Fifteen years ago, my three co-founders and I found ourselves increasingly frustrated by a glaring reality: women over 50 ...

Ageism is a big issue in Silicon Valley, with many over 40 saying it's hard to find a job in the industry. An inquiry on question-and-answer site Quora asking if 35 was too old to work as a software ...

Older people spend an average of 21 days a year on medical appointments. That's according to a recent study. And given how much time health care workers spend with older adults, you might think they ...

Many of the questions I receive from our readers deal with a fundamental issue: ageism. Their emails and letters express frustration and annoyance with ageism as the core of their issue. Here are a ...

The United States labor market is facing historically low unemployment rates and filling open jobs has become increasingly difficult. The competition for top talent is fierce, so attracting and ...

While DE&I efforts have successfully moved the dial when it comes to race and gender, the one form of bias that remains stubbornly entrenched in the American workplace is ageism. That’s according to ...

Society’s obsession with youth is hardly a secret. (Just ask any actress over the age of 40.) But recently released results of a national survey found that the pain that seniors experience from ageism ...

Years ago, getting older might have meant retiring and moving to a beach in sunny Florida. Today, research shows that more Americans continue to work well into their 60s, 70s and 80s, and others are ...

Of course I immediately consulted my plethora of medical professionals: my GP, my chiropractor, our massage therapist, my acupuncturist. I asked my GP for a new script for physica ...

Age-related shaming can occur anywhere — a cold shoulder at the cosmetics counter, a deaf ear at community meetings and, especially, the obtuseness of the medical system. Ageism and age discrimination ...

Ageism is a type of bias toward people of a certain age. Younger and older people can be targets for ageism in their everyday lives. Speaking out against ageism is a powerful way to stop the bias.