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MY  INTEREST  IN  AGEING  AND  THE  SENIOR

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The  position  of  old  age  is  a  journey  for  everyone  alive, no  matter  the  age. The  interest  is  not  just  about  the  issue  of  ageing, but  the  future  of  older  people  in  our  complex  society. The  day-to-day living of senior  with  various  challenges.

Old  age  is  one  of  the  less  spoken  issues, and most misunderstood aspect of life  in  our  society,  because  we  generally  pay  less  attention to it. Funny but true, most people believe that they will look the same way they are now in ten or twenty years time. This  has  put  the  senior  in  a  pitiable  condition  especially  those  with  few  or  no  alternative  plan  for  this  stage  of  life.

My  interest  in  writing  about  ageing  was  borne  out  of  general ignorance, various  pains and  abuses  that  can  be  seen  in  our  society.  The  pains of ageing without a plan,  rejection,  desertion ,  grief,  regret,  disloyalty,  unstable health condition, cultural and social myths about ageing  and  so  many  others  that can not be described  with words.

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My  desire  is  to  provide  information  on  the  journey  of  ageing  as  it  is  laced  with  challenges, relating  with  seniors, educating  the  younger  generation  on  likely  attitudes  of  the  seniors  and  providing  help  either  as  a  carer or  as  a  responsible  member  of  the  Society.
It also aim to assist the senior in the likely expectation of the journey of ageing, and how to overcome it.

In  addition,  dementia  is  one  of  the  most  traumatising  and  wrongly  addressed condition  of the senior,  in  recent  time . Few  publications  and  symposia  have  addressed this  issue  in  our  modern  society.

My  purpose of writing this book is  to  create awareness  on  the  misconception  of  dimentia  and  other  related  infirmities  as  a  challenge  of  ageing,  providing  help  and   making  the  later  days  of  seniors  memorable.

Today’s  younger  people  will  surely   be  the  seniors  tomorrow.

Olamilekan Jaji
2021.

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