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Holly Whiteside, GuestBlogger


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Labels Matter

January 15, 2013 | Holly Whiteside, GuestBlogger

Yes, labels (such as “elderly”) matter, for better or worse. They are also kind of dangerous, and as a culture, we’re hooked on them. They’re like a verbal system that dehumanizes communication, much as the medical model, or “systems”, dehumanize caregiving.

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