Reader Comments: About THAT Word

Published by Kavan Peterson, Editor, ChangingAging.org on January 18, 2013 | Leave a response

ChangingAging reader Sandy Dole says she would rather been seen as a person than a label, in response to Bill’s post on why he no longer uses the word “elderly”:

Well I prefer being seen as a person. Sometimes I am happy; sometimes I am sad; sometimes I am angry; sometimes I am silly. To my grandchildren and great grandchildren, I am Grandy; to my 3 children I am Mom; to my friends I am Sandy: to people who are annoyed with me, either just roll their eyes and/or say “there she goes again!” Until the day I die, I want to continue being who I am, and that means that when I can no longer verbally share that information, I am hoping that my caregivers will do everything they can to find out who I have been and continue to be even if I can’t tell them.

 

 

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Article written by Kavan Peterson, Editor, ChangingAging.org

Kavan is a social media entrepreneur committed to growing the use of social networking towards promoting the equality, sustainability, health and well being of people of all ages. Combining careers as a national journalist and public relations expert, Kavan focuses on the power of user-generated content to communicate ideas and build movements.

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