Aging and Ageism:  After doing the readings for this section of the course and after our class discussions, interview someone over the age of 70 about their life since age 50.  First discuss with them the ethical issues involved in your interviewing them and obtain consent. This person may be a family member, a friend or an acquaintance.  After the interview, reflect on how what they described shows the later-life transitions and challenges they have faced, aspects of successful aging and strengths, and how they have exhibited resilience.  Length:  3-5 pages. Citations from a minimum of 3 course and/or outside readings are REQUIRED.

            After doing the interview, write about the following in your paper:

·         A brief description of the person (disguising their name to maintain their privacy):  for example, such information as their age, race/ethnicity/culture, gender, lifetime occupation(s), and how you know them.

·         The most meaningful thing you learned about this person in relation to their aging experience.

·         Experiences in aging the person had that reflect, support or contradict any of the theories on aging.

·         Your own beliefs, assumptions, and values (and if relevant, your family’s) about being old, aging, gerophobia, ageism, invisibility of the old, etc.