I've always been close
to my elderly relatives and neighbours. I love spending time with the
older generation and love their wealth of interesting stories of
adventures and life over the years.
Of the older generation
I know the ones who have thrived and been the most happy are the ones
who have thrown the saying 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks'
out of the window and had the desire and drive to learn new skills,
do what they want, have adventures and simply live life to the
fullest.
With the number of
people living longer increasing every year so that the senior
generation makes up a large proportion of our population I find it
sad that negative stereotypes about seniors are still commonly viewed
as correct. Yes there will be some of seniors who fit into the
stereotypes commonly connected old people but thanks to advances in
mobility aids, innovations and progression in healthcare and
improvements in the standards of living seniors seniors are being
given an improved quality and length of life that enables them to
live life to its fullest, do what they want and brush off the
stereotypes of old grumpy people who do nothing and cannot learn any
new skills.
