The elderly in TV have been sparse and few in between due to incorrect stereotypes that have been put upon them. In more recent years, some of the aged have started coming forward and demanding more respect, and more major roles in the television industry. People like Dick Van Dyke, Lily Tomlin, and Jane Fonda who have in their later years fought for and were given the roles that the elderly truly deserve as shown by the articles we read in class about them. One woman who did not even reach much of her fame until she was into her sixties is Betty White, and she is definitely the person I would representing the older generations to TV producers. Mrs.White was the first woman of many things from jobs to awards she won. She was the first
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Becoming elderly is something that in the past I have not looked forward to, and beginning work in a field filled with older patients, I was becoming greatly worried. After this class though, many of my worries have faded. From all of the speakers, articles, and knowledge I have gained from the professor, it has become clear to me that becoming older can be a positive rather than a negative. By keeping an open mind, exercise, and many other things, staying lively is a possibility. The knowledge I have gained will be extremely useful in my professional career in many ways. Currently working in a long term care and rehab home for the elderly, I am constantly seeing the negative side of becoming elderly. With this useful information though, I have been able to keep a good attitude, and been able to help patients themselves see and reach the positive side of becoming an older person. As I progress in my career in the health field, I will continue to use this knowledge as the people over 65 years of age are becoming the most populated group in our country. Overall this class has been extremely helpful towards having a better open mind, and becoming a better and more professional …show more content…
A sage is someone who you are always able to trust and know to give you the correct and wise advice. Becoming a sage and growing in spirituality can easily go hand in hand because of the reason that they both almost always result in that individual becoming a better person. Spirituality is something that most people are not aware of as they think that it is something that is coinciding with religion, when it fact it is not. Spirituality, like saging, changes in definition from person to person as the idea of spirituality is so free flowing. Spirituality is, to me at least, how at peace you are with your own soul and the way you have lived your life and are improving it for the better of not only yourself but also others. Saging and growing in spirituality can work together in that they are the conscious and unconscious effort of becoming an overall better person. A large problem though is that most people, even those who have these attributes, do not understand, or even know, what saging and spirituality are. Giving more attention to these two could greatly improve the way that the elderly connect and mesh with younger generations. Improving their train of thought, the correctness of their own wisdom, and how to even convey a positive message or lesson they have learned throughout their time will increase in extremely
Becoming elderly is something that in the past I have not looked forward to, and beginning work in a field filled with older patients, I was becoming greatly worried. After this class though, many of my worries have faded. From all of the speakers, articles, and knowledge I have gained from the professor, it has become clear to me that becoming older can be a positive rather than a negative. By keeping an open mind, exercise, and many other things, staying lively is a possibility. The knowledge I have gained will be extremely useful in my professional career in many ways. Currently working in a long term care and rehab home for the elderly, I am constantly seeing the negative side of becoming elderly. With this useful information though, I have been able to keep a good attitude, and been able to help patients themselves see and reach the positive side of becoming an older person. As I progress in my career in the health field, I will continue to use this knowledge as the people over 65 years of age are becoming the most populated group in our country. Overall this class has been extremely helpful towards having a better open mind, and becoming a better and more professional …show more content…
A sage is someone who you are always able to trust and know to give you the correct and wise advice. Becoming a sage and growing in spirituality can easily go hand in hand because of the reason that they both almost always result in that individual becoming a better person. Spirituality is something that most people are not aware of as they think that it is something that is coinciding with religion, when it fact it is not. Spirituality, like saging, changes in definition from person to person as the idea of spirituality is so free flowing. Spirituality is, to me at least, how at peace you are with your own soul and the way you have lived your life and are improving it for the better of not only yourself but also others. Saging and growing in spirituality can work together in that they are the conscious and unconscious effort of becoming an overall better person. A large problem though is that most people, even those who have these attributes, do not understand, or even know, what saging and spirituality are. Giving more attention to these two could greatly improve the way that the elderly connect and mesh with younger generations. Improving their train of thought, the correctness of their own wisdom, and how to even convey a positive message or lesson they have learned throughout their time will increase in extremely