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The writer Martha Beck once said this of growing old: “Everybody has to do it, but I always believed
an exception would be made in my case.”, We have to start seeing and valuing older people as the very embodiment of the strength, wisdom, and spirit of society.
, The simple fact is that aging is a cultural and social phenomenon as much as it is a biological one. But unlike those societies that actually revere the elderly for their experience and wisdom, our American culture too often regards them with pity.
The world population is aging, and McKinsey Global Institute reports that this "is a key factor in
many of the cities in developed economies that are experiencing stagnant or declining population and whose economies are therefore under pressure." Given