I always enjoy the projects that are assigned in Life Course Scholar because we are allowed to be creative with them, which is not common in college courses. “Debunking Ageist Myths” is a communication assignment to convey information that debunks ageism. For this project, I was thinking what are products that are aimed toward elders. I had several ideas that I wanted to do, such as creating labels for products that are targeted to fix problems in aging. But I remember my grandma and her friends use to play an Asian version of bingo every day. I thought this would be a fun and easy way to debunk the stereotypes about elders. On the bingo cards, I put misconceptions and myths, such as “elder shy away from new forms of technology” or “elders are not interested in intimacy or sex”. And to debunk these stereotypes, there are cards the facilitator reads to the bingo player that states facts against the myths and misconceptions, so the bingo players have to decide which stereotypes the facts debunks on the bingo card. For example, if the card said, “With personal skills and professional expertise, elders volunteer and contribute countless of hours to various community organizations within society” this would debunk the stereotype that “elders lack productivity or contribute less to society”. Similar to bingo, to win you have to fill the bingo card, but the real win is that you get to fill your mind with knowledge about the stigma that surrounds ageism.
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June 2019
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