There's No Such Thing As 'Old Age' Anymore Summary
In the article, “There’s No Such Thing As ‘Old Age’ Anymore” by Joseph Coughlin it is discussed that the term “old age” was made up about a century ago, and is now fading out as older people are becoming producers rather than consumers. Many older adults are working in jobs such as manufacturing, teaching, and even delivering healthcare. Coughlin states that “Businesses founded by people over the age of 50 are already major sources of employment across the nation.” Many products made by older adults are products that could become a new source of innovation in the United States. In the article it talks about how our society can fail to notice the needs of the older people, but we cannot afford to live this way. Workplaces need to start to utilize the skills and knowledge of older workers. For example, Robotics are not job takers, but job savers. Robots can make tasks that are hard on older knees and hips easier so that the older adults with these problems can have jobs, despite an injured hip or knee.
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I agree with the author when he talks says that workplaces need to resist the age-discrimination. I believe an older adult can work just as hard as a twenty-five year old, just like with gender and women being able to do the same things as men. I found it interesting that that the United States alone adds up over a hundred million older people who have the potential to live over 100 years old. This clearly shows that we need to prepare for older people to not retire as early as they usually do. Older adults should be able to have a job until they don’t want to work or can’t work. There is nothing wrong with an older man or woman working in retail or manufacturing, it just increases the number of ideas the company can
I agree with the author when he talks says that workplaces need to resist the age-discrimination. I believe an older adult can work just as hard as a twenty-five year old, just like with gender and women being able to do the same things as men. I found it interesting that that the United States alone adds up over a hundred million older people who have the potential to live over 100 years old. This clearly shows that we need to prepare for older people to not retire as early as they usually do. Older adults should be able to have a job until they don’t want to work or can’t work. There is nothing wrong with an older man or woman working in retail or manufacturing, it just increases the number of ideas the company can