Posts Tagged ‘Ageism’
A devoted family meets a ‘broken’ system of care for Alzheimer’s – Ocean State Stories
This story is published in partnership between RINewsToday.com and Ocean State Stories, a journalism initiative at Salve Regina University. by G Wayne Miller Photo, top: Roger Begin, left, and brother Richard – Submitted photo As the incurable disease moves him toward inevitable death, the stress on him and his devoted family becomes overwhelming. A story…
Read MoreAgeism, another way to discriminate – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism.” – Rita Moreno It seems there’s no escaping it. When you are an executive coach, people will approach you wanting to discuss some serious work issue. As has become common, people frequently contact me to…
Read MoreInstitutional Ageism alive and well in tweets of group funded by AARP-RI
No time for the “older, whiter wealthier…” RINewsToday has been following the progress of installing a bike lane “trial” on East Side’s Hope Street. While the project is one more in a series of bike lanes being installed in and around primarily the Providence area, this one has taken on a particular backlash from some…
Read MoreIt’s Trending – Old(er) is new again…
Ageism is prejudice against your future self… It’s Trending… RINewsToday.com has a prediction…now that we’ve had the word, millennial, in every new business group and economic and social trend, you are going to start to see a shift and hear more and more talk, targeting, and opportunities for the aging baby boomer population. Maybe it’s…
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