Julie Giner-Pérot & Joël Belmin
Julie Giner-Pérot is a registered nurse and a PhD student at the Laboratoire Educations et Pratiques de Santé, Université Paris 13, Bobigny, France.
Joël Belmin is geriatrician and Faculty professor at Sorbonne Université and head of a geriatric ward of the hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière-Charles Foix, in Paris, France.
Joël Belmin is geriatrician and Faculty professor at Sorbonne Université and head of a geriatric ward of the hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière-Charles Foix, in Paris, France.
The aging-simulation experience: an innovative educational training to enhance health professionals’ empathy towards older patients
Many health professionals are not sufficiently aware of age-related difficulties experienced by older patients and traditional training does not allow them to imagine the impact of sensory and functional limitations. A new study in BMC Geriatrics describes the effects of an innovative training enhancing health professionals’ perceptions of age-related limitations.
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Functional and sensory limitations, such as decreased hearing and vision, difficulties with mobility, disturbed balance, and loss of fine sensitivity are very common with advancing age. Indeed, after the age of 80, about 30% of individuals present three or more limitations. Unfortunately, many health professionals working with older patients are not sufficiently aware of the impact of these difficulties on daily living. As a result, they may adopt inappropriate attitudes towards older persons they care for, such as lack of patience or empathy.
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