'Fear ageism, not aging': How an ageist society is failing its elders

Despite our denial, we are all old people in training. And to become old often means to become 'the other' in Western society. It's a reality that experts and senior advocates can attest to.

For the most part ageism continues to be a socially acceptable prejudice to the point of being murderous, according to Margaret Morganroth Gullette, an American scholar in age studies.

"As we age, we are seen as less human," she says.

A profound lesson to emerge from the COVID pandemic is how older members of our society are treated. Gullette calls the high number of deaths from the virus in long-term care: 'eldercide.'

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