A detailed investigation of ageism in health care & how it affects older Australians’ wellbeing & quality of life.  

This is a joint publication of the Older Women's Network NSW and Health Consumers NSW.

"W HAT CAN YOU EXPECT AT YOUR AGE?!"  AN INVESTIGATION OF RECENT EXPERIENCES OF AGE DISCRIMINATION BY OLDER ADULTS ACCESSING HEALTH CARE  INVESTIGATORS: AAKRITI CHHETRI & NATALIE KANAWATI OWN HEalth Consumers NSW

A detailed investigation of ageism in health care & how it affects older Australians’ wellbeing & quality of life

A conversation on how the medicalization of ageing has affected and will continue to affect our later years. Teaching of aging issues at medical schools is widely underrepresented despite the fact that olders are the majority of the population. Old-age should not be treated as a disease.

Professor & geriatrician Louise Aronson, author of Elderhood, talks about the negative effects of the medicalization of aging 

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About this resource:	A detailed investigation of ageism in health care & how it affects older Australians’ wellbeing & quality of life. This is a joint publication of the Older Women's Network NSW and Health Consumers NSW.
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