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We’re lucky if we get to be old, physician and professor believes - The Washington Post
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Geriatrician Bill Thomas is trying to change attitudes and perceptions in America about aging. He sees this as a special period in life offering many opportunities to be creative, to find new meaning and joy in different activites, and to contribute to society in many ways. He is supported in these efforts by the AARP. With modern medicine baby boomers are expected to live much longer. To make these lives productive and useful society in all countries needs to change its perceptions about aging. Jimmy Carter, a former president, showed this in his attitude to aging, doing many activities he enjoyed and contributing to society in many ways. This has a lot to do with healthy habits, and healthy attitudes to life, which should be cultivated when still young, so that one becomes more resilient as one ages and looks for new things to do.
Geriatrician Bill Thomas on aging as a special period in life just like the period of youthful years
01/24/2016
Bill Thomas of the Institute for Aging at the University of Maryland is trying to change conciousness in the U.S. and overseas about aging. He sees it as a special period with its own value just as youthful years are. The AARP is supporting his efforts to change perceptions about aging and to get people to see the value that they can bring to society at an older age, and the different creative things that can bring them joy and meaning in life.
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