Ageism has numerous negative effects on the lives of older people, including their health and well-being. In this reflective account a nursing student explores these effects in the context of an incident where she was inadvertently ageist. She considers what she has learned from this incident and the implications for nursing practice.
Nursing Older People. doi: 10.7748/nop.2018.e1056
CitationBanister C (2018) The effect of ageism on older people and implications for nursing practice. Nursing Older People. doi: 10.7748/nop.2018.e1056
Peer reviewThis article has been subject to external double-blind review and has been checked for plagiarism using automated software
Correspondence Conflict of interestNone declared
Published online: 11 July 2018
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