Ageism is woven into the fabric of the American Experience. Each of us learns these attitudes from earliest childhood and are so ordinary that we cannot see them ourselves. Of course, the retirement industry is set up along those lines. How could it be different. Ageist cultures create ageist industries, that's the way the world works.
Our General Forum has a comment asking: Can residents use their knowledge and expertise in their CCRC (this one was about Dining Services). Can our retired professionals of all kinds use their deep knowledge in service to their communities? We have highly trained experts of all stripes whose knowledge lays fallow.
What level of engagement with management exists where a resident can contribute advanced skills effectively?
Who can share some information on this topic?