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Protected or neglected
— an examination of negative versus compassionate ageism in public conservatorship | | Author(s) | Sandra L Reynolds |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 19, no 1, March 1997 |
| Pages | pp 3-25 |
| Keywords | Court of protection ; Ageism ; Social surveys ; Literature reviews ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study examines the assumptions held in gerontological literature that older adults suffer negative ageism under conservatorship (guardianship), in comparison with younger adults. In this study, ageism is defined in four ways, with demographic and health factors controlled. Older adults would be more likely: to be served under powers to be in locked premises; to be served under powers authorising treatment with psychotropic drugs; to be placed in locked facilities; and to receive psychotropic medications. This study's findings do not reveal any evidence of negative ageism. However, findings support evidence of compassionate ageism, as older adults are less likely than are younger adults to be served under powers to place in locked facilities, less likely to be served under powers to treat with psychotropic drugs, less likely to be placed in locked facilities, and less likely to receive treatment with psychotropic drugs. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971113206 A |
| Classmark | JVC: B:TOB: 3F: 64A: 7T |
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