcare team and for caregiver education are discussed.
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