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What is Age?

Makieya Kamara, MSW, MNL, LCSW

April 8, 2022

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What is age?

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Let's talk about age. So simply, what is age? The dictionary says age is the length of time that someone is alive. It is a chronological marker that is based on how many years someone has been on earth. 

The way that we count years in the Western world, is based on the Gregorian calendar. You have 365 days to a year, 12 months to a year, 10 years to a decade, and so forth.

So we know that in the U.S., that is how we count age, but there is also a different perspective to take on age, and this leads me to how and why age has become to be understood as something that is more than a chronological marker. Therefore, age and by extension aging is a social construct.

 

This Ask the Expert is an edited excerpt from the webinar,  Ageism 101presented by Makieya Kamara, MSW, MNL, LCSW


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Makieya Kamara, MSW, MNL, LCSW

Makieya Kamara is a LCSW in Boston. She currently manages the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparents Program for older adults at Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. Prior to working with older adults Makieya worked over ten years with adolescents and youth in congregate care. In 2016 she shifted to the field of aging, with a focus on intergenerational spaces & ageism, and since 2020, digital equity, loneliness, & social isolation of older adults have been her main interests and focus.


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