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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My question is: why are some people so ageist?

OP this is about your mother. Not about legions of older adults. Get a clue. Also, it's "older adults" not "elderly people."

Finally, you are just like your mom. You want her to have compassion, yet you have none for her. [/quote]

I agree with your comment about ageism insofar as OP is projecting her mother's behavior onto all elderly people.

But your admonishment about using the term elderly is inappropriate; elderly is the clinical term for anyone 65 years of age or older, 65-74 is early elderly, 74+ is late elderly. There is nothing wrong or insulting about the word elderly, it is the proper term for late stage human existence. [/quote]

You are [b]blatantly wrong[/b].

Here's a study from the NIH showing that: "Results demonstrated that the term “elderly” was framed powerlessly, in predominantly negative (74%) stereotypical messages about older adults." [url]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9132357/[/url]

The Gerontological Society of Aging has been actively promoting guidelines about age-inclusive language, which is fortunately being adopted: "New guidelines from the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, Associated Press and the GSA are taking guidance from Reframing Aging, and moving towards eliminating ageist language." [url]https://publichealth.wustl.edu/age-inclusive-language-are-you-using-it-in-your-writing-and-everyday-speech/[/url]

Here's a 2011 editorial by several academics referencing how the term is ageist based on a 2000 study: "The term elderly is ageist. Ageist terms are those terms in which a stereotype is promulgated and treatment is delivered differently on the basis of age.1 " [url]https://journals.lww.com/jgpt/fulltext/2011/10000/use_of_the_term__elderly_.1.aspx[/url][/quote]
Fine. OPs mom is geriatric. [/quote]

Wow, you really want to be that person. The complete irony is that this thread is based on people doing better, when they know better. I pointed out research demonstrating on the evolution of terminology because of its harmfulness, but you're just going to stick your head in the sand. Okay. Hopefully others will come around by the time you're an older adult. [/quote]

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