More Than a Diagnosis: Social Roles and the Medical Model of Aging Stephanie Reyes Blog Post 3 | Aging Practice, Policy & Research When I think about older adults, I think about people who have lived entire lives, raised families, worked, experienced loss, and...

What surprised me most about Cruikshank’s discussion of overmedicalization is how common the practice seems to be in healthcare. What is most peculiar to me is that we have almost normalized older adults taking a large number of medications. Why is it considered okay...

Blog 3 Post What surprised me most about Cruikshank’s discussion of the over medicalization of aging is how easily normal changes that come with getting older can be treated as medical problems. As someone who is almost 60, this stood out to me because I can relate to...

While I was reading Cruikshank's discussion of the medicalization of aging people, I was both surprised and horrified to find out that older adults make up  "over sixty-five make up 13 percent of the U.S. population but use 34 percent of the prescription drugs (some...

What surprised me most about Cruikshank’s discussion of the overmedicalization of aging was realizing just how easily normal aging can become something that needs to be fixed. Cruikshank's discussion made me think about how often we focus on what older adults are...

What surprised me most about Cruikshank's discussion was how easy it was for aging adults to get treated for such medical problems that are normal. I understand that older adults may have more health problems as they age, however society tends to stereotype and put a...