Ageism

Dealing with the discriminations that come from younger generations, leads to depression and loneliness for the elderly.

The fact that the elderly population is growing and living more actively into their 80’s and 90’s and beyond. Gives us the opportunity to learn and value the wisdom of our older generation. I really did not realize the extent of the generation gaps until a young girl in our social work class said that 40 was old. This brought me to see the huge generation gap that was apparent and led me to look social work within the elderly communities and how valuable the social worker is to this community.

The differences between the age groups are not that different considering that that older we get the only difference is usually a loss of mobility leading to helping hand being given our most well deserved members of our society. Expressing love and respect to our older population.
Our older population has the same needs and desires as they did when they were younger bringing them to expect the ame love and attention that was giving when they were younger. Phone calls and visits can go a long way in making the day of a elderly family member or even a neighbor. Start today.