this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2024
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I would very much not guess that. Maybe that would've been the case in the past, but Boomers seem largely in denial about their diminished capacity and are bent on maintaining their independence at more advanced age than previous generations did.
The oldest boomers aren't 80 years old yet...
2024 - 1946 = 78
2024 - 1943 = 81
pretty close tho, and if you consider that American WWII vets came back home after their tour of duty was over, and not necessarily when the war was over, there could be some octogenarian boomers
Dude. I've taken care of patients since 91 until 2008. That includes some literal baby boomers.
No generation is more or less likely to fight for their independence. It's a human thing that has no generational barrier. Some of my patients were old enough that they could tell stories about their grandparents from the 1800s refusing to go easy.
And all those old people fighting against young idiots trying to get them to slow down? They're right. The folks that do slow down suffer faster deterioration in every way.
I have no clue why people are so hell bent on painting baby boomers with every possible fault, but it's dumb. Unlike most, you put seem in there, and that's cool as hell! Seeing someone straight up state that they're reporting their perception is so rare.
I'll say this much. I'll be fighting every damn inch of the way against ageist bullshit, and anyone should. I'll give up what little bits of independence I have to when I have to because I've seen what happens to people when they listen to their idiot kids and "take it easy".