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Ageism

Benjamin Kakritz

Overview

Definition

Psychiatrist, Robert N. Butler coined the term “ageism” in 1969 and defined it as:

A process of systematic stereotyping or discrimination against people because they are old, just as racism and sexism accomplish with skin and color

Generation driving prevalence

Workforce, healthcare, societal impacts

Stereotypes

Age is just a number

Thesis

Understanding ageism’s prevalence and its generational differences, negative impacts in the workforce, healthcare and society can be mitigated for those encroaching respective ages.

Kids these days

http://www.wmfc.org/uploads/GenerationalDifferencesChart.pdf

Live long and Prosper?

1950 Averages

World – 48 years

Europe – 64.7

Americas – 58.4

Asia – 41.6

Africa – 35.6

2015 Averages

World – 71.4

Europe – 80.67 (2014)

Americas – 76.9

Asia –70.56 (2014)

Africa - 60

Got Work?

healthcare

Changing policies

Elderly excluded from research

Delayed wait time (if seen at all)

Inexperience in field

Resources

Barrington, Linda. "Ageism and Bias in the American Workplace." Generations, vol. 39, no. 3, Fall2015, pp. 34-38. EBSCOhost, uiwtx.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=1122763&site=ehost-live.

Bojanić, Ivana Barković and Tomislav Nedic. "Age Consciousness -- Openning Our Minds to Ageism." Contemporary Legal & Economic Issues, no. 5, Apr. 2015, pp. 485-499. EBSCOhost, uiwtx.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=113492336&site=ehost-live

Harris, Diana K. The sociology of aging. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007

Irving, Paul. “Self-Empowerment in Later Life as a Response to Ageism.” Generations, vol. 39, no. 1, Spring2015, pp. 72-77. EBSCOhost, uiwtx.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=102414435&site=ehost-live

Malinen, Sanna and Lucy Johnston. "Workplace Ageism: Discovering Hidden Bias." Experimental Aging Research, vol. 39, no. 4, Jul-Sep2013, pp. 445-465. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/0361073X.2013.808111.

Nelson, Todd D. "The Age of Ageism." Journal of Social Issues, vol. 72, no. 1, Mar. 2016, pp. 191-198. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/josi.12162.

http://www.wmfc.org/uploads/GenerationalDifferencesChart.pdf

Generational Differences Chart

Traditionalists Baby Boomers Generation X Millennials Birth Years 1900-1945 1946-1964 1965-1980 (1977-1994)

1981-2000 Current Age 63-86 44-62 28-43 8-27

Famous People

Bob Dole, Elizabeth Taylor Bill Clinton, Meryl Streep Barak Obama, Jennifer Lopez Ashton Kutcher, Serena Williams

# 80 Million 51 Million 75 Million

Other Names Veterans, Silent, Moral Authority,

Radio Babies, The Forgotten Generation

“Me” Generation, Moral Authority Gen X, Xers, The Doer, Post Boomers, 13th Generation

Generation Y, Gen Y, Generation Next, Echo Boomers, Chief Friendship Officers.

24/7’s

Influencers

WWII, Korean War, Great Depression, New Deal, Rise on Corporations, Space Age, Raised by parents that just survived the Great Depression. Experienced hard times while growing up which were followed by times of prosperity.

Civil Rights, Vietnam War, Sexual Revolution, Cold War/Russia, Space Travel Highest divorce rate and 2nd marriages in history. Post War Babies who grew up to be radicals of the 70’s and yuppies of the 80’s. “The American Dream” was promised to them as children and they pursue it. As a result they are seen as being greedy, materialistic and ambitious.

Watergate, Energy Crisis, Dual Income families and single parents, First Generation of Latchkey Kids, Y2K, Energy Crisis, Activism, Corp. Downsizing, End of Cold War, Mom’s work, Increase divorce rate. Their perceptions are shaped by growing up having to take care of themselves early and watching their politicians lie and their parents get laid off. Came of age when USA was losing its status as the most powerful and prosperous nation in the world. The first generation that will NOT do as well financially as their parents did.

Digital Media, child focused world, school shootings, terrorist attacks, AIDS, 9/11 terrorist attacks. Typically grew up as children of divorce They hope to be the next great generation & to turn around all the “wrong” they see in the world today. They grew up more sheltered than any other generation as parents strived to protect them from the evils of the world. Came of age in a period of economic expansion. Kept busy as kids First generation of children with schedules.

Generational Differences Chart

Traditionalists Baby Boomers Generation X Millennials

Birth Years

1900-1945 1946-1964 1965-1980 (1977-1994)

1981-2000

Current Age 63-86 44-62 28-43 8-27

Famous

People

Bob Dole, Elizabeth Taylor Bill Clinton, Meryl Streep Barak Obama, Jennifer Lopez Ashton Kutcher, Serena Williams

# 80 Million 51 Million 75 Million

Other Names

Veterans, Silent, Moral Authority,

Radio Babies, The Forgotten

Generation

“Me” Generation, Moral Authority Gen X, Xers, The Doer, Post Boomers,

13

th

Generation

Generation Y, Gen Y, Generation Next,

Echo Boomers, Chief Friendship Officers.

24/7’s

Influencers

WWII, Korean War, Great

Depression, New Deal, Rise on

Corporations, Space Age,

Raised by parents that just

survived the Great Depression.

Experienced hard times while

growing up which were followed

by times of prosperity.

Civil Rights, Vietnam War, Sexual

Revolution, Cold War/Russia,

Space Travel

Highest divorce rate and 2

nd

marriages in history.

Post War Babies who grew up to

be radicals of the 70’s and yuppies

of the 80’s.

“The American Dream” was

promised to them as children and

they pursue it. As a result they are

seen as being greedy, materialistic

and ambitious.

Watergate, Energy Crisis, Dual Income

families and single parents, First

Generation of Latchkey Kids, Y2K,

Energy Crisis, Activism, Corp.

Downsizing, End of Cold War, Mom’s

work, Increase divorce rate.

Their perceptions are shaped by

growing up having to take care of

themselves early and watching their

politicians lie and their parents get laid

off.

Came of age when USA was losing its

status as the most powerful and

prosperous nation in the world.

The first generation that will NOT do as

well financially as their parents did.

Digital Media, child focused world, school

shootings, terrorist attacks, AIDS, 9/11

terrorist attacks.

Typically grew up as children of divorce

They hope to be the next great generation

& to turn around all the “wrong” they

see in the world today.

They grew up more sheltered than any

other generation as parents strived to

protect them from the evils of the

world.

Came of age in a period of economic

expansion.

Kept busy as kids

First generation of children with

schedules.