Biography Of Maria Guadalupe Villarreal 's Life

Robert Butler— a physician, gerontologist, psychiatrist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, who was the first director of the National Institute on Aging— described ageism as “[a] process of systematic stereotyping or discrimination against people because they are old, just as racism and sexism accomplish with skin color and gender. Ageism allows the younger generations to see older people as different than themselves; thus they subtly cease to identify with their elders as human beings.”

I had the privilege of interviewing a 60 year old gentlemen who I will identify as Mr. E to protect his privacy for this assignment. The goal of my interview was to gain insight on aging from an older adult. I interviewed Mr. E in his home on a weekday evening. He expressed appreciation and was surprised that he was the focus of an interview in which his life story and thoughts would be recorded.

With a long distance phone call, I interviewed my grandma. Maria de Jesus, a 76-years-old elderly woman, lives in a small ranch in Nayarit, Mexico. Living in Mexico might seem like a wonderful vacation, but not in her case. Maria lives in a ranch where poverty is high and food is limited. She struggles day-to-day to survive in a hot humid environment. From everyone in my family, I decided to interview my grandma because her conditions are heart breaking.

looking, while older women, no matter how beautiful, still just look older” (Julie, April 22, 2011). Gender ageism

“older people should be counseled against buying into negative stereotypes about aging, and instead they should focus on volunteering, and other empowering activities that promote increased self-esteem and feelings of self-worth. The community should be educated to promote positive views of aging and to dispel myths about aging. Programs that

Aging can be more than wrinkles, fine lines and grey hairs. In this photo, this woman appears to not feel confident with her age and her appearance. Makeup artists or doctors are on either side of her face, holding up cosmetics as if they were to fix up any of the “issues” that came with aging. “How can I be envious of where you are, when I've been there myself,” (Album 121) expressed Morrie to Mitch. Morrie explained to Mitch how he’d already been all of these ages and how deep down each of those parts of his life are still him in one way or another. He finds that people don't appreciate how the aging process is not only decaying. It is the act of growth in oneself, and people need to understand that than work up on the physical attributes

The video that enhanced my diversity lens in reference to aging, is the one about the millennials perception of what being old looks like. All the participants were asked to provide an age of what is considered to be an old person, along with the descriptions of how they would text, do push-ups and jumping jacks. However, the end results were the opposite of what the millennials perception was and proved to them that age is just a number. This perception of the younger generations made me realize that by the age of 40 years old, sadly, others have already labeled you as being an old person with limitations.

Ageism is a popular and important topic to discuss as it represents a great issue in today’s society. The article “Ageism in America” focuses on the biases and stereotyping of older people here in America. The elderly is highly discriminated against and we tend to not realize this enough. Ageism is an ever growing concern in the United States and is an issue that needs to be resolved.

At what age are you considered old? In society, elderly is considered old beginning at age sixty-five. Next, consider asking the same question to a child. They may respond, my mother or father is old. As a parent, you wish to be considered young. In essence, elderly patients want the same thing, but in another way. I will discuss the importance of reminiscing, cultural care, and the video, See Me Nurse. I challenge you to open your eyes, and visualize the elderly in a different light.

In American society, we fear old age. We as Americans celebrate the vitality and potential of the younger populations in this country and wrongfully assume that our potential to be productive and independent in this world gradually decreases as we get older. Because of this, we have a fear of what it will be like when we enter that part of our lives. During this interview process, I was fortunate enough to be able to talk with a senior citizen who defies these assumptions. In this essay, I will first introduce to you my interviewee, Jane* and provide some background about her and about where the interviews themselves took place. I will then discuss the expectations and assumptions, both positive and negative, that I had before the first interview about what this experience would be like. Next I will cover the strengths and weaknesses that I brought to this experience. Also, throughout the paper, I will talk about how the reading materials from class fit in with the observations that I made from my interview with Jane. Finally, I will discuss how my thoughts and perspective on older adulthood itself changed after each of the three interviews that I conducted with my interviewee, and how that change in perspective will help me professionally when working with older adults.

The wisdom, stories and experiences the elderly have to offer to anyone including those in my age range is remarkable. It should be shameful to not endure and embrace the knowledge spoken or unspoken from the elderly. The challenge I had in regards to this interview was not receiving the answers to so of the most intriguing questions that on the other hand must be the most personal from my interviewer. In addition, wrapping up and closing was much more challenging as the more we talked the more questions I generated out of curiosity from the interesting nature of most responses. I found myself wanting to keep talking and realized that I projected a one hour interview that turned into almost two-half hour

The final person I interviewed was my father who is also forty years old. He views himself as a big strong guy, willing to do dirty work, who is the head of the household, and thus fulfills the expectations he

Age is part of your symbolic interaction that is constructed and part of biological process. There are certain behaviors that are transmitted and accepted by age groups that recognized change of clothing you wear, the type of makeup, or the physical changes that have taken place to look younger (Mills 1959:12). People in their late forties are considered old and considered in a perception view of being constructed. My experience regarding me being middle aged took place at a job interview back in 2015. After being layoff for 5 years being caught in 2009 recession I decided to apply for employment in various places and different positions. After many resumes I finally landed a job interview in a small office sorting mailing at minimum wage. I prepare myself, I was confident, I was dress in office attired and my manners were practiced. After entering the room I could see the expression on the interviewers face that her expectations were not what she expected. After a list of questions answered correctly and the knowledge and nature of the job I was confident that I had gotten the position. When the interviewer stated “is there any questions you may have” I answered no. she stated “can I ask you one question off the books”, I stated sure, “why are you looking for a job”, I would think you would be ready to retired. You know she stated “you and I are about the same age”. I stated to her that “I was not ready to retired,

Aging, in general, refers to changes that take place in the organism throughout the life span- good, bad, and neutral (Hooyman and Kiyak, 6). Usually, someone between the age sixty-five and older is referred to as “old person.” During my orientation, pre-internship interview and internship hours I have been able to make a lot of connections between this course and my observations. I have been able to walk the facility and freely speak with some of the residents. I was able to meet the oldest resident of the facility. She was 102 years old. There are also some young residents in the facility who are in their 40’s. The age range

For this interview, I interviewed my mother. Cherie. She has just recently turned 50 in September, but is still very full of life. When I asked if she felt like an adult, she laughed and said no. Yet, she has 7 kids, 3 fish, 1 dog, and 1 husband who she cares for daily. In my world, that is “adulting”.