LLT#196 - Are You Ashamed of Your Age, Your Ageing Family? Age Shaming: my Pet Peeve! Let it STOP!
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Welcome back Family Caregivers, Older Persons and Fellow Physicians
Ageing is : fun, a time of renewal, an opportunity to mentor, to make new friends, live life!
And yes, reality check!
It IS a time when things are what they are🤷🏽♀️
Yet older persons are increasingly made to feel: valueless, ashamed of their age, of who they are, withdrawn into a shell of inaction and decline many times because society has generally "dismissed them".
Enter shame, guilt, embarrassment.-- MY PET PEEVE- age is NOT a disease!
According to one definition: Shame is the feeling that "something is wrong with me," worsening with the effects of the aging process: physical losses, emotional losses, memory losses, and losses of friends and family, all in the face of an indifferent and shaming society.
Shame, fear of "disclosing family business" and harmful gossip lead many to "hide" the realities of ageing, Family Caregiving, the feeling of helplessness, physician and Caregivers burnout, and a never ending cycle of --'We DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!", but "Who is there to talk to?"
Shame, guilt and embarrassment are only faced and resolved with CONVERSATION, COOPERATION, and a willingness to SHARE.
SUPPORT is what we ALL need.
Associate with peers, friends, share concerns, develop community groups.
If this is too much, and you need some formal , official "Clarity Call" - please contact me at www.lana's littlethings.com, or directly at lana@lanaannemd.com
Yet: it starts within-
Focus on the 5 "F"s:
1/ Fun 2/ Friendship and Family 3/ Focus (mindset) 4/ Fitness (start low and go slow) and 5/ Fluids (hydrate! - it does help , in everyway!
You Got This!!!💘🎯We Got This!🎯💘🫱🏽🫲🏾!
From my heart to yours always!💗
Dr. Lana
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Overwhelmed? Let's connect: 📧lana@lanaannemd.com
For more insights and connect for a FREE face-to-Face 15 minute Zoom call, and a place where we can connect as physicians on my website:
lanaslittlethings.com
If you're a Family Caregiver at your wit's end, needing a different perspective, set up your free 15-minute coaching call-also by email -lana@lanaannemd.com - or on lanaslittlethings.com.
I always look forward to meeting Fellow Family Caregivers- we gotta stick together!💯
