AGEISM

Christina Peoples, Founder of Gero-what?!® Over the past 7 ½ years, one question always comes up: “How did Gero-What?!® start?” Usually,...

My word for the year is BLOOM . As I celebrate the anniversary of Gero-What?! and reflect on the past seven years, I feel this word is so...

Earlier this year, my heat decided to stop working. I’d like to add that this was smack dab in the middle of winter! I can't even put...

There are so many things we often misunderstand in life, like words, actions, intentions, and aging. For the longest I've heard people...

Unknown: not discovered, explored, identified, or ascertained. The unknown opens the door to fear. It can cause apprehension, anxiety,...

"Mirror, Mirror on the wall..." I'm sure you can finish that sentence with ease, but if not, it ends with "who's the fairest one of all?"...

I recently purchased a piece of art that said "be kind to your mind." What I like about art is that there's no right or wrong way to...

Oftentimes when we think or hear about ageism, the focus is on the discrimination that older adults may experience, but how often do we...

I'm sure we've all had a moment, or two, or three+ where we say,"if I knew then, what I know now." It's what we say after we've told...

Doesn't it always seem like when we're in uncomfortable or challenging situations, that people say things like, “trust the process, or...

I'm sure when Destiny's Child came out with "Say My Name," they never meant for it to be used as an example such as this post, but here...

In the last several weeks, different terms have been used, suggestions have been made, and everyone has been in panic mode because of the

We all love a good episode of Saturday Night Live, right? I mean it knows just the right nerves to hit and still make you laugh at the...

Health Aging Month is an observance of highlighting the positive things about aging.

Health Aging Month is an observance of highlighting the positive things about aging.

"Do you have an advance directive?" asked a woman sitting at a table in the cafeteria at Atrium Health Hospital. What's crazy is I had just

I don't know about you, but my parents used to give me warnings of what would happen if I didn't listen to what they said. Of course I...

I've been on some India Arie ish this week and I must say it's so soothing, considering the topic I'm about to touch on can bring about...

I'm sitting here preparing to guest lecture in the Psychology of Aging course at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) and listening to...

"When I get to where I can't do for myself, y'all just put me in a nursing home," said my grandmother years ago. Today, she has gotten to...