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Virginia Commonwealth University

Director's Editorials from Age in Action

2009

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Blanche Dubois Geriatrics, Edward F. Ansello Jan 2009

Blanche Dubois Geriatrics, Edward F. Ansello

Director's Editorials from Age in Action

While the numbers of older adults are growing and the leading edge of the Baby Boom is in its 60s, aging-related education, service, and practice are far from burgeoning. We look forward to continuing Virginia's Geriatric Training and Education program, which produces geriatrically or gerontologically trained physicians, nurses, pharmacists, therapists, recreators, and social workers.


My Passage To India, Edward F. Ansello Jan 2009

My Passage To India, Edward F. Ansello

Director's Editorials from Age in Action

Different cultures select different "colors" from the curriculum palette in painting the experience of aging as they see it. Aging is a construct, experienced amid and influenced by the norms, limitations, expectations, and horizons around us.


Sold A Bill Of Goods, Edward F. Ansello Jan 2009

Sold A Bill Of Goods, Edward F. Ansello

Director's Editorials from Age in Action

With regard to Boomers, elders, and all of us growing older, we have been sold a bill of goods in America. Rather than independence, assisted autonomy is a means to empowerment and inclusion. Additionally, as we grow older, we grow less like our age mates, and dissimilarity and heterogeneity increases.


Awaken The Sleeping Giant, Edward F. Ansello Jan 2009

Awaken The Sleeping Giant, Edward F. Ansello

Director's Editorials from Age in Action

In order to maintain our commitment to quality, we in the Aging Network need to invest in the future despite the monetary problems of the present. In Virginia, older Virginians are a remarkable resource for our future.