Changing the Narrative Presentation for GRECC Associated Health Trainees

Start: Thursday, August 22, 2019•12:30 PM

End: Thursday, August 22, 2019• 2:00 PM

In this special presentation for GRECC Associated Health Trainees, you'll learn:

  • Why changing the way we talk about aging and ageism is so important
  • What the general public believes about older people and about aging in America
  • What ageism is, and the harmful effects it has not only on all of us as we age, but also on our communities and the economy
  • The benefits to all of us of having positive views of aging and using age-positive language as we get older
  • How common words and phrases can have negative consequences that we don't intend because they reinforce ageist attitudes and stereotypes about older people
  • Evidence-based messaging and communications strategies based on three years of research by FrameWorks Institute that have been proven to increase support for age-friendly policies and to decrease bias against older people
  • Some concrete tips for using the new messages and sharing them with those around you.

PRESENTER: Janine Vanderburg, a FrameWorks Institute certified master trainer.

REGISTER NOW: Please register in advance so we can plan for handouts, and follow up for evaluation. This presentation is part of Changing the Narrative in Colorado, a partnership of NextFifty Initiative and Rose Community Foundation. Our goal is to change the way Coloradans think, talk and act about aging and ageism, to create communities and a Colorado in which people of all ages thrive.