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WHAT EFFECTS DO AGEIST ATTITUDES HAVE ON THE TREATMENT OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF OLDER ADULTS
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WHAT EFFECTS DO AGEIST ATTITUDES HAVE ON THE TREATMENT OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF OLDER ADULTS Ageism or ageist attitudes represent a false myth or inaccurate stereotype about adulthood and aging. Some people may feel that it is a dull and unexiting time of life compared with childhood and adolescence. Many say it is depressing because it involves aging and society has taught us that aging is negative compared with the postiveness of youthhood. Others feel that infancy and early adulthood are important because certain situations or experiences at that time can influence the rest of their lives and mould their character. Comparatively, experiences in the elderly are seen not to have the same influency power. Sometimes people think that aging, senility and death are part and parcel with each other. That is, when you get one, you'll soon get the others. All these ideas are untrue, but society says they...
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