KIN352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Long-Term Care, Ingroups And Outgroups, Dementia
27 Jan 2017
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Dichotomy: from what we expect from older people compared to what we actually see. Vice versa (illegal to ask your age) Receiving lower quality of service in stores due to their age. Gym advertisements shows younger adults, but many older people also exercise and are physically active. What can be done to address it. Ageism has negative impact on older adults, and on our society, that certain things created for certain ages, and generational relationship and social policies. We think malaria is bad because of the characteristics we share with aging. Not just about life, but about healthy life. Right answer: who are we to impose our values on the future. Metabolism and pathology aging in a nutshell. Metabolism -> pathology (geriatrics and gerontology is what is directed at both, Conclusion: the first 1000-year old is probably only younger than the first.
