Ken Covinsky
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1,532 appearances
20 recordings
1 series
first heard Oct 2016
last heard Sep 2025
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And there are some studies that
Well, yes.
I mean, so there's actually been this long debate about this term successful aging, where people have argued that the goal of gerontology is to prevent all the physical and cognitive stuff that we see happen with advancing age.
And I actually think that's really a lot of that's been to the
detriment of the field.
That you know what we really want to do is
You know, of course, you know, people want to live without disability for as long as possible.
But we have a responsibility to value and treasure people wherever they are and help them live the best quality of lives in whatever state they're in.
And there are many, many people
you know, who have various levels of disability, both physical and cognitive, that have very good lives.
So this notion that everybody has to live free of disease is really critical.
I think the other part though, I think we were talking about Erica said
You can have problems in one sphere and compensate for it in another sphere.
And you were alluding to this with like, well
Yeah, y actually just because you have Parkinson's disease does not imply that you necessarily have cognitive problems.
There are a lot of people who have the physical disabilities of aging but are cognitively fully able.
So the mere fact that you see somebody walking more stiffly or walking more slowly, or God forbid, like you know, that horrendous uh like magazine c cover of persons
And walkers is like God, you know, like, oh, you're you're in a walker, you can't be in public office.
Like that's absolutely absurd.
I think that was his fourth term, Alex.
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