Assumptions that older people are one big, frail, homogenous group can lead to problems, says the author of Elderhood.
Dr. Louise Aronson, a geriatrician and author, speaks with a patient at UCSF's Osher Center for Integrative Health in San Francisco.Dr. Louise Aronson, a geriatrician and author, speaks with a patient at UCSF's Osher Center for Integrative Health in San Francisco.found that older people spend an average of 21 days a year on medical appointments. Kathleen Hayes can believe it.
"Their gaze is on me so long that it starts to feel like we're talking around my parents," says Hayes, who lives a few hours north of her parents."I've had to emphasize, 'I don't want to speak for my mother. Please ask my mother that question.'" Aronson says assumptions that older people are one big, frail, homogenous group can cause more serious issues. Such as when a patient doesn't receive the care they need because the doctor is seeing a number, rather than an individual.
"There are things...that happen again and again and again because we don't teach how to care about older people as fully human, and when they get old enough to appreciate it, they're already retired," says Aronson."It actually can accelerate cognitive decline, increase anxiety, it increases depression.
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