
“Me sentí mayor y tonta” dice Pepita
Este testimonio está extraído de una colección de entrevistas sobre el tema Microedadismos realizadas por la asociación de personas mayores UDP Mayores en España. El testimonio completo se publicó originalmente
“Open attitude is a prerequisite to culture-sensitive care” stress Fatoş
This testimony is extracted from an interview of Fatoş Ipek-Demir by Linda van Ingen published in Dutch here. Photo by Marion Duimel. There was no good place for a Turkish
“Vieillir sans désir, c’est mourir à petit feu” raconte Francis
Francis est ancien militant de la lutte contre le sida, bénévole aux Petits Frères des Pauvres, membre du groupe d’éthique clinique de Cochin et des Petits Frères et créateur de
“Should we live long?” asks Vassili
For Vassili, the celebrations taking place for the International Day of Older People rather go unnoticed. But it is not as much celebrations older people need, as equal treatment. This
“Politicians tell us measures are to protect us. The truth is different” says Silvia
For Silvia Margineanu, the measures taken by the Romanian government to protect citizens from the COVID-19 led to discrimination of older people. The country is under a Military Emergency Ordinance
“If you seek to prevent us from growing old free to choose, you will force us to become outlawed”
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes suggests writing a ‘Senior Citizens’ Charter’ defining activities older people should restrain from doing in a post-pandemic“No woman should endure the years that I endured”
For 50 years, Anna had a relationship with a man who made her feel as if she was his property, without being able to dream about where to go on“You find your way out, with help, and with courage.”
Montse suffered psychological abuse for years without being aware of it. She says it was hard to identify and to get out everything she had inside, but that thanks to
“Whatever will come in the future, don’t run – we say in Moluccan”
Juan is Moluccan and chairman of LSMO, the National Foundation of Elderly Moluccans in the Netherlands. He tells us what it means to age in the Moluccan culture. In the