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Regular tests for older drivers: sensible or ageist?
Rarely a week seems to go by when the call goes up for older drivers to be made to take regular eye tests, retake their test or be taken off the roads completely. Reasonable… or ageist, asks Tony Watts OBE.
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Older people: the cause of… or potential solution to… the UK’s problems?
If older people, as a growing demographic, are really going to provide positive solutions to society’s problems, we need to be listened to by those in power. By AAA co-founder Tony Watts OBE.
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Can packaging be “ageist”?
A story in the Daily Mail (writes Tony Watts OBE) describes an online petition hoping to get the Government to address the issue of packaging: in particular, its frequent inaccessibility to many older people.
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Jokey birthday cards: ageist or just friendly banter?
We want your views: do you buy cards which joke about ageing… and how do you feel about receiving them? By Dave Martin of AAA members Canopy.
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“Intergenerational conflict”: a false and divisive narrative
Peter Dale, of the English Ageing Network and South East England Forum on Ageing, contends that Intergenerational conflict is a false and divisive narrative that prevents us from addressing the real issues in society At the moment it really feels as though our society faces battles on every front: millions of us are struggling with…
