About Lesson
- A socially constructed way of thinking about older persons based on negative attitudes and stereotypes about aging AND stereotypes about aging and a tendency to structure society based on an assumption that everyone is young, thereby failing to respond appropriately to the real needs of older persons.
- Age discrimination involves treating persons in an unequal fashion due to age in a way that is contrary to human rights law.
- Age discrimination is often not taken as seriously as other forms of discrimination.
- The experience of ageism and age discrimination may differ based on other components of a person’s identity. For example, certain groups of older persons may experience unique barriers because of their age combined with their gender, disability, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnicity, religion, culture and language.