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Tool Kit: The Golden Girl’s guide to winning the Silver Tsunami

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Explore the ageism and challenges that women of a certain age face in this business, and learn how to best serve clients who are 50-plus with trainer Rachael Hite. Continue reading →

Are Older Lives Less Worthy in a Pandemic?

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(This piece was originally published by the Association of Health Care Journalists and is being republished with permission.) You may have heard the comments from Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick last week, when he said that older adults should be willing to… Continue reading →

OPINION: Defeating the Pandemic Means Confronting Ageism and Ableism

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(We asked some of the Next Avenue Influencers in Aging to offer their thoughts and insights about the coronavirus pandemic. Here is one of them. — The Editors) Why is the coronavirus spreading across the U.S.? Not because a virulent molecule jumped fro… Continue reading →

I know who we R. Does the National Association of Realtors?

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Did you know that two-thirds of Realtors are women? Did you know about only 4 percent of members are under 30? Did you know that the median age for a Realtor is 54? You would never guess by looking at NAR’s advertising campaign. Continue reading →

Neuroscientist David Levitin Shares His Keys to Aging Well

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(Editor’s Note: This video and transcript were previously published by PBS NewsHour.) Christopher Booker: Daniel Levitin — a neuroscientist and professor emeritus of psychology at McGill University — has written extensively about the brain. Also a musi… Continue reading →

A Social History of Older Women in America

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“If you’re getting older — or preparing to get older — knowing what’s happened in the past is important,” says Gail Collins. What’s happened? Well, throughout history, society’s views on older females have varied widely, even among women themselves, an… Continue reading →

Cindy Gallop: Disrupting Ageism in Advertising

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Cindy Gallop loves to tell people how old she is. She says it’s a special number because it’s a subtotal of your learnings, life experiences and everything you’ve been through to date. “I’m fifty-nine and shout it from the rooftops,” she says. Gallop, … Continue reading →

Study Finds Ageism Interventions Do Change Attitudes

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The World Health Organization says ageism is the most socially acceptable prejudice in the world and deems it such a serious public health threat that it commissioned studies on five aspects of it. One of these studies set out to determine whether inte… Continue reading →

7 Insights on Ageism That May Surprise You

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I had the opportunity to speak at The Ageist conference in Los Angeles recently, a first-of-its-kind symposium to examine the economic and social impact of the modern 50+ demographic. What a dynamic, energized, well-connected community of people who wa… Continue reading →

Ageism Is Everywhere: It’s Time to Stop It

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(Editor’s Note: In the introduction to her new book, This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, Ashton Applewhite, 2016 Next Avenue Influencer of the Year, describes why she’s fighting against ageism system-wide,why she’s inspired to change the disc… Continue reading →