Overarching Recommendations
Recommendation 1: Psychologists are encouraged to counter ageism in their professional and personal lives. This first recommendation impacts all of the following recommendations. Unfortunately, ageism is at the stage of awareness in the general public and among psychologists that racism and sexism were 25 years ago. This aspiration recommendation can best be realized by an openness that fosters, in the professional, an adaptation that is sensitive to racial and ethnic minority issues, a review of cultural values, and openness to multicultural context and complexity