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July 2006, Vol 96, No. 7 | American Journal of Public Health 1163
© 2006 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.090506

IMAGES OF HEALTH

Contrary to Stereotypes, a Nursing Home Resident Radiates Dignity and Joy

Susan Ladwig, Elizabeth Fee, PhD and Theodore M. Brown, PhD

Susan Ladwig is with the Center for Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Elizabeth Fee is with the History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. Theodore M. Brown is with the Department of History and the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Susan Ladwig, Center for Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Box 601, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14642 (email: susan_ladwig@urmc.rochester.edu).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO FIND images of healthy aging. Throughout most of the 20th century, most images of elders have reflected and reinforced a stereotype of advanced age as a time of decline, dependency, and disengagement from life.1 These stereotypes are commonly reinforced by the medical model of care, which emphasizes the hazards, risks, and disabilities associated with aging. This medical model largely determines the organization of nursing homes and influences the health policies aimed at elders. Recently, however, recognition of the deficiencies of the medical model has led to the beginnings of a revolution in long-term care aimed . . . [Full Text]






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