Week 5: Rethinking Medication, Aging and the Power of Listening

Week 5: Rethinking Medication, Aging and the Power of Listening

Reading Cruikshank opened my eyes to how much older adults rely on medications and how normalized overmedication has become. Many of her statistics weren’t shocking individually: elders make up less than 15% of the population but take more than 30% of prescriptions,...
Older Adulthood: Decline or Redesign?

Older Adulthood: Decline or Redesign?

My name is Kacey Wright, and this is my first semester here at GSU. I am a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) transitioning into the field of social work. Much of my background is in pediatrics and school-based therapy, but moving to Georgia forced a...