Sharing experience with age discrimination
“Ageism and age discrimination are very real challenges facing older people across Canada and its negative effects on their health and well-being have the potential to affect many more of us as our population ages,” said Dr. Samir Sinha, geriatrician and director of Health Policy Research, National Institute on Ageing. “The stories outlined in the ‘Reframing Ageing’ report are unfortunately typical of what we hear from many older Canadians. It’s incumbent on all of us as individuals to address our own biases and prejudices, as well as organizations to examine potential systemic issues affecting older people, so we can better work to collectively end ageism.”
