by Dr Denise Taylor | Aug 1, 2022 | Ageism, Health & Wellbeing, Retirement
Research from the Sloan Centre on Aging & Work at Boston College has found that when older adults are actively engaged in work, care-giving, education and volunteering, that all these activities support our well-being. They also provides us with a sense of meaning...
by Dr Denise Taylor | Feb 7, 2021 | Ageism
As we drive around, we see signs to look out. One of them is a triangle with 2 elderly people with sticks, hunched over. It is to signify: Frail or disabled pedestrians likely to crossroad ahead. But really, is this what older age is like. I sometimes think it would...
by Dr Denise Taylor | Jun 2, 2019 | Ageism, Health & Wellbeing
A Doctor Speaks Out About Ageism in Medicine Judith Graham Society gives short shrift to older age. This distinct phase of life doesn’t get the same attention that’s devoted to childhood. And the special characteristics of people in their 60s, 70s, 80s and beyond are...
by Dr Denise Taylor | Dec 12, 2017 | Ageism, Health & Wellbeing, Turning 60
You look good for your age? I’m regularly told I look young for my age. People are amazed when I tell them I’m 60 and I could probably pass for 50. But is it a complement to be told you look good for your age and what is the right way to look for your age? Are they...
by Dr Denise Taylor | Apr 2, 2017 | Ageism
I’ve just come across this project – Remarkable Lives: Untold Stories & Voices of Later Life. It’s aim is celebrating the remarkable lives of older people with photographs and stories, capturing hidden memories, discovering unheard voices. From...
by Dr Denise Taylor | Mar 29, 2017 | Ageism
It’s not just in the developed world that people suffer from ageism. This short video has interviews with older people from around the world and makes some powerful messages. Whilst my website is focused on those of us still in our prime we too will age and may...
