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What is Illinois Aging Together? 🌟 We’re all aging. Older persons are becoming a larger population than at any time in history. To prepare and show that our state values older persons, Illinois needs a strategic action plan for aging. That’s why Health & Medicine launched Illinois Aging Together. Established in 2020, this statewide movement for aging equity strives to garner support from individuals and organizations across Illinois and different sectors who believe in aging equity. Learn more and join our campaign at https://lnkd.in/exYZCm-e. Sign on as an individual or an organization – or both - and show that you care about aging equity. Together, we can grow an aging equity movement of people from all walks of life from across Illinois. #IllinoisAgingTogether #AgingEquity #HMPRG
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What is Illinois Aging Together? 🌟 We’re all aging. Older persons are becoming a larger population than at any time in history. To prepare and show that our state values older persons, Illinois needs a strategic action plan for aging. That’s why Health & Medicine launched Illinois Aging Together. Established in 2020, this statewide movement for aging equity strives to garner support from individuals and organizations across Illinois and different sectors who believe in aging equity. Learn more and join our campaign at https://lnkd.in/exYZCm-e. Sign on as an individual or an organization – or both - and show that you care about aging equity. Together, we can grow an aging equity movement of people from all walks of life from across Illinois. #IllinoisAgingTogether #AgingEquity #HMPRG
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Explore the Leading & Learning with Pride toolkit! This toolkit features content and resources to aid in delivering respectful, inclusive and affirming care to 2SLGBTQI+ seniors. Take a look here: https://ow.ly/waRl50PNrr3 Bruyère Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA)
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In the latest AgeRight blog post, Dr. Jane Fleishman educates us on the important facts surrounding STIs in older adults. Read on to learn more!
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Explore the Leading & Learning with Pride toolkit! This toolkit features content and resources to aid in delivering respectful, inclusive and affirming care to 2SLGBTQI+ seniors. Take a look here: https://ow.ly/waRl50PNrr3 Bruyère Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA)
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Explore the Leading & Learning with Pride toolkit! This toolkit features content and resources to aid in delivering respectful, inclusive and affirming care to 2SLGBTQI+ seniors. Take a look here: https://ow.ly/waRl50PNrr3 Bruyère Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA)
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Ageism Awareness Day & the importance of education on aging! Ageism has a negative affect on the health of older adults. It is important to look at which interventions are most effective. This systematic review & meta-analysis found that both education on aging and intergenerational contact improved attitudes regarding aging: David Burnes, Christine Sheppard, Charles R. Henderson Jr, Monica Wassel, Richenda Cope, Chantal Barber, and Karl Pillemer, 2019: Interventions to Reduce Ageism Against Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis American Journal of Public Health 109.
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Good morning dear Jeannette, I saw your post this morning and went right to AI/ChatGPT to explore its perspective on ageist terms that label “longtimers”. I repeatedly prompted AI and I didn’t get too far. Then I asked the platform for a potential new terminology that might better describe those who have “lived long - and still prosper”. Here’s its response. I will say it took me multiple attempts, prompts and turnarounds to get AI to work with me on this, thus showing that even AI is ageist. Yikes! But we can turn that around. Finally I asked the program to create a new word for mature humans and it suggests: ChatGPT “Combining the Latin root "altus," meaning "high" or "grown," with other elements, we could create a new word such as "Altumens." This could be used as a title for individuals who have lived many years and possess wisdom, experience, and other positive qualities associated with age. "Altumens" suggests a sense of elevation or advancement achieved through a lifetime of experiences and learning.” I think it’s a good start and I like it. I will continue to prompt it a bit during the day. See if I can find anything else. Thoughts suggestions?
I agree, New Scientist. And for a start, please consider not using the term "the elderly," since it lumps all older adults into one homogenous, amorphous group and implies frailty and neediness. We're all very different from one another, and as you know, most of us are quite proactive in life. Also, check out lots of great pro-aging resources at the Old School Anti-Ageism Clearinghouse.
Why it's vital we fight prejudices about the elderly once and for all
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The Aging Revolution: Growing old in America becoming more dignified, but with senior population booming, is nation’s health system prepared? “In his 1975 book, Why Survive: Being Old in America, Butler – who died in 2010 – argued that old age for many people had become “a period of quiet despair. . . and muted rage” and he launched a social movement to mitigate it. Thanks to the advocacy of Butler and others featured in the book, chronic conditions that accompany older age are now far more manageable, allowing individuals to enjoy longer, healthier lives so they can continue their work and professional development, education, leisure, travel and physical activity, while spending quality time with their families and loved ones” Check out the new book, The Aging Revolution: The History of Geriatric Health Care and What Really Matters to Older Adults, written by Michael J. Dowling, Charles Kenney, and Maria Torroella Carney, MD, MACP https://lnkd.in/ghUurdbh
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Bharatanatyam for creative aging as a way to promote connection: Older adults in the US and worldwide are facing enormous levels of isolation and loneliness. Research on the tangible impacts of loneliness on the brain are underway, but it is clear that loneliness in older adults may be linked to higher rates of heart disease, high blood pressure, weakened immunity, depression etc. While dance in general is beneficial for older adults, I propose that Bharatanatayam provides numerous additional benefits. The study of Bharatanatayam entails: 1. Connection with oneself in body, mind, and spirit; 2. Connect to tradition and history; and 3. A systematic structure of relating to others, to the nature and environment, and to current events. The intentional pedagogical approach of Bharatanatyam enables ways of connecting not just with our histories and our bodies, but with poets and writers of the past, as well as ancestral knowledge! What are some other ways Bharatanatyam could help connection and social cohesion? [Image: At Abby's Lawn in summer 2023 for a project with flutist Zara Lawler: The Flute on its Feet, funded by Partnerships for City Parks Foundation].
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2wThank you for your follow up. I was also interested in talking with someone about aligning with the company I work with now to work together to improve the lives of the elderly. Is there a contact person you can share to follow up with?