1/🧵 AGEISM: Never be discouraged by age AND don’t judge others by age. Chronological age is a bogus constraint in life. I read today of some great examples of iconic people who did crazy cool things after 7 decades of life. See these & realize age is NOT a limitation...
#MedEd
2/ 👏 Major late-life #winners: 👏
• #NelsonMandela, president of SA at 75 y/o
• #Michelangelo started on St. Peter’s at 72
•#GrandmaMoses folk artist sold her 1st painting at 90!
• #ArthurMuir just scaled Mt Everest 🏔 at 75 (pic)
• #JohnGlenn went into space at 77 y/o!
3/ Bonus 😀: German athlete Johanna Quaas at 86 y/o is the world’s oldest gymnast at age 86. She’s a retired P.E. teacher & started in this sport at age 56.
#NoLimits 🧠
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4/ Ageism is flat out wrong. I used to look at pts & focus first on age. I have retooled my mind to avoid this entirely. Each person is unique in her/his physiology. I limit others unfairly by the prejudice of ageism. #DementiaAwareness is key of course. Let’s look...
#MedTwitter
5/ 60-minutes 🎥: the 90+ Study is teaching us so much about aging & raising exciting new questions. Some people have plaques & tangles galore but no dementia. Others vice versa. It’s all about resilience or lack thereof.
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6/ That video discussed dementia causes like TDP-43, microinfarcts, and hippocampal sclerosis. Lots beyond Alzheimer’s Disease. We have more questions now than answers. Listen further...🎥
7/ fin 🎥
Luckily, many living w #dementia like Ruthie stay happy, and we want more for them! In our NIH BRAIN-2 study of 🧠s of ICU survivors (after their eventual death) we’ll unravel #PICS & acquired dementia.
Today, I’ll avoid bias & judgment of ageism, how ‘bout choo?
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