What is a person? What makes a person valuable? If we strip away our social, economic and civilised definitions, what is left? Who are you? What makes you, you? We live in an age where economically, persons are not particularly valuable. If we work and produce money to contribute to society through taxation or perhaps through some altruistic purposes, or through social and communal engagement, we can depend on a pretty good eulogy, from someone. But what if we cannot do those things? The elderly in aged care are seen as a burden on families, the health system, and even society. We do not interact with the elderly in our siloed zones of school, work and socialising, unless one of our sectors is deliberately designed for them. An elderly person, unless known and loved by their families, loses their social value in a society where policy separates them from the rest of the world. In their homes and segregated places, the process of ageing is in many ways humiliating. Bec...
Sociology, Economics, Leadership