developmental aging: discovering a new old age
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Developmental Aging: Discovering a New Old Age. Nancy Fox. An Ageist Society. Daily, in America we are witness to, or even unwitting participants in, cruel imagery, jokes, language, and attitudes directed at older people Even old people are ageist. Declinist View of Aging. Aging is bad - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Developmental Aging: Discovering a New Old AgeNancy Fox
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An Ageist Society
• Daily, in America we are witness to, or even unwitting participants in, cruel imagery, jokes, language, and attitudes directed at older people
• Even old people are ageist
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Declinist View of Aging• Aging is bad
• Elderly – a bundle of negative stereotypes about older people
• Black balloons on your 40th birthday, coffins on your 50th.
• The only GOOD old person is an old person who…
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Acts like a young person!
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Anti-Aging: A Booming Market
• Americans spent >$30 billion on anti-aging products last year
• That is expected to rise to $70 billion in the next 30 months
• All in an effort to not have wrinkles
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Aging “Remedies”• Anti-aging creams don’t work –
they have been proven to reduce wrinkle depth by less than 10%
• Botox – a diluted form of a deadly toxin – 1 gram could kill 1 million people – temporary and paralyzing
• Surest method of wrinkle prevention is…
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… Death at an early age
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The Declinist’s View• Has led us to create and
inhabit a constellation of programs, services, and facilities that attempt to mitigate aging by dealing with decline.
• “Long-Term Care” - dreadful hopelessness
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A question for all of us…• What are old people for?
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A New View• Developmental Aging• Aging is a continued stage of
growth and development • Elders are not less or more
than adults• They are different• Just as adults are different
from children
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Growing & Becoming“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether this happens at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains “young”, but becomes constantly more valuable regardless of physical ability.”
- Harvey Ullman
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Developmental Aging• To understand developmental
aging and helping our Elders to grow, we must understand about…
DOING & BEING
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Doing & Being• Doing = Being in relationship
with the material worldI am DOING the dishes.
• Being = Being in relationship with non materials things.BEING in love makes me
feel happy.
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The Cult of Adulthood• Doing, getting & having are
the only value• Trampled boundaries – has
already destroyed Elderhood – Adult forever
• Now encroaching itself into Childhood
• The standardization of our lives.
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The Cult of Adulthood• Standardized education• Medicating those who don’t fit• 16,000 nursing homes• Medicating those who don’t fit• Can go anywhere in this
country and find the same stores & restaurants – 7500 chain restaurants – (Cracker Barrel)
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Elderhood• Human Elders have their own
station and noble purpose• Many other countries and
some cultures within the US hold Elderhood as a place of honor and respect.
• “When an Elder dies, a library is lost.” – African Proverb
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Live OakDefinition of an Elder
An elder is a personWho is still growing,Still a learner,Still with potential and Whose life continues to have within itPromise for and connection to the futureAn elder is still in pursuit of happiness,Joy and pleasureAnd her or his birthright to theseRemains intact
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Live Oak Definition of an Elder
Moreover, an elder is a personWho deserves respectAnd honorAnd whose work it isTo synthesize wisdom from long life experience andFormulate this into a legacyFor future generations
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Late Life Developmental Tasks
• Peacemaker– Making peace with self, family,
& in the world• Wisdom Giver
– Story-Telling - how to solve the problems of daily life
• Legacy Creator– Of a life lived that can serve
others and be handed down to those not yet born
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Restoring ElderhoodDe-institutionalizing CareAging in Community
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De-institutionalizing Care• The Total Institution1. All aspects of life are conducted in the
same place and under the same authority2. Each phase of daily activity is carried on
in the immediate company of a large batch of others
3. All phases of the day’s activities are tightly scheduled, one leading into the next, the whole sequence imposed from above by a system of formal ruling and a body of officials
4. The various enforced activities are brought together into one rational plan purportedly designed to fulfill the official aims of the institution The name of the book?
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ASYLUMS
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Culture Change• A social movement• Person-centered care• De-institutionalizes care
environments & care practices • Mostly it breaks us out of our
institutional (Cult of Adulthood) thinking.
• Began in Nursing Homes
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Even a Person’s Home• Can become an institution if
an Elder needs care and:– All of the focus is on DOING, not
BEING– All care is focused on the human
body and the human spirit is left to wither and die
– All decision-making authority is removed from the Elder
– The Elder is isolated away from her community & the larger living world
– The opportunity to give care is removed
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Aging in CommunityVs.
Aging in Place
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A New Model for Skilled Nursing
• The Green House Model®• Small Houses
– Private rooms with Private Baths– Centered around a central
hearth area– Open dining and kitchen
• Life is not centered around medical treatment
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Mirasol Campus - Loveland
• Partnering with the Housing Authority of the City of Loveland
• Building 6 Green House homes on their independent living campus
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CCCC• Colorado Culture Change
Coalition• Not-for-profit organization
dedicated to changing the culture of aging and disability by transforming care environment
• www.coculturechange.org
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The Old People are Coming!
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 20500%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Older Population by Age: 1900-2050 - Percent 60+, Percent 65+, and 85+
% 60+ % 65+ % 85+
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A hoard of locusts?or
The greatest opportunity our society has had to solve many
of our problems?
What do you see?
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It’s Up to all of Us• Will we restore Elderhood to
its proper place of honor and reap its rewards?
• Or will we continue to promulgate the Cult of Adulthood?
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Please choose wisely
Nicolas Fox, Future Elder