As the debate rages over when or how to resume public life, older adults have increasingly seen behavior and rhetoric that implies their lives are not as valuable as reviving the economy.
Stars from the Doors to Prince recorded at Sunset Sounds. Now, the studio is closed for the first time in 60 years, joining hundreds of others shuttered across L.A.last week after his administration advised hospitals to prioritize younger people with greater life expectancy for care during the coronavirus outbreak. Those guidelines were swiftly retracted. They were not, however, without precedent.
The institutional concept of older people being worth less than younger people predates the pandemic. Cass Sunstein, a legal scholar who worked for the Obama administration, once proposed focusing government policies on saving years of life rather than individual lives.The Environmental Protection Agency used a similar calculus during the George W. Bush administration when it was weighing the benefits of power-plant emission regulations.
“We’ve found that those who value and affirm their own meaningful contributions to society can avoid internalizing those stereotypes,” she said On the flip side, Levy’s research shows that older adults with negative attitudes about aging may live 7.5 years less than those with positive attitudes.Carol Liston, 89, says her Studio City neighbors look out for her, even doing her grocery shopping.
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