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The importance of role models
Implications for our future: Understanding the dominator model and the partnership model

"Domination Systems have superior/inferior relationships and view power as 'power over.' Partnership Systems have egalitarian relationships and view power as 'power with' and 'power to' (creative power)." Author: Riane Eisler, JD, President, Center for Partnership Systems Author: Susan Troyer, BA, MS As a child, Riane Eisler, JD, fled [...]

Susan Troyer2022-06-22T10:13:06-05:00April 25th, 2022|Categories: Creating Community, General|Tags: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, International leader for compassionate healthcare, Neuroscience and early childhood education, Riane Eisler, Robin Youngson, Roshi Joan Halifax, Teaching compassion in major medical centers, The importance of role models in early education and in our culture|0 Comments

Disrupting the status quo
Rebel Saint: Bill Thomas Revolutionizes Aging

The Wall Street Journal has called Bill Thomas, MD, "One of the 12 most influential Americans to redefine aging." He and Jude Thomas had recently founded the Eden Alternative when I came across an article about him in April 1999. I had just arrived back in my hometown to support [...]

Susan Troyer2022-06-22T10:14:21-05:00April 19th, 2022|Categories: A Sense of Place, Creating Community|Tags: Ageism, Aging, Dr. Bill Thomas, Green House Project|0 Comments

Leadership matters
How Zelenskyy emerged as the antithesis of Putin and proved you don’t need to be a strongman to be a great leader

"It is natural for the West to pin a great many hopes on Zelenskyy, in his resistance to the authoritarianism of Putin. The West should, however, not forget the most central lesson of democratic politics – that the leaders are no better, morally speaking, than those they lead." Author: Michael [...]

Susan Troyer2022-05-14T13:04:53-05:00April 18th, 2022|Categories: Creating Community, General|Tags: Angela Merkel, Democracy, Religion and Society, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine, Umberto Eco, Vladmir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy|0 Comments

A spiritual deficit in society
Minister for Seniors at Famed Church Confronts Ageism and the Shame It Brings

"I’ve learned how real and pervasive ageism is... It reflects poorly that our imagination is so stunted and limited when it comes to aging — that we can’t see all the gifts that are lost, all the creativity and the care and the relationships that are lost when we don’t [...]

Susan Troyer2022-05-14T12:56:49-05:00April 12th, 2022|Categories: Creating Community, General|Tags: Ageism, Aging, Alzheimer's, COVID-19, Dementia, Invisible older people in our culture, Promoting storytelling with older people, Societal response to older adults|0 Comments

Creating Community
A Doctor Speaks Out About Ageism In Medicine

“'I picked you for my physician because I know you’re a wonderful doctor. But I have to admit, I’m pretty disappointed by what you just said, because it felt to me that you were discounting me. I’d really like a different approach.' Doctors are human beings, and we live in [...]

Susan Troyer2021-07-25T22:19:07-05:00July 25th, 2021|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Ageism, Aging, Dr. Louise Aronson, Navigating aging, Public health, Stigma|0 Comments

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3rd in climate series: The Greta Thunberg Effect

"... people who knew Thunberg’s story – how her lonely stand inspired millions around the world to join her – were more likely to recognise the potential for ordinary people to make a difference... Most importantly, Thunberg’s actions are consistent with her words. Her fiery demands to world leaders, whether [...]

Susan Troyer2021-07-02T09:39:58-05:00July 2nd, 2021|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: #FridaysForFuture, Behavioural science, Climate action, Climate activism, Climate change, Greta Thunberg, Health and wellness in later life, Individual action on climate change, Preventing chronic illness, Psychology, Public health, School strike for climate, Youth|0 Comments

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2nd in climate series: Why the climate movement must do more to mobilize older people

"As we confront the climate crisis together, we need all the greatness we can muster, from young and old, and all in between. Now is the time for inclusive action." Authors: Aled Jones, Anglia Ruskin University and Bradley Hiller, Anglia Ruskin University Date: June 2, 2021 Some say age [...]

Susan Troyer2021-07-02T09:31:11-05:00June 30th, 2021|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Ageing society, Climate activism, Climate change, Older people, Public health, Youth climate activism|0 Comments

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1st in climate series: One in three heat deaths since 1991 linked to climate change – here’s how else warming affects our health

"It’s very difficult to pinpoint the effects of heat on the cause of death. People with heart or lung disease are among the most vulnerable to heat, but these pre-existing conditions also make it difficult to separate the influence of heat from their cause of death. As a result, many [...]

Susan Troyer2021-07-02T10:13:43-05:00June 28th, 2021|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Climate change, Extreme heat, Global warming, Heat deaths, Heatwave, Public health, Rising temperatures|0 Comments

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What are our core values?

"It's time for a new ethic of care to replace the stigma of dementia... Specifically, we need an ethic that challenges stigma by broadening the duty of care to include fully supporting the capacity of individuals living with dementia for creativity, imagination and other positive potentialities.” Authors: Alisa Grigorovich, PhD, [...]

Susan Troyer2021-08-06T19:07:44-05:00June 25th, 2021|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Ableism, Ageism, Cognitive decline, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dementia, Elderly, Future, Geriatrics, Interdisciplinary, Long-Term Care, Stigma|0 Comments

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Coronavirus public health restrictions shouldn’t mean dying alone

Beautiful Voice editor's note: This article was originally published one year ago - May 28, 2020 - prior to the availability of vaccines. The author, Barbara Pesut, PhD, is a nursing professor in British Columbia, Canada. A retrospective review of the article provides the reader with insights about dying alone [...]

Susan Troyer2021-05-28T15:36:58-05:00May 28th, 2021|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Bioethics, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Death, Demystifying palliative care, Long-Term Care, Palliative care, Pandemic, Public health, Public health ethics|0 Comments