Book contents
- The Gift of Aging
- Reviews
- Additional material
- The Gift of Aging
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Map and Compass
- Part I Caring For Your Mind
- Part II Caring For Your Body
- Part III Caring For Yourself and Your Family
- 21 Who Needs an Estate Plan? Everyone
- 22 Financial Planning through the Decades
- 23 An Ethical Will: Leaving Your Legacy to Loved Ones
- 24 You’ve Become a Caregiver
- 25 So Many Living Arrangements
- 26 Do This One Simple Thing to Add 7.5 Years to Your Life!
- Part IV Caring For Your Soul
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Elizabeth’s Original Mediterranean Diet Recipes
- Index
26 - Do This One Simple Thing to Add 7.5 Years to Your Life!
from Part III - Caring For Yourself and Your Family
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2023
- The Gift of Aging
- Reviews
- Additional material
- The Gift of Aging
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Map and Compass
- Part I Caring For Your Mind
- Part II Caring For Your Body
- Part III Caring For Yourself and Your Family
- 21 Who Needs an Estate Plan? Everyone
- 22 Financial Planning through the Decades
- 23 An Ethical Will: Leaving Your Legacy to Loved Ones
- 24 You’ve Become a Caregiver
- 25 So Many Living Arrangements
- 26 Do This One Simple Thing to Add 7.5 Years to Your Life!
- Part IV Caring For Your Soul
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Elizabeth’s Original Mediterranean Diet Recipes
- Index
Summary
Ageism is the stereotyping, inequity, exclusion, and discrimination of people on the basis of their age. At the same time the older population is growing rapidly—over 2 billion people will be over 60 by 2050—ageism is rampant. An astounding 80% of older adults report ageism has impacted their lives. Even more serious, many heallth professionals may assess older people incorrectly—diagnosing problems such as cognitive impairment or psychological disorders as the result of their age rather than the real culprit: too many drugs, some unsafe being prescribed; undiagnosed medical problems. 2020 Global research report of 7 million people worldwide from 45 countries showed that ageism led to worse health outcomes in 95% of the studies. Studies also document that having positive feelings about aging can add 7.5 years to your life. This chapter gives 5 action items you can do to reduce Ageism in general and in your own thinking.
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- The Gift of AgingGrowing Older with Purpose, Planning and Positivity, pp. 181 - 184Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023