MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'ageism'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:30:19 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118689&cid=t_127312_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FR9PvziL2RqU%2Fageism-and-plastic-surgery.html I admit that over the years my idea of “how old is too old” has changed.  Part of that is my increasing age, but a bigger part has come from the patients themselves – the 72 year old woman with a deflated NS implant who wanted it replaced rather than removed, etc.   Never Too Old for Plastic Surgery  (photo credit) By Tara Parker-Pope If you think you’re too old for a few nips and tucks, consider the story of 83-year-old Marie Kolstad. ………. To learn more, read Abby Ellin’s article “The Golden Years, Polished With a Nip and a Tuck,” ……. Don’t forget to read the comments of Parker-Pope’s article.   Still I have mixed feelings about what I see as not “aging gracefully” and tend to agree more with bioethicist Carl Elliott who is mention... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118689 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:15:01 +0100 5118689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3533771&cid=t_127312_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F05%2Fage-equality-in-health-and-social-care-a-report-on-the-consultation%2F Title: Age equality in health and social care. A report on the consultation (Executive Summary) Skinny: Following publication of Age equality in health and social care the Department of Health (DH) undertook a consultation on the review’s non-legislative recommendations and the DH Impact Assessment and Equality Impact assessment, and invited comments on these. The consultation involved over two hundred people attended the consultation events, and around ninety written responses were made to the consultation paper. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 75p. Published: 09/03/2010 Filed under: Equity, Grey Literature, Inequalities in Health, Legislation, NHS, Older People, Social Inclusion, Social Policy Tagged: Ageism, Consultations, Equity, Grey Literature, NHS, Older People, Social Care (So... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3533771 Wed, 05 May 2010 09:49:35 +0100 3533771 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420516&cid=t_127312_105_f&fid=39124&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeffreymlevinemd.com%2Fageism-the-new-york-times-and-geriatric-medicine%2F After reading an article entitled “The Geezers’ Crusade” by columnist David Brooks in the Op-Ed pages of the New York Times last week I felt compelled to comment on it.   The article begins on an encouraging note, pointing out how society’s views of human aging are evolving from negative to optimistic.  Once viewed as a [...] (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers) Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420516 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:03:07 +0100 3420516 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3115036&cid=t_127312_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F23%2Fage-equality-in-health-and-social-care-2%2F Title: Age equality in health and social care Skinny: Review of age discrimination and age equality in the health and social care sector.  Analyses evidence about the nature, extent and variability of age discrimination in health and social care services. Considers reforms are already in train to tackle age discrimination and support greater age equality.  This has led to the current consultation Age equality in health and social care: a consultation on preparing the NHS and social care in England for the age requirements in the Equality Bill that affect the provision of services and exercise of public functions. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 63p. Published: 22/10/2009 Posted in Equity, Grey Literature, Health Needs, Inequalities in Health, Local Authorities, NHS, Public Sector, Soc... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3115036 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:30:17 +0100 3115036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2293093&cid=t_127312_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F9cU2befET5I%2F A person who helped reinvent "aging", "retirement" and "learning", contributing to the cognitive health of millions of individuals as a result: Martin P. 'Marty' Knowlton dies at 88; co-founder of Elderhostel (Los Angeles Times) - "Martin P. "Marty" Knowlton, a world traveler who fought ageism by co-founding Elderhostel, a program that pioneered learning vacations for mature adults, has died. He was 88." - "Knowlton died Thursday of natural causes at a nursing home in Ventura, said David Bianco, who started Elderhostel with his friend in 1975." - "When he was about 50, Knowlton became highly annoyed by two things: the prevailing wisdom that "as you got older, your mind automatically began to fail" and the government... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2293093 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:43:05 +0100 2293093 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1968641&cid=t_127312_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F11%2Fuk-official-denigrates-elderly-with.html Sickening. Just sickening. A public official in the UK who is "Labour's czar for the elderly," posits a duty to die by having society refuse to medically support demented patients, and denigrates them with the V-Epithet to boot. From the story: Dame Joan Bakewell says she does not want people to be kept alive because of machinery when their 'identity has ceased to exist.' Old people should be allowed to die if they become 'vegetables', Joan Bakewell has said. Labour's czar for the elderly said she had made a living will that will mean she is 'not kept alive if I'm a vegetable'.She added that people should not be helped to go on living by machinery if they had outlived their normal lifespan. The 75-year-old television presenter also called for laws that would allow terminally ill patients t... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1968641 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:20:00 +0100 1968641 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=694283&cid=t_127312_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F127736338%2Fyikes_43_say_older_people_are.html  This is the poster I spotted on all over Ireland last week - and the mind-bending message made me wonder why 43% of 20 to 30 year olds see people my age in a rut. Do you know why?It would be easy to pass off their views as biased or to claim that younger people cannot see things with the eyes of experience yet… That's what ruts lead to. But if you take the survey seriously, you’ll likely ask as I did – Why do so many young people find so many older people set in their ways and ideas? According to this poster and my checks into the survey – some of the answers can be found at www.questionageism.com . Others might relate to the fact that some older people …1. rarely use their full mix of intelligences at work2. allow sleep deprivation to rob their me... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=694283 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:53:06 +0100 694283