Future generations will suffer increasingly more from the consequences of climate change than we do today. Presumably, older people with children will be more worried about climate change than those of the same age without children, as they will also factor the remaining lifetime of their offspring into their assessment. Yet, this is not the case, as shown by a recent study by the German Centre of Gerontology.
Age is just a number, it is often said, and it seems that number is progressively losing its meaning: the definition of "elderly" changes over time and the boundary line with the "abyss" of old age.
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Denial gets a bad rap in popular imagination. From experts to counselors, we are told to face up to reality (use your mentality).
Acceptance is one of the oft-cited necessary steps for dying correctly. There are guidelines for everything we do.
Is denial so terrible?
A study, described in Health Day