Let’s ditch ageing stereotypes now

Stock images of a pair of wrinkled hands used to represent older people are deeply unfair and don’t remotely tell the person’s story, finds Margaret Jennings.

A CATCHY hashtag #NoMoreWrinklyHands is leading a twitter campaign to challenge the way society and the media portray older people in a one- dimensional and often disrespectful way.

Re #Channel4News. We need a new stereotype of old age today.
Try this one...#NoMoreWrinklyHands @saralivadeas pic.twitter.com/sizedqPUmb

— grandmawilliams 80+ (@JoyceWilliams_) February 24, 2018