
“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
Trying (And Probably Failing) To Make Sense Of Ageism In The Midst Of COVID-19
By Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, Professor of Social Policy & International Development at University of East Anglia. The blogpost below was originally published on www.corona-older.com. We thank you the author for authorizing
A new alliance for age diversity in the workplace
OldSchool@WorkAlliance is an emerging collective whose members will establish best practices for holding companies accountable for rectifying systemic bias and making age a criterion for diversity. OldSchool@WorkAlliance Team composed of
“Everything changed when I joined a literacy class”
Women who could not access education earlier in their life are often at higher risk of abuse or violence due to their dependency to family members. Harimaya (name changed), an
“At 64, I’m eligible, at 65 I’m not”
Joan had a stroke at the age of 63 leading to acquired brain injury. After initially receiving great care in the stroke unit and two weeks of rehabilitation in a
“I didn’t realize was that my age would be a factor holding me back”
Zelda earned her PhD at the age of 56. She is telling us the higher education journey she went through after starting college in her late 30s and how her
40% of Belgians in favour of stopping care after 85 years old
This is the observation reported in a recent article published in March 2019 in the Belgian daily Le Soir and based on an unpublished study by the Federal Centre for
Austerity: when rights are at threat and risks of abuse hover
Is there a link between austerity policies and an increase in the prevalence of elder abuse? Little work has been done in this specific area, but available evidence makes the
Challenging the perception of retired union members
At a union’s recent conference for Retired Members in the UK, one of the last motions to be heard called for the generations to work together to get rid of