Navigating Aging: Does our society simply not care about our vulnerable older population?

Navigating Aging: Does our society simply not care about our vulnerable older population? 
KFF Health News, by Judith Graham; 3/10/24 
... The pandemic made things worse. Prejudice against older adults is nothing new, but “it feels more intense, more hostile” now than previously, said Karl Pillemer, 69, a professor of psychology and gerontology at Cornell University. “I think the pandemic helped reinforce images of older people as sick, frail, and isolated — as people who aren’t like the rest of us,” he said. “And human nature being what it is, we tend to like people who are similar to us and be less well disposed to ‘the others.'"