The New Culture of Aging Discussion
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1- https://www.ted.com/talks/ashton_applewhite_let_s_end_ageism
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What are some of your thoughts in regard to this community (elderly)? How can support staff and healthcare personal work together to support this growing elderly population with their unique physical challenges?
What do you see as your role as a healthcare provider to create and foster a friendly and positive environment for this population? Do you have any professional or personal experience in dealing with the elderly and seniors?
After viewing these videos, and films and reading these articles–did you gain a better understanding of the healthcare needs of this very special population? What are some of your own ideas and specific steps that you would take to engage this population as a possible future and even current healthcare provider?
where would you want to push or challenge these film(s) or the article(s) and any of these film’s or article’s concepts? Do you think that these films or articles could have missed something or added something? How do we care for our elderly? Who is considered old?
What are some of the points in the film(s) and the articles do you personally feel is the most important and why? What are the traditions surrounding old age in your culture? In your opinion–how are the elderly treated in the US? What can we do to improve the lives of the elderly in the US and to make better use of their value?
In your opinion why haven’t societies adapted to meet the needs of an aging population? What are your thoughts about the treatment of the elderly in today’s community (US)? How is it possible that family members in the US are the most likely people to abuse these elders?
Is it your responsibility as a healthcare worker to report elder abuse and what are some of the signs associated with elder abuse?
More years were added to average life expectancy in the 20th Century than all years added across all prior millennia of human evolution combined. So what will we do with that time? Dr. Aston Applewhite explores the endless opportunities that currently face our aging world.
It’s not the passage of time that makes it so hard to get older. It’s ageism, a prejudice that pits us against our future selves — and each other. Ashton Applewhite urges us to dismantle the dread and mobilize against the last socially acceptable prejudice. “Aging is not a problem to be fixed or a disease to be cured,” she says. “It is a natural, powerful, lifelong process that unites us all.”