Angus (2006) cautions that despite attempts at promoting views of successful or resourceful aging, negative images of aging and older adults endure among professionals. Regardless of this warning, it is clear that ageism affects health care practice. Ageism in America documents the problem: thirty-five percent of physicians erroneously consider an increase in blood pressure to be a normal process of aging; 60% of older adults do not receive recommended preventive services; and only 10% receive appropriate screening tests for bone density, colorectal and prostate cancer, and glaucoma (International Longevity Center, 2006).