Ageism

Ageism

1. The example or statement of ageism that impacted me the most was the discussion of how older women are stereotyped more harshly than men. In all our time discussing older adults, we have never talked about the differences between genders and the specific impacts...
The Medicalization of Aging

The Medicalization of Aging

The most surprising thing to me about drugs and older adults was that Dimitri’s side effects caused such extreme side effects. I think I have always considered side effects and the impact that they could potentially have, but actually reading about how harmful...
Blog post 1

Blog post 1

One thing I would like to share about myself is that I recently became interested in older adults and aging. My grandfather is a veteran and has told me his experience with veteran affairs, which intrigued me about aging. My experience with older adults is very mixed....