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BR: What are issues or aspects of life that the elderly experience or that sociologist may study?

BR: What are issues or aspects of life that the elderly experience or that sociologist may study?. What values do we place on age?. Social status Knowledge Employment Retirement Sports Hobbies / leisure Family. Ageism.

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BR: What are issues or aspects of life that the elderly experience or that sociologist may study?

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  1. BR: What are issues or aspects of life that the elderly experience or that sociologist may study?

  2. What values do we place on age? • Social status • Knowledge • Employment • Retirement • Sports • Hobbies / leisure • Family

  3. Ageism • “ belief that one age category is by nature superior to another age category” • Most often used against the elderly in industrial societies • Many stereotypes are portrayed about the elderly throughout the media outlets

  4. Elderly stereotypes • Unproductive • Cranky • Physically impaired • Mentally impaired • Medications • Poor health • Poverty

  5. The Aging World • Over 600 million people 60 or over worldwide • By the year 2050 / 2 billon • U.S. population 15% is 60 or over • “Graying of America” by 2025 , 20% • Advances in health care • Baby Boomers ( rise in births from1946 to 1960 )

  6. American Association of Retired Persons ( AARP ) • Largest special interest group in America ( 40 million members ) • Financial advice • Health insurance • Travel • Prescription discounts • Magazine

  7. Social Security / Medicare • Social Security: funded by payroll or income taxes on workers, employers, and self-employed for pensions of retired workers and the disabled. • Medicare: government sponsored health insurance plan for elderly Americans and Americans with disabilities

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