One of the things that surprised me the most from these readings was how automatic it has become to turn to medication as the “answer” for older adults. Cruikshank (2013) points out that so many drugs are given not because they are the best treatment but because aging...

    Something that was surprising to me was that a good percentage of people are prescribed certain medications especially for older adults. This is easy to assume since many older adults take multiple daily medications for illnesses but yet It's still surprising to...

After reading Cruikshank’s article, it became clear to me that older adults are automatically pushed or pressured into medication. I would think that doctor’s would push for other options, especially when considering something such as age. However, this doesn’t seem...

One fact that mostly surprised me from Cruikshank's Chapter 4 in "Overmedicating Old Americans" is the statistic indicating that older adults in the United States are often prescribed multiple medications, sometimes referred to as "polypharmacy." The idea that many...

1. Surprises About Medication and Older Adults: One surprising aspect regarding the medicalization of aging is the extent to which pharmaceuticals are prescribed as the primary solution for various age-related issues. Many older adults face polypharmacy, where they...

Each of the chapters in Aronson and Cruikshank's texts was incredibly enlightening. However, I found the statistics in Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging to be the most informative about the systemic issues regarding older adults and overmedication. It is...

The most surprising fact from, "Learning to Be Old", was how certain medication interactions can cause false diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. This was the most shocking to me because I can only imagine the number of scared older adults coming to a hospital or doctor...

While reading the texts by Aronson (2019) and Cruikshank (2013), I was struck by several points. One aspect that particularly surprised me was Cruikshank’s discussion about the number of prescriptions given to older adults, even when the side effects can be harmful to...

. What fact about medication and older adults surprised you the most – from either text? Pleaseelaborate as to why you were surprised. When I think about either texts and what surprised me the most is the factor of how normalized and automatic it is for older adults...

A few years ago, I watched a video of this gentleman stopping older adults on the street and asking them questions. One of those videos, a gentleman was 82 and said he was on no medications, and that shocked me, 82 and no medications?! How was that possible? Reading...