It’s already the end of Week 5, which means only 4 more meetings with my Life Course Scholars cohort and I’m so sad that the end is creeping up so fast!!! Anyways, this week we were assigned to do an assignment on debunking ageist myths by creating some type of visual that tackles a certain ageist myth. I chose to debunk ageist myths surrounding senior homes because I feel that there are a lot of stereotypes and stigmas surrounding seniors living in senior homes. Growing up, I feel like I witnessed a lot of conversations with jokes from younger generations that they will put their parents in a senior home when they are old. This kind of implied that senior homes were an unpleasant experience for seniors, and I was under this impression. However, from taking this class and talking to many seniors living in senior homes, I realized that it is not the case. Senior homes are actually a nice and welcoming environment for seniors to be able to have a community, get supervision/help from people working in these senior homes, while still keeping their independence. I also was under the idea that all senior homes were basically nursing homes, but I have become knowledgeable that there are nursing homes, assisted living, and retirement homes, which all are different from each other. I know now that each place contains a different level of care and supervision from healthcare and social workers, but they are all definitely not an unpleasant environment! Before, I used to think that I would never move into a senior home but knowing now that I could still have a sense of independency and gain a community, I would definitely move in once I feel unstable to live in my own personal single-family home.
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Ma Kiela OrtineroMa Kiela is a Global Health and Urban Studies & Planning double major from Corona, CA. A fun fact about her is that she has lived in 8 different cities (in 2 different continents) in the past 20 years! Archives
April 2021
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