DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
ADULTHOOD PHYSICAL COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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Lower Socioeconomic class
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Doctors prefer younger patients
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Stereotypes about the elderly can lead to a misdiagnosis
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Elderly patients are anxious about seeing a doctor
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Detailed explanation-1: -Elderly people usually assess their quality of life as good or better [3, 4, 6, 18, 27]. Factors affecting quality of life specifically include physical functioning and cognitive ability, depression and other comorbidities, loneliness and social functioning [1, 7, 8, 10, 18, 19, 22, 24, 27–31].
Detailed explanation-2: -This can lead older people to underperform on the cognitive tests they are given and can lead to greater distrust of physicians, greater dissatisfaction with healthcare services, poorer self-reported mental and physical health, and even higher rates of hypertension.
Detailed explanation-3: -Common negative stereotypes about older people include their suffering from poor health and loneliness, physical and cognitive incompetency, unproductivity and unattractiveness [2, 3, 9, 44].
Detailed explanation-4: -We can limit negative stereotypes in the media by recognizing age-related assumptions when we see them. From there, we can resist their influence, educate ourselves and shine the light on positive facts through social media, events on ageism and contact with the media.