This paper reviews recent research in the area of nurses' attitudes towards old people.
Published work is categorized into that dealing with the effects on attitudes of (a) …

In the first of two articles, Hamish Thomson reviews the research of the past decade related
to learner nurses' attitudes towards elderly people. The concept of attitude is considered and …

Drawing on a sample of 76 nurses from two health authorities working in acute medical or
acute care of elderly patient wards, a quantitative approach was taken to compare their …

Considerable variations in the quality of care older adults receive may depend much on the
attitude of staff towards them. The attitudes of nurses, assistant personnel and porters …

Attitudes Examined for Those Working Directly with the Elderly and Compared to Those
Working with Another Age Group Problems of the aged are many and sufficiently unique to …

Background. A number of studies have explored nurses' attitudes toward older people.
However many of those have produced inconclusive results. Moreover dated attitudinal …

The study was designed to determine the attitudes of health care workers towards the
elderly in acute care settings and to investigate variations in types of interaction between …

There are problems recruiting nurses to the geriatric wards in Leicester. Using a Likert
attitude scale, attitudes of training and trained nurses to the care of the elderly were …

Introduction As we enter a new decade, we note with gratitude that a White House
Conference on Aging was held (November 30-December 3, 1981) in Washington DC This …

It is frequently suggested that younger adults are negative in their attitudes toward elderly
people There are also claims that such attitudes develop as a result of the socially …