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Anderson Cooper’s blog offers up a nice recollection of Dr. Butler.
…it was Butler who, in 1968, coined the term “ageism.” By “ageism,” you might think of bias in employment, housing, public services and the like. I tend to think of depictions of older people in film, videos, television and commercials.
There are societies that honor and [...]

I am excited to announce the launch of the Real Care Now social networking campaign to advance person-centered approaches to long term care at www.ChangingAging.org/RealCareNow.
Real Care Now is a partnership between my blog, www.ChangingAging.org, and the Picker Institute, the leading foundation advancing person-centered health care, and the Erickson School of Aging Studies at UMBC, a [...]

This morning NPR reported Obama is still working on tonight’s big speech to reframe the health care debate. Others report that the president will offer a stark choice between true reform and the status quo. Could be a pivotal moment in this debate.

Political figures used to be afraid to say the words “Socialized Medicine.”
UUUUGGGA BUUGGGAA!!!!
I think that, going forward, the terms of the debate will shift…
We will talk about the many glaring and immoral failures of “Privatized Medicine” and debate how best to build a health care system that:
includes everyone
and
excludes no one…
CBS News Sunday Morning commemorated its [...]