{"id":23,"date":"2017-01-26T21:17:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T21:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2020-06-11T15:27:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T19:27:45","slug":"ageism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/issues-in-aging\/ageism\/","title":{"rendered":"Ageism"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/08\/honey-sweetie-dearie-the-perils-of-elderspeak\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture1-1-300x261.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture1-1-300x261.png 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture1-1-150x131.png 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture1-1-100x87.png 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture1-1-200x174.png 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture1-1-450x392.png 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture1-1-108x94.png 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture1-1.png 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/08\/honey-sweetie-dearie-the-perils-of-elderspeak\/\">Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak<\/a> <span class=\"date\">August 28, 2025<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Paula Span<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Elderspeak is a kind of baby talk sometimes used when speaking to older people, especially those living with dementia. Elderspeak is common and it\u2019s alienating. Journalist Paula Span reports that in one study, nursing home staff used elderspeak in 84<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/08\/honey-sweetie-dearie-the-perils-of-elderspeak\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/07\/medical-research-is-shortchanging-older-women\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture1-1-300x209.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture1-1-300x209.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture1-1-150x105.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture1-1-100x70.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture1-1-200x139.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture1-1-450x314.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture1-1-600x418.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture1-1-108x75.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture1-1.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/07\/medical-research-is-shortchanging-older-women\/\">Medical Research Is Shortchanging Older Women<\/a> <span class=\"date\">July 27, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Judith Graham<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">In the past, scientists assumed that males and females were so much alike that the results of studies done on men applied to women as well. They don\u2019t. For this article, journalist Judith Graham asked top doctors and medical researchers<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/07\/medical-research-is-shortchanging-older-women\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Medical Research Is Shortchanging Older Women<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/04\/do-we-simply-not-care-about-older-people\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/istock-1285956581-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/istock-1285956581-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/istock-1285956581-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/istock-1285956581-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/istock-1285956581-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/istock-1285956581-100x75.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/istock-1285956581-200x150.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/istock-1285956581-450x338.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/istock-1285956581-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/istock-1285956581-900x675.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/istock-1285956581-108x81.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/istock-1285956581.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/04\/do-we-simply-not-care-about-older-people\/\">Do We Simply Not Care about Older People?<\/a> <span class=\"date\">April 23, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Judith Graham<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The COVID-19 pandemic would be a wake-up call for America, advocates for the elderly predicted<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/04\/do-we-simply-not-care-about-older-people\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Do We Simply Not Care about Older People?<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/12\/changing-the-way-you-think-about-aging-can-improve-your-life\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thinking-thoughts-large-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thinking-thoughts-large-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thinking-thoughts-large-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thinking-thoughts-large-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thinking-thoughts-large-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thinking-thoughts-large-100x67.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thinking-thoughts-large-200x133.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thinking-thoughts-large-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thinking-thoughts-large-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thinking-thoughts-large-900x600.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thinking-thoughts-large-108x72.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thinking-thoughts-large.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/12\/changing-the-way-you-think-about-aging-can-improve-your-life\/\">Changing the Way You Think about Aging Can Improve Your Life<\/a> <span class=\"date\">December 28, 2022<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Judith Graham<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People\u2019s beliefs about aging have a profound impact on their health, influencing everything from their memory and sensory perceptions to how well they walk, how fully they recover from disabling illness and how long they live.&nbsp;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/12\/changing-the-way-you-think-about-aging-can-improve-your-life\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Changing the Way You Think about Aging Can Improve Your Life<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/11\/a-photographers-rich-portrait-of-aging\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MarnaClarke-300x296.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MarnaClarke-300x296.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MarnaClarke-150x148.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MarnaClarke-768x756.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MarnaClarke-100x99.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MarnaClarke-200x197.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MarnaClarke-450x443.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MarnaClarke-600x591.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MarnaClarke-900x887.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MarnaClarke-108x106.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MarnaClarke.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/11\/a-photographers-rich-portrait-of-aging\/\">A Photographer\u2019s Rich Portrait of Aging<\/a> <span class=\"date\">November 22, 2022<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Judith Graham<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">What happens when a 70-something professional photographer sets out to record her own body as she ages and the bodies of other, older people, sometimes naked and sometimes not? In this article, Journalist Judith Graham interviews the photographer, Marna Clarke,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/11\/a-photographers-rich-portrait-of-aging\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Photographer\u2019s Rich Portrait of Aging<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/04\/covid-spotlights-the-ageism-in-health-care\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20200325-094003-Homebound-seniors-mask-300x285.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20200325-094003-Homebound-seniors-mask-300x285.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20200325-094003-Homebound-seniors-mask-150x142.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20200325-094003-Homebound-seniors-mask-100x95.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20200325-094003-Homebound-seniors-mask-200x190.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20200325-094003-Homebound-seniors-mask-450x427.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20200325-094003-Homebound-seniors-mask-108x103.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20200325-094003-Homebound-seniors-mask.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/04\/covid-spotlights-the-ageism-in-health-care\/\">COVID Spotlights the Ageism in Health Care<\/a> <span class=\"date\">April 21, 2022<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Judith Graham<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier this year, the World Health Organization announced a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">global campaign to combat ageism<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014discrimination against older adults that is pervasive and harmful but often unrecognized.&nbsp;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/04\/covid-spotlights-the-ageism-in-health-care\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">COVID Spotlights the Ageism in Health Care<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/02\/minister-for-older-adults-has-seen-how-pervasive-ageism-is\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/OdG6N73O_400x400-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/OdG6N73O_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/OdG6N73O_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/OdG6N73O_400x400-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/OdG6N73O_400x400-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/OdG6N73O_400x400-108x108.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/OdG6N73O_400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/02\/minister-for-older-adults-has-seen-how-pervasive-ageism-is\/\">Minister for Older Adults Has Seen How Pervasive Ageism Is<\/a> <span class=\"date\">February 25, 2022<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Judith Graham<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later life is a time of reassessment and reflection. What sense do we make of the lives we have lived?<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/02\/minister-for-older-adults-has-seen-how-pervasive-ageism-is\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Minister for Older Adults Has Seen How Pervasive Ageism Is<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/11\/bob-blancato-fighting-elder-abuse-through-politics\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-300x211.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-300x211.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-150x105.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-768x539.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-100x70.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-200x140.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-450x316.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-600x421.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-900x632.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-108x76.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/11\/bob-blancato-fighting-elder-abuse-through-politics\/\">Bob Blancato: Fighting Elder Abuse through Politics<\/a> <span class=\"date\">November 11, 2020<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Leigh Ann Hubbard<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1981, a US Senate committee released the first congressional report on a problem that was gradually coming to light\u2014one that was \u201cshameful\u201d and \u201calien to the American spirit.\u201d It was being called elder abuse.&nbsp;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/11\/bob-blancato-fighting-elder-abuse-through-politics\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bob Blancato: Fighting Elder Abuse through Politics<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/09\/why-black-aging-matters-too\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/merlin_142231863_dbdba938-7b3b-44bc-b0ed-1fbf6da3fbec-articleLarge-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/merlin_142231863_dbdba938-7b3b-44bc-b0ed-1fbf6da3fbec-articleLarge-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/merlin_142231863_dbdba938-7b3b-44bc-b0ed-1fbf6da3fbec-articleLarge-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/merlin_142231863_dbdba938-7b3b-44bc-b0ed-1fbf6da3fbec-articleLarge-150x225.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/merlin_142231863_dbdba938-7b3b-44bc-b0ed-1fbf6da3fbec-articleLarge-300x450.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/merlin_142231863_dbdba938-7b3b-44bc-b0ed-1fbf6da3fbec-articleLarge-450x674.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/merlin_142231863_dbdba938-7b3b-44bc-b0ed-1fbf6da3fbec-articleLarge-108x162.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/merlin_142231863_dbdba938-7b3b-44bc-b0ed-1fbf6da3fbec-articleLarge.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/09\/why-black-aging-matters-too\/\">Why Black Aging Matters Too<\/a> <span class=\"date\">September 9, 2020<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Judith Graham<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Old. Chronically ill. Black. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People who fit this description are more likely to die from COVID-19 than any other group in the country.<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/09\/why-black-aging-matters-too\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why Black Aging Matters Too<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/06\/is-aging-a-disease\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hqdefault-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hqdefault-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hqdefault-1-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hqdefault-1-100x75.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hqdefault-1-200x150.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hqdefault-1-450x338.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hqdefault-1-108x81.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hqdefault-1.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/06\/is-aging-a-disease\/\">Is Aging a Disease?<\/a> <span class=\"date\">June 24, 2020<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Joelle Renstrom<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first depiction of humanity\u2019s obsession with curing death is&nbsp;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Epic of Gilgamesh<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014which, dating back to at least 1800 BC, is also one of the first recorded works of literature, period.&nbsp;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/06\/is-aging-a-disease\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is Aging a Disease?<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/03\/a-doctor-speaks-out-about-ageism-in-medicine\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/banner-image-2-x@2x-1-264x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/banner-image-2-x@2x-1-264x300.jpg 264w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/banner-image-2-x@2x-1-132x150.jpg 132w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/banner-image-2-x@2x-1-100x114.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/banner-image-2-x@2x-1-150x171.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/banner-image-2-x@2x-1-200x228.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/banner-image-2-x@2x-1-300x341.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/banner-image-2-x@2x-1-450x512.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/banner-image-2-x@2x-1-600x683.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/banner-image-2-x@2x-1-108x123.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/banner-image-2-x@2x-1.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/03\/a-doctor-speaks-out-about-ageism-in-medicine\/\">A Doctor Speaks Out about Ageism in Medicine<\/a> <span class=\"date\">March 24, 2020<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Judith Graham<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Society gives short shrift to older age. This distinct phase of life doesn\u2019t get the same attention that\u2019s devoted to childhood.<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/03\/a-doctor-speaks-out-about-ageism-in-medicine\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Doctor Speaks Out about Ageism in Medicine<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2019\/09\/starving-seniors-how-america-fails-to-feed-its-aging\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Joan-Dubrule-Meals-on-Wheels-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Joan-Dubrule-Meals-on-Wheels-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Joan-Dubrule-Meals-on-Wheels-1-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Joan-Dubrule-Meals-on-Wheels-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Joan-Dubrule-Meals-on-Wheels-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Joan-Dubrule-Meals-on-Wheels-1-100x75.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Joan-Dubrule-Meals-on-Wheels-1-200x150.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Joan-Dubrule-Meals-on-Wheels-1-450x338.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Joan-Dubrule-Meals-on-Wheels-1-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Joan-Dubrule-Meals-on-Wheels-1-900x675.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Joan-Dubrule-Meals-on-Wheels-1-108x81.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2019\/09\/starving-seniors-how-america-fails-to-feed-its-aging\/\">Starving Seniors: How America Fails to Feed Its Aging<\/a> <span class=\"date\">September 13, 2019<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Laura Ungar and Trudy Lieberman<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Army veteran Eugene Milligan is 75 years old and blind. He uses a wheelchair since losing half his right leg to diabetes and gets dialysis for kidney failure.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And he has struggled to get enough to eat.<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2019\/09\/starving-seniors-how-america-fails-to-feed-its-aging\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Starving Seniors: How America Fails to Feed Its Aging<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/11\/bucking-ageism-in-philanthropy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BuckingAgeismInPhilanthropy_Part2-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BuckingAgeismInPhilanthropy_Part2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BuckingAgeismInPhilanthropy_Part2-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BuckingAgeismInPhilanthropy_Part2-100x67.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BuckingAgeismInPhilanthropy_Part2-200x133.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BuckingAgeismInPhilanthropy_Part2-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BuckingAgeismInPhilanthropy_Part2-600x399.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BuckingAgeismInPhilanthropy_Part2-108x72.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BuckingAgeismInPhilanthropy_Part2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/11\/bucking-ageism-in-philanthropy\/\">Bucking Ageism in Philanthropy<\/a> <span class=\"date\">November 6, 2018<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Leigh Ann Hubbard<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">There are a lot of problems in the United States. Take the fact that our country is aging. By 2035, Americans 65 and older will outnumber kids for the first time in our history...<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/11\/bucking-ageism-in-philanthropy\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bucking Ageism in Philanthropy<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/10\/whats-missing-in-philanthropy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AgingPhilanthropistsPic-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AgingPhilanthropistsPic-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AgingPhilanthropistsPic-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AgingPhilanthropistsPic-100x67.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AgingPhilanthropistsPic-200x133.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AgingPhilanthropistsPic-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AgingPhilanthropistsPic-600x399.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AgingPhilanthropistsPic-108x72.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AgingPhilanthropistsPic.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/10\/whats-missing-in-philanthropy\/\">What\u2019s Missing in Philanthropy?<\/a> <span class=\"date\">October 8, 2018<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Leigh Ann Hubbard<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Every year, American grantmakers donate tens of billions of dollars to nonprofits, to help make the world a better place. Yet only 1 percent of those dollars goes to aging-related projects...<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/10\/whats-missing-in-philanthropy\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What\u2019s Missing in Philanthropy?<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/04\/margaret-morganroth-gullette-revolutionist-against-ageism\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"159\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GullettFeaturePic3_11.10.17.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GullettFeaturePic3_11.10.17.jpg 113w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GullettFeaturePic3_11.10.17-107x150.jpg 107w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GullettFeaturePic3_11.10.17-100x141.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GullettFeaturePic3_11.10.17-108x152.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/04\/margaret-morganroth-gullette-revolutionist-against-ageism\/\">Margaret Morganroth Gullette: Revolutionist against Ageism<\/a> <span class=\"date\">April 20, 2018<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Leigh Ann Hubbard<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Ageism did not end with the 20th century. But there were hopes. Feminism had brought changes for women, rights movements had brought changes for black people and disabled people, and the\u2014well, there was no widespread, organized movement for older people.&nbsp;<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/04\/margaret-morganroth-gullette-revolutionist-against-ageism\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Margaret Morganroth Gullette: Revolutionist against Ageism<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/03\/dont-deny-your-age-celebrate-it-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DontDeny-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DontDeny-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DontDeny-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DontDeny-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DontDeny-100x75.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DontDeny-200x150.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DontDeny-450x338.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DontDeny-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DontDeny-108x81.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DontDeny.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/03\/dont-deny-your-age-celebrate-it-2\/\">Don\u2019t Deny Your Age\u2014Celebrate It!<\/a> <span class=\"date\">March 7, 2018<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Susan Hoskins<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Recently someone asked me if I would participate in a talk called \"Don\u2019t Let an Old Person Move into Your Body.\" I thought about it for several days, and then I declined.<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/03\/dont-deny-your-age-celebrate-it-2\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Don\u2019t Deny Your Age\u2014Celebrate It!<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/01\/marc-agronin-theres-power-in-growing-old\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"190\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Agronin-Photo2-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Agronin-Photo2-1.jpg 201w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Agronin-Photo2-1-150x142.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Agronin-Photo2-1-100x95.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Agronin-Photo2-1-200x189.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Agronin-Photo2-1-108x102.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/01\/marc-agronin-theres-power-in-growing-old\/\">Marc Agronin: There\u2019s Power in Growing Old<\/a> <span class=\"date\">January 21, 2018<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Leigh Ann Hubbard<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Marc Agronin, MD, knows old age\u2014as much as a 51-year-old could anyway. In particular, he knows difficult old age.<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/01\/marc-agronin-theres-power-in-growing-old\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marc Agronin: There\u2019s Power in Growing Old<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/01\/whats-a-new-word-for-old\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NewWordForOld2-245x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NewWordForOld2-245x300.jpg 245w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NewWordForOld2-123x150.jpg 123w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NewWordForOld2-100x122.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NewWordForOld2-150x183.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NewWordForOld2-200x245.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NewWordForOld2-300x367.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NewWordForOld2-108x132.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NewWordForOld2.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/01\/whats-a-new-word-for-old\/\">What\u2019s a New Word for \u2018Old\u2019?<\/a> <span class=\"date\">January 10, 2018<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Leigh Ann Hubbard<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Warren Wood is old. He\u2019s proud he\u2019s old. He advertises the fact that he is old by wearing a cap that says UFO in red letters. \u201cWhat\u2019s UFO?\u201d people ask. \u201cUnited Flying Octogenarians,\u201d Wood, 86, of Carmel, CA, happily responds.<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/01\/whats-a-new-word-for-old\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What\u2019s a New Word for \u2018Old\u2019?<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/01\/how-to-challenge-ageist-language\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AgingInLanguagePic-300x208.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AgingInLanguagePic-300x208.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AgingInLanguagePic-150x104.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AgingInLanguagePic-100x69.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AgingInLanguagePic-200x139.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AgingInLanguagePic-108x75.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AgingInLanguagePic.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/01\/how-to-challenge-ageist-language\/\">How to Challenge Ageist Language<\/a> <span class=\"date\">January 10, 2018<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Pat Summers<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">For people sensitive to words and the connection of words, beliefs and behaviors, the last linguistic battle was probably against sexism in language\u2014the so-called \u201cgeneric he,\u201d the misuse of \u201cgirl,\u201d the exclusionary words like \u201cchairman\u201d and \u201cstatesman,\u201d the rise of \u201cMs.\u201d as a title.<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/01\/how-to-challenge-ageist-language\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Challenge Ageist Language<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/04\/let-trump-be-held-accountable-not-just-too-old-to-change\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trump-300x188.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trump-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trump-150x94.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trump-100x63.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trump-200x125.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trump-450x281.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trump-600x375.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trump-108x68.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trump.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/04\/let-trump-be-held-accountable-not-just-too-old-to-change\/\">Blame the Man, Not His Age<\/a> <span class=\"date\">April 4, 2017<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Paul Kleyman, Guest Blogger<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">It started well before the stunning 2016 election. 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