posted by Schwartz Media Strategies, Miami Florida Public Relations
The March 2, 2010 print version of the New York Times features an article by Dr. Marc Agronin, a geriatric psychiatrist at Miami Jewish Health Systems‘ Memory Center, about embracing the meaning, wisdom, and rich potential that lies in old age – and which is frequently overlooked by the young.
All of us lapse into such mistaken impressions of old age from time to time. It stems in part from an age-centered perspective, in which we view our own age as the most normal of times, the way all life should be. At 18 the 50-year-olds may seem ancient, but at 50 we are apt to say the same about the 80-year-olds….
…In the end, there is a cost to our myopic view of aging. We imagine the pains of late-life ailments but not the joys of new pursuits; we recoil at the losses and loneliness and fail to embrace the wisdom and meaning that only age can bring.
Dr. Agronin’s views reflect a philosophy which permeates the entire Miami Jewish Health Systems organization from its nursing home to chronic pain center, from its biofeedback facility to its memory center: the goal in treating patients is to help them live full, rich, meaningful lives, whether they’re four years old or a hundred and four.
To read the article in its entirety, click here.
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