"Elderspeak": an Insightful Exploration of a Pernicious Style

This comes from the useful and accessible VisionAware site. Although it's aimed at folks who are beginning to deal with vision loss, this essay applies to all of us, since we're either elders or speakers-to-elders.

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I so wish to transplant this understanding into the minds of all the folks who care for MyGuy's mom, age 92. She worked so hard for the dignity of women, and now she's spoken to like a four year old.