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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is that when there's a picture of an older person, you know, it's often a picture of a very older person swimming, sometimes even running.
And I kind of feel that we're afraid of the older person using a walker or a wheelchair.
And I mean, so how do we balance?
I guess part of this is, but how do we like on the one hand, we don't want we want the public to realize, like, no, not every 75 year old needs a walker or a wheelchair.
but also um i guess my problem in clinic though is not the 75 year old who doesn't need a walker but wants one anyways my problem is the 75 year olds who's falling and because of ageist attitudes in society feel stigmatized by a walker so it doesn't do this really basic thing that could protect them and make their life so much better
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papers and i so would have loved to seen a picture of a smiling 80 year old um in a wheelchair that's still actively participating with their family maybe that they're the church elder who everyone respects to sort of say that like both is true that we have to like respect older people wherever they are but exactly
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This is fascinating.
So I'm going to ask you, one of the things I found really fascinating about this discussion is
Your reports talk a lot about the use of language, and I've struggled with this and going back and forth.
So I'm going to pose a question, and this might seem just a touch hostile.
It's not intended to be.
And it's directed at Eric and Alex, too, because you're both editors of VAMS.
So here's my point.
An example, you can push back the hostility at me.
You can tell me I'm totally wrong about this.
So here's my question.
For years when I had papers in JAGS, one of the favorite words I liked to use in JAGS was elders.
I described my population in my study as elders.
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