Let’s Talk About Sex — After 60

By Christina Pierpaoli Parker, MA (Geropsychology Doctoral Student, University of Alabama) Science has started to pay attention to what...

Give the Gift of Kindness to Your Elders this Holiday Season

By Sheri R. Levy, PhD, MaryBeth Apriceno, Ashley Lytle, PhD , and Jamie L. Macdonald The holiday season has a way of encouraging acts of...

Is Poking Fun at Birthdays a Harmless Way to Celebrate Them?

By Sheri R. Levy, PhD, & MaryBeth Apriceno (Stony Brook University) Have you ever noticed that the tone of birthday cards for children is...

What’s the Secret to Combating Ageist Stereotypes? It’s Complicated

By Jeff McCarthy, MA (University of Windsor) & Anne Baird, PhD (University of Windsor) In Western societies, negative stereotypes about...

Are You Guilty of Positive Ageism?

By Sharron Hinchliff, PhD (Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield UK) Every year, on October 1st, we celebrate the International Day...

Why We Should Celebrate Senior Citizens Everyday

By Sheri R. Levy, PhD1, Jamie L. MacDonald1, and Ashley Lytle, PhD2 (1Stony Brook University and 2Stevens Institute of Technology) Have...

Ageism Alert – Get the Facts on Aging

Most people hope to live long lives, yet American culture is filled with negative images of getting older. Older adulthood is thought of...

Is Your Birthday Card a Microaggression?

Division 17 Older Adult Special Interest Group by Kelly Martincin, M.A. My family has a tradition of a light-hearted competition of who...

Invisibility Squared: The Challenges of Living as a Transgender Older Adult

By Tarynn Witten, PhD, LCSW (Member, APA Division 44*) & Brian Carpenter, PhD (Member, APA Committee on Aging) The award-winning Amazon...

If You’re Ageist and You Know It, Raise Your Hand

By Kimberly Hiroto, PhD (Member, APA Committee on Aging) We’re bombarded these days with information about how to prevent aging. Since...

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