Forms of address, discourse and aging

Wood, Linda A.; Kroger, Rolf O.

doi:10.1016/0890-4065(93)90015-c

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“…When talking with older people, younger people also have been found to overaccommodate, to be patronizing, and to ignore signs of the older person's independence (see Baltes & Wahl, 1996;Hummert, Shaner, & Garstka, 1995). In addition, younger people have been found to address older people in an overly-familiar manner (Wood & Kroger, 1993). Again, while much of this research presents a negative picture of younger people, there is research on how they convey messages of support and care to older people (see Krause, 1990).…”

Section: Prologue On Two Dimensionsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Prologue on two dimensions: The risk and management of intergenerational miscommunication

Edwards

Giles

1998

Journal of Applied Communication Research

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Section: Prologue On Two Dimensionsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Prologue on two dimensions: The risk and management of intergenerational miscommunication

Edwards

Giles

1998

Journal of Applied Communication Research

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“…Perhaps as a natural consequence, the stereotypical image of the elderly as ‘frail and vulnerable’ has caused carers to ‘infantalise and patronize’ the older person, and prevent them from making their own life choices 19,20 . Furthermore, any comparison of an older patient (aged‐care resident) with a care provider's own child ‘disenfranchises the (resident) from their original status and identity’ (parenthesis added) 21 . Similarly, protecting the older person from risk might deny them their dignity and capacity for self‐determination (autonomy) 22,23 …”

Section: Paternalism In Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

On paternalism, autonomy and best interests: Telling the (competent) aged‐care resident what they want to know

Tuckett

2006

Int J of Nursing Practice

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This paper has been derived from a review of literature from a recent qualitative study that explored the meaning of truth-telling within the care provider-aged resident dyad in high-level (nursing home) care of elderly people. In the literature reviewed here, paternalism (as benevolent decision-making in another's best interests) is critically analysed. Autonomy is then described and its function in promoting health is underscored. Furthermore, this paper specifically challenges nurses to consider their capacity to really know another's best interests--particularly in the nursing home. Finally, a very simple recommendation is proposed for determining and managing the (competent) aged-care resident's informational disclosure preferences: ask them.

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“…in a warm and empathic style’. In contrast, when staff perceive of the institution as a ‘status‐marked setting in which the concern is for professionalism and distance’, they may avoid personal relationships (Wood & Kroger 1993, p. 270). If the older person perceives of her/himself as a patient in a medical facility, it might be expected by her/him that staff define themselves as ‘nurses .…”

Section: Thinking Of ‘Home’mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…. whose primary goal is the technical, medical treatment of the patient’ with the care focus on formality, the impersonal and efficiency (Wood & Kroger 1993, p. 270). In contrast, staff may perceive of their task as the provision of the homelike environment.…”

Section: Thinking Of ‘Home’mentioning

confidence: 99%