This chapter gave me a lot of insight on the politics of aging. I am not one to really discuss politics and argue about them. Although there are some opinions that I do have, I keep them to myself because there's no point in aruging when it's someones opinion and you cannot change it. But with older people I find it different because they need to be taken care of and as comfortable as possible before that pass away. And for people who have just retired they need to be taken care of as well and not be looked over just because they're reaching their prime of life.
This chapter goes into politics, policies, and programs which is basically just dealing with governement. the categories under this is early rumblings, senior power today, The Older Americans Act and Other Programs, two programs not funded by the OAA, activism and advocacy, the equity issue, and epilogue: a new generation of older adults.
The category I found the most interesting is "The Older Americans Act and Other Programs," because of the subcategories under it, meals and nutrition, friendly visting and telephone reassurance, employment, and other service, were all about helping the elderly and not acting like their going to die any day and are not important. "The Older Americans Act (OAA) is desinged to alter state and local priotities to ensure that older peoples needs are represented in social services allocations. It was created to from a nation network for comprehensive planning and delivery of aging services" (Hillier & Barrow, 2011, p. 413). So because of this act older people are a priority and treated like one and not like they're nothing.
This will help in the future for me because I will be able to hopefully help my older clients because of this act, such as employment, getting basic needs, things for them to do during the day, and so forth.
Hillier, S. & Barrow, G. (2011). Aging, the individual, and society. 402-422. 9th ed. California: WADSWORTH.
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