Structural marginalization of older adults within health care settings: a concept analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Ageing populations present new challenges for society, governments and for health systems. To accommodate the global demographic shift towards older populations, healthcare systems preparedness is of paramount importance. To prepare and equip health systems to best support older adults' health and well-being over the long-term it is necessary to understand how current systems may unintentionally marginalize older adults. Therefore, the purpose of this review and analysis of the literature was to develop an operational definition of structural marginalization of older adults within healthcare settings.

Research design and methods

A concept analysis approach, which is a specialized type of literature review used to guide an in-depth examination of a w

SUBMITTER: Garnett A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12836866 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature