Confronting Ageism
This issue of Humanitas looks at nursing’s role in the positive experience of living long. Our feature article confronts ageism, examining how the profession must act against pejorative assumptions and assert the unique humanity of the older patient, for the good of us all. This strong theme is carried through the work of our clinical faculty and the programs of research being driven by both faculty and associates. Our main photo story invites you to celebrate, via the activities of three life-long friends of nursing, the enormous value of later life, for the individual and for the world.
Living It: Photostory
Three friends of nursing give us a view into their continuing lives of service. Justice Eileen Moore, Carol Pierson, and Mary Roosevelt spoke with Humanitas editor Leonie Gombrich.
Reversing Ageism
Nursing has a primary role to play in tackling older patients’ most insidious challenge: ageism in healthcare.
Visible in an Emergency
As climate-related incidents increase in rate and severity, the nursing profession insists we prepare to care better for older adults in emergencies.
