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Describe how the “decremental model of aging” leads to ageism.

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A decremental model of ageing leads to ageism because this model provides a flawed view of growing old that it makes that leads to an assumption that as you grow old, you become senile and useless. This leads to a stereotype which is ageism similar to racism and sexism.

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