ChangingAging.org

The mainstream media continues to reinforce negative stereotypes about elders and people who work with elders. We are going to have to use new social media and social networking tools in order to tell our story — our way.
I am inviting you to join this growing online conversation. We can tell our [...]

Last week we took a look at people who dare to go gray, this week it’s a Malaysian politician who denies that he dyed his hair gray in order to win votes.

The chief minister of the state of Selangor, Mohamad Khir Toyo, rejected allegations that he had coloured his hair grey to give himself a [...]

Our culture’s mainstream view of aging can be summed up in three words: old age sucks. At least, that’s what the cosmetic and anti-aging industry would have you believe.
In reality, study after study has concluded that the second half of life — “old age” — is the happiest part of our lives.
In a recent study tracking [...]

The proverbial answer to who wants to be 100 is the 99-year-old. But nowadays, quite a few people are obsessed with living to 100 or beyond.
I recently searched through the social networking site Meetup.com looking for groups that had formed around issues related to aging and elderhood. What I found was interesting:
The number of Meetup.com [...]

By Kavan
A frequent theme in my Editor’s blog posts about using social media to pursue culture change is the idea of using social media to create new narratives.
As a society, we see ourselves through certain lenses, or narratives, and act accordingly. Going to school, getting a job, getting married, having kids and buying lots of [...]

From Debra D. Bass, hands down the most enlightened Fashion Editor in the news industry:
Aging is not optional, so forgive me if I’m a little annoyed by the “anti-age” marketing bandwagon.
It does not fill my heart with glee to imagine a world of Dorian Grays smiling devilishly at every compliment. You can’t cheat time, turn [...]

Yesterday our local paper ran an article by Kyra Kyles of the Chicago Tribune (right in Oprah’s backyard!), entitled “Time Runs the Stop Sign”.
Kyles mentions that one in four skin products now advertises “anti-aging” properties but, as per Dr. S. Jay Olshansky of the University of Illinois, most of it is bunk. Olshansky says the [...]