The words in this meme were spoken by Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper in an interview conducted by Judith Graham, a journalist and contributing columnist with Kaiser Health News (KHN). The article is titled “Minister for Seniors at Famed Church Confronts Ageism and the Shame It Brings.”
Judith Graham
When I first posted the article in April 2022, I was struck by the many nuggets of wisdom which it contained and which were showing up as societal deficits in the early years of the pandemic. Due to how older people were affected by the pandemic, these deficits had become more visible and far more pronounced than previously regarded.
Would older people continue to be invisible, ignored, and largely discounted by society following these initial revelations? Reading the article today as I’m drawing attention to it once again, I wonder just how much our societal response to aging has changed during these years.
Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper, a minister for older adults at The Riverside Church in New York City
Courage. If we have the courage to take in the content of this article published in KHN – really take it in! – then, can we help but be startled into thinking in new paradigms?!
Our challenge is to grasp the message – then walk a mile in the shoes of the older person! Only then can we experience the richness found in engaging with older people.
Find our 2022 initial post of Judith Graham’s interview with Rev. Harper here.
Source:
The content of the 2022 article was initially provided by Kaiser Health News. KHN is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation.
Feature image: Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper provided by KHN and published in 2022 with their permission
Posted by: Susan Troyer, MS, BA
Leave A Comment