Keywords
Older adults, climate change, extreme weather, social inequalities, healthy aging, intergenerational solidarity
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Abstract
It examines disproportional impacts of climate change on healthy aging and their link to systemic and interpersonal ageism. Attention is given to adverse impacts of extreme weather on physiological, psychological, and socioeconomic health of older adults, particularly those who experience multiple inequalities. Intergenerational solidarity and its practical implications are explored.
Original Citation
This chapter is part of an in-progress open textbook, with the working title Anti-Ageism Social Work; Lihua Huang, Sally Pelon, and Scott Berlin, eds.
ScholarWorks Citation
Perone, Angela K.; Peterman, Kaycee; Perone, Katherine; Chan, Megan; and Huang, Lihua, "Chapter 13: Climate Change, Ageism, and Intergenerational Solidarity" (2025). Books and Contributions to Books. 7.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/sw_books/7
