Scholarly Sources & Bibliography Analysis

In order to prepare for this assignment, you should review the following tutorials in the Ashford Writing Center:
Annotated Bibliography
APA Checklist
Sample Annotated Bibliography
Also, review the following information from the Ashford University Library:

Popular & Scholarly Sources tutorial
Primary and Secondary Sources tutorial
Primary Vs. Secondary Sources infographic
Takes notes by listing examples and differences between these types of resources.
Reflect Icon Reflect: Compare your list of examples between primary and secondary resources. Good research is a combination of many types of sources. Prior to taking this course, did you understand the differences between these resources and the importance of finding one type of resource over another?

Write Icon Write: Provide your initial post that addresses these prompts:
Explain the differences between primary and secondary sources used in research.
Identify a type of resource for your Final Research Project topic that would be considered a primary source and one that might be a secondary source, and explain why they fit in those categories.
Explain the advantages of using primary source documents in your research on your Final Research Project topic.
Review two peer-reviewed, scholarly resources from the Ashford University Library that you will use for your Final Research Project, and explain why they were chosen.
Provide full reference information of the two scholarly articles chosen in APA format at the end of your response.
Download and attach the two articles that you found from the Ashford University Library to your answer using the “Attachments: Add/Remove” function located below your response.
Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly sources, and properly cite any references.
Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length.

This is the information for the Final project

To what extent does ageism affect the quality of health care for senior patients?

Identification of the topic and narrowing down to the specific question was done based on the guidelines provided and performing a Google search on debates about the issue. The guidelines provided required that one select a topic from a contemporary societal problem such as cloning, prayer in schools, ageism, euthanasia and stem cell research among others. The author decided that ageism was sufficiently interesting and performed a Google search on the issue and came across the topic of the effect of ageism on the quality of health care for senior patients.

Ageism refers to stereotyping coupled with a negative attitude towards senior people based on their age (Kydd & Fleming, 2015). It has been witnessed in numerous areas such as in work places, in public recreational areas and even in health care. Old people have reported that they have been treated poorly in hospital by health care workers largely based on the assumption that they are ill because they are old (Stewart, Chipperfield, Perry, & Weiner, 2012; Eymard & Douglas, 2012).

Scholarly sources are vital to supporting claims and suppositions because they are deemed reliable especially peer-reviewed journal articles and published books. The topic on the impact of ageism in health care for senior patients is best described using supporting literature. In their study on ageism and its relationship to negative outcomes Stewart, Chipperfield, Perry and Weiner (2012) found a positive correlation between attributing old age to poor health and likelihood of mortality at 2-year follow-up. Kydd and Flemming (2015) demonstrated negative attitudes by older people using health care services due to different reasons among them perceived ageism among healthcare providers.

REFERENCES
Eymard, A. S., & Douglas, D. H. (2012). Ageism among Health Care Providers and Interventions to Improve Their Attitudes Toward Older Adults: An Integrative Review. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 38(5), 26-35.

Kydd, A., & Fleming, A. (2015). Ageism and age discrimination in health care: Fact or fiction? A narrative review of the literature. The European Menopausal Journal, 81(4), 432-438.

Stewart, T. L., Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., & Weiner, B. (2012). Attributing illness to ‘old age:’ Consequences of a self-directed stereotype for health and mortality. Psychology & Health, 27(8), 881-897.