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How Lancome Sabotaged Its Own Campaign

by Jana Panarites | Oct 27, 2015 | Aging Stereotypes, Growing Older, Media, Seniors | 0 comments

America has a problem with aging. Not because the nation’s senior population is growing like kudzu, but because of how we tend to view older age: as a time of enfeeblement and disappearance—from ourselves and society. Rather than seeing ourselves as growing...

6 Myths About Aging and How to Get Past Them

by Jana Panarites | Aug 11, 2015 | Aging, Aging Stereotypes, Aging Well, Seniors, Uncategorized

Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing an 82-year-old Floridian who rattled off anecdotes from her past with the energy of someone at least half her age. She still drives, is socially engaged, and takes pleasure in every day she’s given. Her lifestyle...

Media Makeover Needed to Counter Negative Images of Aging

by Jana Panarites | Jul 24, 2015 | Aging, Aging Stereotypes, Caregiving, Entertainment, Media, Seniors, Uncategorized | 0 comments

We all interact with some form of media every day—whether it’s radio, TV, Internet or that old standby, print media—and when it comes to portrayals of older adults, mixed messages abound. But the way people actually feel about getting older often contradicts what they...

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