Карточки Generations Apart Part B

ageism

prejudice or discrimination on the basis of a person's age

to undermine one's participation in society

to deprive someone of the opportunity to lead active social life

older people/elderly people/senior citizens/AOP (old age pensioner)

people who are old enough to receive an old age pension from the government

the old old

the elderly people who act in accordance with the expectations the society have for people at that age

the young old

the elderly people who, contrary to the society's expectations, have an active lifestyle and adopt the ways of the young people

to depict (portray) old people as benign grandparents

to show the elderly people mostly in the role of kind carers for their grandchildren

dentured cronies

the vision of the elderly as the people with health issues who have a limited social circle restricted to mainly their peers and only a narrow set of topics to discuss, like, for instance, health

burdensome Alzheimer sufferers

viewing the elderly as troublesome and hard to deal with

passive victims

viewing the edlerly as physically and socially weak and reluctant to make decisions and carry on actively with their own life

to get stuck in one's ways/to stagnate

to become or remain inactive, to stop developing

to look and act young

to have appearance and behavior that usually characterize people from a different age group, the younger ones

to defy (deny) one's age

to try hard to look and behave younger that it is usually expected at that age

to have bags of energy

to be very active and enthusiastic about various activities

to retain vitality

to continue to have a lot of energy and liveliness

to highlight youthfulness

to instill respect and admiration for people who are trying to look and act young

obsession with juvenescence

spending too much time and energy on looking and acting younger that a person is

a truism

a truth that is so well known that it is almost unnecessary to say it.

You Are Only As Old As You Feel

a belief that your biological age doesn't define you as much as psychological age does

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

a belief that the elderly are reluctant to learn new things

a residential home

an establishment where the elderly people are taken care of if they don't have any other carers

to be prone to ill health

to have a tendency to be affected by health issues

to be off sick

to be absent from work due to illness

exertion

physical or mental effort

fatigue

extreme tiredness

stamina

the strength needed to keep going or overcome physical or mental strain

to discard something

to get rid of something you no longer want or need

to lump people together

to put people in a group generalising about their characteristics and disregarding their individual differences

a duvet day

a day off work, not because you are ill but because you need some time to rest

to be over the hill

to be considered too old