THIS CHAIR ROCKS Ashton Applewhite

Jim Lizzio

Gemze DeLappe

Eddie May Holmes

Zola Hellmyer

Irving Fields

ONLY 4% OVER 65 LIVE IN NURSING HOMES MOST OF US WON ’ T LIVE IN NURSING HOMES.

Eva Zeisel

7 OUT OF 8 BRAINS WILL HANG IN JUST FINE.

ONLY 4% OVER 65 LIVE IN NURSING HOMES MOST OF US WON ’ T LIVE IN NURSING HOMES.

90% OF THE REST THINK JUST FINE MOST OF US WILL THINK JUST FINE.

Childhood Middle Age MOST OF US WILL BE HAPPIER.

Old Age

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RAY: STAGE 2

THE MORE YOU KNOW ABOUT OLD AGE THE BETTER LOOKS.

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The bull looks different.

The bull looks different.

DISCRIMINATION & STEREOTYPING ON THE BASIS OF AGE

I’m still worried about the shoes.

Bill & Ruth

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I ’ m not Ray. And I ’ m not Ruth.

Fear of dying is human. Fear of aging is cultural.

Even if memory fails, much remains.

Mobility is relative.

People never stop having sex.

We can choose where we find beauty.

Occupy age.

ONLY 3% OF DEATHS OVER 65 ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.

“ LIVE TOO LONG ” = COSTS TO MUCH.

The bull looks different .

The older we are, the less afraid of dying .

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OLD PERSON IN TRAINING

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Becoming an old person in training planning .

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Two thirds of life is decline.

It ’ s old vs. young.

We can ’ t afford longevity.

THIS CHAIR ROCKS Ashton Applewhite