Tag: ageism

Artists Promote Anti-Ageism Birthday Card Campaign

Column by Janine Vanderburg, JD As older adults in Colorado, we are happy to be agile and healthy even during these trying times. We all want to spread the message and the attitude of positive aging and challenge “everyday ageism.” That’s the reason the anti-ageism group Changing the Narrative decided to produce age-positive birthday cards, …

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PBS12 Offers Online Ageism Series – On The Same pAGE

On The Same pAGE – Changing the Narrative, a Colorado-based campaign to increase understanding of ageism and to shift how Coloradans think about aging, and PBS12 are presenting an online series of six intergenerational conversations. Each panel will bring together leaders from across generations to discuss the current and future landscape on a wide range …

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Communicating & Working With Older Adults

At November’s Senior Education Network meeting, Patti Welfare, UC Health and Ally Eden, CSU and Healthy Kids Club presented. Ms. Welfare discussed several biases towards senior adults and gave multiple statistics, examples, and helpful tips. The average life expectancy of men is currently 76 years, while women are expected to live to 81 years. Americans …

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