A toolkit to help senior living organizations & staff members assess their communities, raise awareness of ageism + ableism & promote inclusion for all

Age and Ability Inclusion Toolkit for Senior Living

A guide to taking ageism out of aged care
An advocacy campaign aimed at tackling ageism against older Australians has released a guide to removing biased behaviours from aged care.

Developed by EveryAGE Counts in collaboration with the Brisbane North primary health network, the guide – called Every Word (& gesture) Counts – is aimed at anyone who works in aged care: nurses and healthcare workers; support and allied healthcare workers; managers and administration staff; volunteers, family, friends and carers.

Every Word and Gesture Counts A guide to taking ageism out of aged care

A guide to eliminating biased language & behavior for anyone who provides care for older people, from healthcare workers + managers to family & friends

Every Word (& Gesture) Counts

This episode of the Geripal podcast discusses the need to include olders & people of color in drug studies + more

On Racism & Ageism

This 30-minute play uses dialogue to introduce key concepts from Ashton Applewhite's book, "This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism"

Never too old and never too late. Based on the book This Chair Rocks - a manifesto against ageism - by Ashton Applewhite

Never too old and never too late

Polyamorous Elders Aging in Open Relationships by Kathy Labriola

Olders describe the pleasures & challenges of practicing non-monogamy in late life in this book by an experienced clinician, Kathy Labriola

Polyamorous Elders: Aging in Open Relationships, by Kathy Labriola

Centre for Ageing Better, Ageism: What's the harm? Exploring the damaging impact of ageism on individuals and society.

This report documents the ways ageism harms people & society, exacerbating social inequalities & damaging the economy

Ageism: What's the harm?

How to and rebut three common + pernicious myths about older people from the largest advocacy association for older Canadians 

C.A.R.P.’s  Anti-Ageism Tool Kit

What makes birthdays better? Taking the ageism out of 'em.

Better Birthdays

Speakers from International Federation on Ageing's Global Café Series focusing on ageism across various sectors

Global Café Series

Don’t panic! it’s just aging. At Wrinkle Radio, the stories we tell about aging matter. We fight the forces that make aging worse for some people than for others, tell us that we need to grow old in a certain way, and tell us we have to fear aging. Transcripts are currently available by emailing wrinkleradio@gmail.com. Soon, they will be available at www.sallychivers.ca/wrinkleradio

Wrinkle radio, don't panic it's just aging 

"Don’t panic! it’s just aging." Conversations with age scholar Sally Chivers about the forces that feed age-related shame, fear, & inequity

Wrinkle Radio 

An in-depth article about the ways unconscious bias, "elderspeak", & ageist + ableist processes + policies affect longterm care residents & staff

Ageism in Post-Acute & Long-Term Care: Is That Possible?

Based on a talk by Ashton Applewhite, this workshop is designed to inform the emerging conversation around the intersection of ageism and ableism: how they work; how they differ and overlap, and why it matters. You can hire us to give the workshop or download the contents (links below) and DIY. It’s available in two different lengths and is appropriate for people of all ages, abilities, and walks of life.

still kicking confronting ageism and ableism

This workshop explains how ageism & ableism work, how they differ & where they overlap + why it matters- DIY scripts & slides available

Still Kicking

Two experienced journalists offer tips for better, deeper news coverage of aging-related issues & stories involving older people

Six tips for improving news coverage of older people

An anti-ageist fashion show sponsored by the First Supper Symposium, a collaborative feminist art project based in Oslo

First Supper Symposium Pop-up Catwalk

What is the cost of not hiring older people in companies? Ageism is preventing older people from accessing education and employment opportunities. "Australia’s top social scientists in conversation with journalist Ginger Gorman. Seriously interesting. Seriously insightful. Seriously social."

How does ageism make it harder for olders to stay educated, employed, & in good health—&how can we lower those barriers?

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Age and Ability Inclusion Toolkit for Senior Living

Global Café Series

On Racism & Ageism

Ageism in Post-Acute & Long-Term Care: Is That Possible?

Better Birthdays