{"id":4481,"date":"2025-10-30T13:20:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/?p=4481"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:48:53","slug":"rethinking-aging-to-stay-active-and-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/cz\/2025\/10\/rethinking-aging-to-stay-active-and-healthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov\u00fd pohled na st\u00e1rnut\u00ed: jak z\u016fstat aktivn\u00ed a zdrav\u00ed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A\u00efna Chalabaev, Univerzita Grenoble Alpes, Francie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jak bylo zm\u00edn\u011bno v p\u0159edchoz\u00edm <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/2019\/10\/physical-activity-in-older-age-how-much-is-enough\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">p\u0159\u00edsp\u011bvku<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, zdravotn\u00ed p\u0159\u00ednosy pravideln\u00e9 pohybov\u00e9 aktivity jsou u lid\u00ed ve v\u011bku 65 let a v\u00edce dob\u0159e dolo\u017een\u00e9. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789241599979\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sv\u011btov\u00e1 zdravotnick\u00e1 organizace<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stanovila jasn\u00e1 doporu\u010den\u00ed ohledn\u011b mno\u017estv\u00ed a typu pohybu, kter\u00fd je spojen se zdravotn\u00edmi benefity. P\u0159esto pr\u00e1v\u011b <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0140673612606461?via%3Dihub\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">star\u0161\u00ed lid\u00e9<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> z\u016fst\u00e1vaj\u00ed celosv\u011btov\u011b jednou z nejm\u00e9n\u011b aktivn\u00edch skupin populace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Limity univerz\u00e1ln\u00edch intervenc\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nesta\u010d\u00ed jen opakovat, \u017ee pohyb prosp\u00edv\u00e1 zdrav\u00ed. Probl\u00e9mem je sp\u00ed\u0161 to, jak prom\u011bnit dobr\u00e9 \u00famysly ve skute\u010dn\u00e9 chov\u00e1n\u00ed. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/abm\/article-abstract\/46\/1\/81\/4563254?redirectedFrom=fulltext&amp;login=false\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psychologie zdrav\u00ed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> nab\u00edz\u00ed \u0159adu osv\u011bd\u010den\u00fdch metod, kter\u00e9 maj\u00ed podpo\u0159it zdrav\u011bj\u0161\u00ed \u017eivotn\u00ed styl. Jen\u017ee to, co<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24648017\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> funguje<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> u mlad\u0161\u00edch lid\u00ed, nemus\u00ed b\u00fdt pro star\u0161\u00ed v\u016fbec vhodn\u00e9 \u2013 n\u011bkdy m\u016f\u017ee dokonce u\u0161kodit. Proto je d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e9 hledat<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37076243\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> p\u0159\u00edstupy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, kter\u00e9 budou u\u0161it\u00e9 na m\u00edru pr\u00e1v\u011b jim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ageismus: skryt\u00e1 p\u0159ek\u00e1\u017eka pohybu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jednou z p\u0159ek\u00e1\u017eek, kter\u00e1 se t\u00fdk\u00e1 p\u0159\u00edmo star\u0161\u00edch lid\u00ed, je ageismus. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/doiLanding?doi=10.1027%2F1901-2276.61.3.4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pat\u0159\u00ed sem<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stereotypy (tedy p\u0159esv\u011bd\u010den\u00ed), p\u0159edsudky (emoce) i diskriminace (chov\u00e1n\u00ed). A\u010dkoli mohou b\u00fdt stereotypy i pozitivn\u00ed, v\u011bt\u0161inou p\u0159eva\u017euj\u00ed ty negativn\u00ed, a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0117086\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tento trend se<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> b\u011bhem 20. stolet\u00ed je\u0161t\u011b zes\u00edlil. Negativn\u00ed stereotypy pak p\u0159isp\u00edvaj\u00ed k diskriminaci. P\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/core.ac.uk\/download\/pdf\/10635079.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">35 %<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lid\u00ed nad 65 let uv\u00e1d\u00ed, \u017ee se s diskriminac\u00ed setk\u00e1vaj\u00ed v b\u011b\u017en\u00e9m \u017eivot\u011b, a zhruba ka\u017ed\u00fd sedmn\u00e1ct\u00fd \u010dlov\u011bk nad 50 let dokonce v r\u00e1mci <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11606-015-3233-6?utm_source=getftr&amp;utm_medium=getftr&amp;utm_campaign=getftr_pilot&amp;getft_integrator=wiley\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zdravotn\u00ed p\u00e9\u010de.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zdravotni\u010dt\u00ed profesion\u00e1lov\u00e9 se nav\u00edc \u010dasto u\u010d\u00ed ch\u00e1pat st\u00e1rnut\u00ed hlavn\u011b prizmatem nemoc\u00ed a \u00fapadku. V kombinaci s ka\u017edodenn\u00edm setk\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00edm s k\u0159ehk\u00fdmi seniory to m\u016f\u017ee jejich <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/opn.12457\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ageistick\u00e9 postoje<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> je\u0161t\u011b posilovat. Studie ukazuj\u00ed, \u017ee pomoci m\u016f\u017ee nap\u0159\u00edklad p\u0159edkl\u00e1d\u00e1n\u00ed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/0098628312465867\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dat, kter\u00e1 nabour\u00e1vaj\u00ed stereotypy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, t\u0159eba o tom, kolik senior\u016f st\u00e1le pracuje, dobrovolni\u010d\u00ed nebo se u\u010d\u00ed nov\u00e9 dovednosti. Dal\u0161\u00edm \u00fa\u010dinn\u00fdm p\u0159\u00edstupem pro zm\u011bnu <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hs28FgRxqt0&amp;t=1s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vn\u00edm\u00e1n\u00ed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> je <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/gerontologist\/article\/61\/7\/1164\/5939854\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mezigenenera\u010dn\u00ed kontakt,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tedy smyslupln\u00e1 setk\u00e1n\u00ed a spolupr\u00e1ce lid\u00ed r\u016fzn\u00fdch v\u011bkov\u00fdch skupin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ageismus ale p\u016fsob\u00ed i jinak: star\u0161\u00ed lid\u00e9 si mohou tyto stereotypy sami osvojit a vnit\u0159n\u011b je p\u0159ijmout. T\u00fdm <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/20802838\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beccy Levy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> navrhl model, podle n\u011bj\u017e pr\u00e1v\u011b takto nau\u010den\u00e9 stereotypy ovliv\u0148uj\u00ed to, jak sami sebe v pozd\u011bj\u0161\u00edm v\u011bku vn\u00edm\u00e1me, a t\u00edm i na\u0161e zdrav\u00ed a d\u00e9lku \u017eivota. Nap\u0159\u00edklad mlad\u00ed lid\u00e9, kte\u0159\u00ed maj\u00ed negativn\u00ed postoje ke st\u00e1\u0159\u00ed, maj\u00ed o 30 let pozd\u011bji vy\u0161\u0161\u00ed pravd\u011bpodobnost, \u017ee prod\u011blaj\u00ed kardiovaskul\u00e1rn\u00ed onemocn\u011bn\u00ed. Pohled na vlastn\u00ed st\u00e1rnut\u00ed tak hraje <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0273229716300880\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">z\u00e1sadn\u00ed roli<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ti, kdo ho vn\u00edmaj\u00ed pozitivn\u011b, maj\u00ed v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed tendenci z\u016fstat aktivn\u00ed a udr\u017eovat si zdrav\u00e9 n\u00e1vyky.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jak bojovat s ageismem a jeho dopady<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hal.science\/hal-03273963v1\/file\/Knight%20et%20al_BJHP_accepted.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0158ada studi\u00ed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> zkoumala zp\u016fsoby, jak podpo\u0159it pozitivn\u00ed vn\u00edm\u00e1n\u00ed vlastn\u00edho st\u00e1rnut\u00ed \u2013 zejm\u00e9na ve vztahu k pohybov\u00fdm aktivit\u00e1m. Nap\u0159\u00edklad <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/08870446.2018.1556273\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyer a kol. (2019)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provedli randomizovanou studii s 84 k\u0159ehk\u00fdmi, neaktivn\u00edmi seniory (pr\u016fm\u011brn\u00fd v\u011bk kolem 77 let). Jedna skupina absolvovala standardn\u00ed program pohybov\u00fdch aktivit p\u0159izp\u016fsoben\u00fdch jejich mo\u017enostem (APA). Druh\u00e1 skupina dostala stejn\u00fd program, ale nav\u00edc je\u0161t\u011b \u201emodul sebereflexe\u201c. Tento modul zahrnoval \u010dty\u0159i sezen\u00ed b\u011bhem 12 t\u00fddn\u016f, zam\u011b\u0159en\u00e1 na zpochybn\u011bn\u00ed stereotyp\u016f, u\u010den\u00ed se o st\u00e1rnut\u00ed a zm\u011bnu negativn\u00edch sebepojet\u00ed. V\u00fdsledek? \u00da\u010dastn\u00edci t\u00e9to skupiny uv\u00e1d\u011bli pozitivn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed vn\u00edm\u00e1n\u00ed vlastn\u00edho st\u00e1rnut\u00ed a tak\u00e9 zlep\u0161en\u00ed du\u0161evn\u00edho zdrav\u00ed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/fulltext\/2015-02669-001.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experiment\u00e1ln\u00ed studie<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ukazuj\u00ed, \u017ee stereotypy mohou m\u00edt je\u0161t\u011b jemn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed, ale velmi siln\u00e9 dopady. Kdy\u017e jsou star\u0161\u00ed lid\u00e9 b\u011bhem klinick\u00fdch test\u016f vystaveni negativn\u00edm stereotyp\u016fm, jejich v\u00fdkon se zhor\u0161uje, a\u0165 u\u017e jde o pam\u011b\u0165, nebo t\u0159eba o s\u00edlu stisku ruky. Jedna studie dokonce zjistila, \u017ee pouh\u00e9 \u201eaktivov\u00e1n\u00ed identity seniora\u201c vedlo ke sn\u00ed\u017een\u00ed s\u00edly stisku t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 o <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/2\/3\/e001064.short\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">50 %.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Takov\u00e1 aktivace m\u016f\u017ee prob\u00edhat nen\u00e1padn\u011b, nap\u0159\u00edklad p\u0159i interakci s mlad\u0161\u00edm zdravotn\u00edkem, vypl\u0148ov\u00e1n\u00edm v\u011bku t\u011bsn\u011b p\u0159ed testem, nebo kdy\u017e jim n\u011bkdo \u0159ekne, \u017ee budou prov\u011b\u0159ov\u00e1ny schopnosti citliv\u00e9 na v\u011bk. V\u00fdzvou pro zdravotnick\u00e9 profesion\u00e1ly je proto vytvo\u0159it prost\u0159ed\u00ed bez ageistick\u00fdch n\u00e1znak\u016f. Praktick\u00fdm krokem m\u016f\u017ee b\u00fdt t\u0159eba to, aby se v\u011bk nezji\u0161\u0165oval bezprost\u0159edn\u011b p\u0159ed samotn\u00fdm testem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boj s ageismem vy\u017eaduje kombinovan\u00e9 \u00fasil\u00ed: zvy\u0161ovat pov\u011bdom\u00ed a m\u011bnit pohled cel\u00e9 spole\u010dnosti, a z\u00e1rove\u0148 posilovat samotn\u00e9 seniory, aby mohli p\u0159etv\u00e1\u0159et sv\u00e9 vlastn\u00ed vn\u00edm\u00e1n\u00ed st\u00e1rnut\u00ed. K dosa\u017een\u00ed tohoto c\u00edle jsou nezbytn\u00e9 intervence postaven\u00e9 na pevn\u00fdch v\u011bdeck\u00fdch z\u00e1kladech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Praktick\u00e1 doporu\u010den\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aktivn\u011b p\u0159em\u00fd\u0161lejte o sv\u00fdch vlastn\u00edch p\u0159edpokladech o star\u0161\u00edch lidech a sledujte aktu\u00e1ln\u00ed v\u011bdeck\u00e9 poznatky, abyste si udr\u017eeli co nejobjektivn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed pohled.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zva\u017ete, jak m\u016f\u017eete do konzultac\u00ed za\u010dlenit pozitivn\u00ed poselstv\u00ed o st\u00e1rnut\u00ed, nap\u0159. zd\u016fraz\u0148ujte, \u017ee i star\u0161\u00ed lid\u00e9 mohou nab\u00edrat s\u00edlu a u\u010dit se nov\u00fdm dovednostem.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P\u0159ipom\u00ednejte, \u017ee pozitivn\u00ed postoj ke st\u00e1\u0159\u00ed podporuje dlouhodobou aktivitu i zdrav\u00ed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vyh\u00fdbejte se negativn\u00edm nar\u00e1\u017ek\u00e1m na v\u011bk, jako je ozna\u010dov\u00e1n\u00ed testu za \u201ecitliv\u00fd na v\u011bk\u201c nebo srovn\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00ed star\u0161\u00edch lid\u00ed s mlad\u0161\u00edmi.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Povzbuzujte star\u0161\u00ed pacienty k \u00fa\u010dasti na mezigenenera\u010dn\u00edch programech, kde mlad\u0161\u00ed i star\u0161\u00ed spolupracuj\u00ed na stejn\u00fdch \u00fakolech.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Translated by: Krist\u00fdna Cern\u00edkov\u00e1<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By A\u00efna Chalabaev, Grenoble Alpes University, France As outlined in a previous post, the health benefits of regular physical activity are well established for people aged 65 and over. Clear guidelines have been set by the World Health Organization on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"<strong>By A\u00efna Chalabaev, Grenoble Alpes University, France<\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As outlined in a previous <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/2019\/10\/physical-activity-in-older-age-how-much-is-enough\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the health benefits of regular physical activity are well established for people aged 65 and over. Clear guidelines have been set by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789241599979\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Health Organization<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the amount and type of activity associated with health gains. However, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0140673612606461?via%3Dihub\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">older people<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> remain among the most inactive segment of the population worldwide.<\/span>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<strong>The limits of one-size-fits-all interventions<\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This highlights that raising awareness about physical activity benefits is not sufficient; bridging the intention\u2013behavior gap is necessary. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/abm\/article-abstract\/46\/1\/81\/4563254?redirectedFrom=fulltext&amp;login=false\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health psychology researchers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have developed a range of theory-based techniques to promote healthy behaviors. However, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24648017\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">some techniques<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> effective in younger adults may be ineffective, or even harmful, for older adults, stressing the need for tailored <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37076243\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">approaches<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<strong>Ageism: A hidden barrier to physical activity<\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ageism is a barrier specific to older adults. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/doiLanding?doi=10.1027%2F1901-2276.61.3.4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stereotypes (beliefs), prejudice (affects) and\/or discrimination (behaviors). Although stereotypes can be positive, they tend to be predominantly negative, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0117086\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a trend that has intensified<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the 20<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> century. Such stereotypes contribute to discrimination. About <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/core.ac.uk\/download\/pdf\/10635079.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">35%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of adults aged 65+ report facing discrimination in daily-life, and one in 17 adults aged 50+ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11606-015-3233-6?utm_source=getftr&amp;utm_medium=getftr&amp;utm_campaign=getftr_pilot&amp;getft_integrator=wiley\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in healthcare<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Healthcare professionals are often educated about aging through a lens of disease and decline. This, coupled with daily exposure to frail older adults, can reinforce<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/opn.12457\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ageist attitudes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To counteract this, interventional studies <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/0098628312465867\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">present counter-stereotypical data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (for example about the proportion of seniors who volunteer, work or develop new skills). They also foster <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/gerontologist\/article\/61\/7\/1164\/5939854\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">intergenerational contact<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to change <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hs28FgRxqt0&amp;t=1s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">perceptions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, i.e., meaningful interactions between people of different generations<\/span><b>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">especially between younger and older age groups.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to being discriminated, older adults may internalize age stereotypes. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/20802838\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Becca Levy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s team proposed a model in which stereotypes learned earlier in life shape older adults\u2019 self-perceptions, health and longevity. For example, young adults with negative age stereotypes are more likely to experience a cardiovascular event 30 years later. This <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0273229716300880\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">key role<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of views on aging may notably be explained by their influence on health behaviors, those with a positive attitude toward their own aging are more likely to stay active and adopt healthy habits.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<strong>Interventions to tackle ageism and its impacts<\/strong>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/hal.science\/hal-03273963v1\/file\/Knight%20et%20al_BJHP_accepted.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several studies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have tested ways to promote positive self-perceptions of aging, especially in relation to physical activity. For example, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/08870446.2018.1556273\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyer et al. (2019)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conducted a randomized trial with 84 frail, inactive older adults (mean age ~77). One group received standard adapted physical activity (APA); the other received APA plus a self-perception module. This module included four sessions over 12 weeks focused on challenging stereotypes, learning about aging, and modifying negative self-perceptions. The intervention group reported more positive aging perceptions and improved mental health.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An even subtler consequence of stereotypes has been identified in experimental studies. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/fulltext\/2015-02669-001.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They show<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that exposing older adults to negative stereotypes during clinical tests impairs performance on tasks involving memory or grip strength. One study found that activating an 'older adult' identity reduced grip strength by nearly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/2\/3\/e001064.short\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">50%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This activation can happen subtly\u2013through interactions with younger healthcare professionals, indicating their age on forms just before clinical testing, or being told they are being tested on age-sensitive abilities. The challenge for healthcare professionals is therefore to guarantee a clinical environment that is free of ageism cues, for example by avoiding asking older adults to indicate their age before they perform a clinical test.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, combating ageism requires combined efforts: raising awareness and transforming societal views, while empowering seniors to reshape their own perceptions of aging. To reach this objective, interventions based on rigorous scientific knowledge are key.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<strong>Practical recommendations\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actively reflect on your assumptions about older adults and keep up to date with scientific knowledge to form unbiased impressions.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think how you might integrate positive aging messages into consultations, highlighting that older adults can still gain strength and learn new skills.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mention how positive views on aging support long-term activity and health.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoid negative age cues like describing a test as \"age-sensitive\" or comparing them with younger adults.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encourage older patients to intergenerational programs where younger and older adults collaborate on the same tasks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-health","category-mental-health"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"cz","enabled_languages":["en","id","my","bg","zh","hr","cz","da","de","es","fr","gr","he","it","ja","kr","lv","lt","hu","nl","no","pl","pt","ro","ru","sk","fi","sv","tr","uk"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"id":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"my":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"bg":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"zh":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"hr":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"cz":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"da":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"fr":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"gr":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"he":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"it":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"ja":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"kr":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"lv":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"lt":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"hu":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"nl":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"no":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"pl":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"pt":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ro":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ru":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"sk":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"fi":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"sv":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"tr":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"uk":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4481"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4780,"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4481\/revisions\/4780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}