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Yahoo Ageism: Making John McCain Into an Ancient Artifact!
2008-08-30 16:16:00 -By Warner Todd Huston The folks at Yahoo News Photos section must have been greatly amused by their web page titled “Anthropology & Archaeology.” The first four pictures in the slide show are various archaeological discoveries… well, except for the third one. THAT one happens to be a photo of John McCain. Yes, Yahoo seems to ...
By: Publius Forum
Ageism Is Getting Rampant
2008-05-25 04:42:00 Just the other day I spoke about how a social network, Faceparty, had decided it was best to delete people over 36-years-old because they may be sex offenders. Well, this made me think of another situation I have been running into a lot more lately: ageism in video games. I have spoken before about some of ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Ageism Is Getting Rampant", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/-05/24/ageism-is-getting-rampant-/" });
By: SeanPAune.com
Speaking of Stupid People?
2008-05-23 13:00:00 ABC News Insults Old People and American Veterans of War By Attacking John McCain for His Age and Possible ?psychological damage? from his POW Captivity Brent Baker at Newsbusters fills us in with the latest imaginary tripe coming at us via ABC News. Not waiting until the actual Friday release of John McCain’s medical records, on Thursday’s ...
By: Webloggin
Age and Ageism
2008-05-12 13:04:00 Senator Obama's recent suggestion that Senator McCain was "losing his bearings" offers an interesting window into age and ageism in American society. From the Times Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Republican John McCain was "losing his bearings" for repeatedly suggesting the Islamic terrorist group Hamas preferred Obama for president. That brought an angry response from McCain's campaign, which accused Obama of trying to make an issue of McCain's age. Age is a touchy subject for McCain, who turns 72 in August and would be the oldest person to be sworn in as president if elected. The two senators have focused more intently on one another in recent weeks as Obama has moved closer to becoming the Democratic nominee. Thursday's back and forth between Obama and surrogates for both candidates foreshadowed a likely argument for the fall campaign. The comment struck a nerve and the McCain campaign struck back as forcefully as it could. McCain...
Personal Brand Stereotypes #6: Ageism Puts Gen-Y in Danger
2008-04-10 13:15:00 I hope everyone is enjoying this personal brand stereotype series. I think a lot of encounters we have with others go unnoticed and some of the ways we react to physical appearance can either hurt or help another person. The funny thing with personal branding is that sometimes you have little to no ...
Elder abuse ? Ageism ? The Silent Shameful Crime of America
2008-03-21 12:00:00 By JOAN BURGEElder abuse has long been called the ?The Silent Crime?, when in fact it is anything but. Research and data show the millions of elderly citizens in America are victims of abuse, neglect, and exploitation each year.But we must recognize and not avoid the issues of elder abuse and ageism in America. Read it All =>>
By: Elder Abuse
Elder abuse ? ageism ? The silent shameful crime of America
2008-03-19 11:37:00 By JOAN BURGE WNESJW.ComElder abuse has long been called the ?The Silent Crime?, when in fact it is anything but. Research and data show the millions of elderly citizens in America are victims of abuse, neglect, and exploitation each year.It is difficult and uncomfortable to consider ourselves becoming frail and vulnerable. The uncertainty of our future and the loss of our own independence and youth cause us fear. Fear is a normal emotion that we all have, especially about our aging process.But we must recognize and not avoid the issues of elder abuse and ageism in America.In 1964, the last year that you could be born to be a ?Baby Boomer? the Civil Rights Act became a law.Provisions include Title VII, which bans workplace discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, and national origin, but not age? Congress requested that the U.S. Labor Department study whether age bias laws were needed.On July 14, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Older American Act, wh...
By: Elder Abuse
Out With the Old?
2008-01-03 06:11:00 A 108-year-old woman has died after it was claimed she starved herself to death because she was unhappy about moving to a new care-home. ?The family of Alice Knight said she lost the will to live and stopped eating after the move ??Such vicious aggression against old people is not limited to the family unit. It has long spread to society, worse than any period in history. Old people are considered easy targets and are regularly robbed and mugged.The U.S. and Britain have sunk to such a lamentable moral low that the majority of less developed, even primitive societies demonstrate more respect for the elderly than we do. Aborigines pay great respect to old persons. The whiter a teacher?s hair in China, the more honor he receives. In Japan, it is considered a natural duty of the family to care for grandparents in their old age. In Middle European countries, one of the offspring traditionally stays at home to care for the aging parents. Grandparents take a leading role in instructing th...
By: Elder Abuse
Santa Claus Might be Forced To Retire, In Show Of Ageism.-Millions Baby Boo
2007-12-22 13:00:00 Breaking News : Press Release E.A. exclusive Report from the frontReliable sources have informed E.A. that talks are ongoing to separate Santa Claus and his wife in separate facilities and replace the ageing couple with a modern day Mr. and Mrs. Claus. Following several APS interviews we have found out that Santa Claus is no longer able to cut the mustard and might be forced to live in Spenguin Rehabilition center on the north pole separated from his wife who was deemed irrational and incapacitated and has become a "Ward of the State."Millions of toys have been confiscated and will be sold to pay for legal fees, this has many people upset that poor children everywhere might not be able to get the toys they want this year.The forced separation of Santa and his wife has the older santa, who is now showing his age very depressed and drinking more than usual.Coca-Cola announced that the Santa Claus and the original red and white outfits will be outlawed by 2009 if St. Nick refused to we...
By: Elder Abuse
Anti-age discrimination legislation has not reduced incidents of ageism in
2007-09-28 18:05:00 The amount of ageism in the workplace has barely decreased in the 12 months since it became unlawful, according to research. A survey by the Emp
Ageism Continues Unabated
2007-09-26 21:46:00 “Older adults are more likely than younger adults to talk excessively and about topics that are irrelevant to the stream of conversation . . . despite the fact that older and younger adults agree that it is inappropriate to inquire about such issues [such as weight gain and family problems] in public,” says psychologist William ...
Bilking the Elderly, With Corporate Assistance
2007-07-10 14:00:00 The thieves operated from small offices in Toronto and hangar-size rooms in India. Every night, working from lists of names and phone numbers, they called World War II veterans, retired schoolteachers and thousands of other elderly Americans and posed as government and insurance workers updating their files.Then, the criminals emptied their victims? bank accounts.Richard Guthrie, a 92-year-old Army veteran, was one of those victims. He ended up on scam artists? lists because his name, like millions of others, was sold by large companies to telemarketing criminals, who then turned to major banks to steal his life?s savings.Mr. Guthrie, who lives in Iowa, had entered a few sweepstakes that caused his name to appear in a database advertised by infoUSA, one of the largest compilers of consumer information. InfoUSA sold his name, and data on scores of other elderly Americans, to known lawbreakers, regulators say.InfoUSA advertised lists of ?Elderly Opportunity Seekers,? 3.3 million older...
By: Elder Abuse
Just Older - Not Invisible - Special Post is Needed
2007-06-30 14:10:00 Yeats once wrote: ?That is no country for old men.? In 2007 this phrase is still suited to our unsupportive and ageist culture. It is time for an overhaul of these outdated beliefs, writes Paul Murray.A favourite is from Sydney Smith who died in 1845: ?He spent all his life in letting down buckets into empty wells; and he is frittering away his age in trying to draw them up again.?In other words we shouldn?t try to recapture that first fine careless rapture. But to be sanguine about older age we need respect and political support. It is apt then, just after Say No To Ageism week, to take stock of where we stand, to remember Leas Cross, the illegal withholding of pension money for nursing home beds, and the discrimination referred to by Niall Crowley of the Equality Authority. Apparently age is the third highest ground for allegations of discrimination under the Equal Status Act. Under the Employment Equality Acts, age discrimination in the workplace is the biggest area being dealt w...
By: Elder Abuse
USA Today Gives Elders a Bum Rap
2007-05-31 14:00:00 Article By Ronni Bennet According to USA Today, elder Americans are rolling in dough at the expense of younger generations:If the USA Today writer thinks an average net worth of $249,000 is excessive, he should try living on it. Invested in safe securities, it earns about $12,500 a year. And anyway, most of the net worth of elders is equity in their homes which is always a volatile number depending on the housing market and which is shrinking now that the housing boom has busted and prices are dropping. I checked some real estate listings here in Portland, Maine, and I'd be hard pressed right now, if I wanted to sell, to get what I paid for my home just a year ago.There are many problems with the distribution of wealth in the United States. One of them is not that elders are ripping off the young, and USA Today should retract this story with its selective and misleading information.Abridged Read it all here >>Posted by: janinsanfran on May 29, That expresses hatred of older people....
By: Elder Abuse
Is it accepted practice for old people to be treated in a low level way?
2007-04-26 14:30:00 There is a widespread failure to deliver care that meets the needs of people with dementia in care homes and hospitals, a leading charity has claimed.Andrew Chidgey, head of policy and campaigns for the Alzheimer's Society, said: "In the past five years there has been a deterioration in the standards of supporting people with dementia in hospitals."He said the Alzheimer's Society heard of daily incidences where people with dementia were subject to neglect or other forms of abuse.He added: "There are a catalogue of incidences in which people's needs are not being met."Also giving evidence was Gary Fitzgerald, chief executive of Action on Elder Abuse, a charity that reports to routinely hear of examples of abuses in hospitals and residential care such as physical assaults, failures to provide adequate food and drink and elderly people being left in soiled or wet incontinent pads.Mr Fitzgerald said: "We are seeing too many instances where it is accepted practice for old people to be...
By: Elder Abuse
Who Am I Now That I?m Old?
2007-03-14 13:15:00 ?Apparently, in the eyes of the culture, as is believed about elders in general, retirement causes stupidity and hence, retirees couldn?t possibly have anything of interest to say, let alone contribute to society.? Ronni BennetI?ve become more interested in who I am now that, according to the Social Security Administration, I?m officially retired and am not mainly identified by how I make a living.We all wear many labels, the importance of which ebb and flow as we go through life: son or daughter, brother, sister, student, mother, father, citizen, worker, consumer, caregiver, grandparent and, eventually, retired. In the middle years we mostly identify ourselves by our professions.After all, ?What do you do?? is one of the first questions we ask of one another when we meet and it mostly suffices to explain ourselves. Closer to what I am feeling are Carl Jung?s seven tasks of aging - most particularly, right now, the fifth which is the need to find ?a new rooting in the self? bringing...
By: Elder Abuse
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