What is it about?
The publication highlights the feelings of nostalgia for the past among older adults in Ghana; how older adults compare their experiences negatively to the experiences of older adults in past generations. Older adults in present-day Ghana feel that their fathers/mothers and grandfathers/mothers had better and more fulfilling experiences as older adults than they experience in the present dispensation. They argue that older adults in the past enjoyed more respect and care, ate healthier and more natural foods, and had an enviable place in the community because their wisdom was very much valued by all.
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Why is it important?
The findings teach important lessons; the need to uphold age-old traditions of respect and care (formal-informal) for older adults and the need to recognize and value the experience and wisdom of old age.
Perspectives
I think it is important that we do not let the good traditional values of respect and care for the elderly and tapping the wisdom of elders in decision-making and problem solving get lost on us.
Paul Issahaku
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This page is a summary of: The Good Old Days: how Older Adults in Present-Day Ghana Compare themselves to Older Adults in Past Generations, Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-021-09445-9.
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