EP76: Aging: Words Matter - Part 2 with Patricia D'Antonio, BSPharm, MS, MBA, BCGP

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Self-imposed ageism is real. I’d be interested in your thoughts about this quote - drop a comment below.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the words of Maggie Kuhn founder Gray Panthers,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">"The first myth is that old age is a disease, a terrible disease that you never admit you've got, so you lie about your age. Well, it's not a disease—it's a triumph because you've survived. Failure, disappointment, sickness, loss—you're still here."</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While I know</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Kuhn"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Maggie Kuhn</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">did great work founding the Gray Panthers and was actually a early advocate for not forcing people to retire at age 65 - and had an age-inclusive focus and advocated for college students to be taken more seriously - the thought of equating aging to mere survival of failure, disappointment, sickness and loss to only reflect one side of the coin of aging. Where is the celebration of major life milestones, her achievements, her “wins” in the third-third of her life? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">one quote,</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">from one moment in time</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, so I digress...but I hope this makes you think about</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">how you think</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and and</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">how WE talk</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, about aging in 2021.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today’s episode picks up with</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">how should we be telling the story of aging?</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We'll talk more about Reframing Aging to continue the 2-part series of Aging: Words Matter at This Is Getting Old: Moving Toward