Ageismin health care

Task description Explore the scholarly literature, published between 2011- 2017 inclusive, to critically analyse the impact of ageism in healthcare. Your critical analysis must include the impact of a registered nurse’s ageist behaviour on the older patient, the impact on the nursing care of the older patient and the impact on colleagues in the health care team. 1) Define ageism and contextualise it to the health care of an older person. 2) Discuss theories and principles that are relevant to ageism, nursing care and the health care environment. 3) Critically analyse the impact of a registered nurse’s ageist behaviour on • an older patient in their care