{"id":377,"date":"2024-02-27T10:23:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T10:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/age\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T12:57:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T12:57:59","slug":"age","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/age\/","title":{"rendered":"Age"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When we talk about age, we mean how old someone is or the age group they are in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This can mean people of the same age or of a range of ages, for example people \u2018over 60\u2019 or \u2018under 18s\u2019, \u2018mid-20s\u2019 or \u2018people born in 1952.\u2019 Age groups can also be relative, for example people \u2018older than me\u2019 or \u2018younger than us.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">People\u2019s experiences of discrimination<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>People are sometimes treated unfairly because of something to do with their age, or the age group they are in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples of age discrimination may include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Asking someone\u2019s age at a job interview when it\u2019s not relevant.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assuming older people cannot use technology.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Telling someone they will grow out of it or they\u2019re having a \u2018senior\u2019 moment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Prc9S0W24P4?feature=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HelpAge International shares a video about ageism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Break free from ageism\" width=\"1520\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Prc9S0W24P4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Break free from ageism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we talk about age, we mean how old someone is or the age group they are in. This can mean people of the same age or of a range<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/widewidth.php","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-377","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"davidmcbain","author_link":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/author\/davidmcbain\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"When we talk about age, we mean how old someone is or the age group they are in. This can mean people of the same age or of a range","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":534,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377\/revisions\/534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}