"Robert Neil Butler coined the term 'ageism' in 1969."
Prejudice, discrimination or negative attitudes towards individuals based on their age - typically against the elderly.
Definition of Ageism: Understanding what ageism is and the ways it affects older adults.
Stereotyping and Prejudice: Examining the most common stereotypes and prejudices associated with aging.
Myths and Misconceptions: Debunking myths and misconceptions about aging and older adults.
Age Discrimination: Understanding age discrimination and its impact on older adults in the workplace and society.
The Aging Process: Exploring the biological, psychological, and social changes that occur as we age.
Health and Wellness: Understanding the unique health and wellness needs and challenges faced by older adults.
Economic Security: Examining the financial challenges faced by older adults including retirement planning, social security, and Medicare.
Age-Friendly Communities: Understanding how communities can be made more age-friendly to support older adults.
Caregiving: Exploring the caregiving challenges and support needed for older adults and their families.
Social Isolation: Examining the impact of social isolation on older adults and ways to combat it.
End-of-Life Care: Understanding the options and challenges of end-of-life care, including hospice and palliative care.
Ageism and Intersectionality: Identifying how ageism intersects with other forms of discrimination like sexism, racism, and ableism.
Advocacy and Activism: Exploring ways to advocate for and support older adults and combat ageism.
Intergenerational Relationships: Examining the benefits of intergenerational relationships and ways to promote them.
Positive Aging: Understanding the idea of positive aging and how it can enhance the lives of older adults.
Stereotyping: The belief that all elderly people are the same and have certain characteristics, such as being senile or inactive.
Prejudice: A negative attitude or feeling towards older adults based on their age.
Discrimination: Behaviors or actions taken towards elderly individuals that are based on their age, such as denying employment or healthcare.
Exclusion: The act of excluding or isolating elderly individuals from social or community activities.
Infantilization: Treating elderly individuals as if they are children, resulting in a loss of their autonomy and independence.
Pathologization: The belief that certain behaviors or conditions are a natural result of ageing rather than an illness or disease.
Structural ageism: The social and economic policies that perpetuate unequal treatment towards older adults.
Agism in the workplace: Age-based discrimination in employment or promotion opportunities.
Ageist language: Use of derogatory terms or phrases to describe elderly individuals.
Internalized ageism: Believing or internalizing negative stereotypes and attitudes about ageing and elderly individuals.
"Butler defined 'ageism' as a combination of three connected elements: discriminatory practices against older people, institutional practices perpetuating stereotypes about elderly people, and discrimination based on old age and the aging process."
"The term 'ageism' has also been used to describe the oppression of younger people by older people."
"Councillor Richard Thomas pointed out that age discrimination works against both younger and older people."
"Ageism against the young can include denying them certain rights and privileges usually reserved for adults or ignoring their ideas and contributions because they are 'too young'."
"In a youth-oriented society, older people bear a large proportion of age bias and discrimination. Older people themselves can be deeply ageist, having internalized a lifetime of negative stereotypes about aging."
"Ageism is often attributed to fears of death and disability, with avoiding, segregating, and rejecting older people serving as coping mechanisms that allow people to avoid thinking about their own mortality."
"Stigma and discrimination around the loss of physical or mental capacity is actually ableism, not ageism, and aging is lifelong."
"Like other forms of bias, ageism is not based in biology but socially constructed."
"It has much later (February 2021) been used in regards to prejudice and discrimination against especially adolescents and children."
"The term 'ageism' describes discriminatory practices against older people."
"The term 'ageism' has been used to describe the oppression of younger people by older people, as argued by Youth Liberation of Ann Arbor, MI."
"Age discrimination works against younger as well as older people."
"Ageism against the young also includes penalties, burdens, or requirements imposed exclusively or to a greater degree on young people than on older people, such as age-based military conscription."
"Ageism against the young can also include ignoring their ideas and contributions because they are considered 'too young'."
"Butler defined 'ageism' as a combination of discriminatory practices, including institutional practices and policies perpetuating stereotypes about elderly people."
"Ageism is often attributed to fears of death and disability, with avoiding, segregating, and rejecting older people serving as coping mechanisms that allow people to avoid thinking about their own mortality."
"Like other forms of bias, ageism is not based in biology but socially constructed."
"Older people themselves can be deeply ageist, having internalized a lifetime of negative stereotypes about aging."
"The term 'ageism' originally described discrimination against seniors, old age, and the aging process."