Assignment 8: What is Old Age For? and Interventions for Preventing Falls in Older People.

The frist article I read was the one called "What is Old Age For?". I found that in this article the author talked about the elderly with respect and compassion.  In the other article the authors were  very straightforward and did not bother themselves with emotions.  It was just the facts and nothing else.  The article by William Thomas may not outright say it, but he certainly does imply that elderly people know more then us and have much more wisdom then us.  They are to be respected.

The structure of the first article was much like any other article I have read, it was nicely formatted and well organized.  The second article did not have any structure at all, in fact it was almost just a litany of facts.

Citations:

Gillespie LD; Gillespie WJ; Robertson MC; Lamb SE; Cumming RG; Rowe BH (2009) Interventions for preventing falls in elderly people.  Retrieved from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14583918

Thomas, William (8/5/2005) What is Old Age For? Retrieved from http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/respecting-elders-becoming-elders/what-is-old-age-for