Problems that some seniors are facing in their golden years

My main concern is how the medical field treats ageism. Maybe I am the only one affected buy this dilemma. On numerous occasions I have asked my doctor to refer me to various specialist in the particular field that this issue is a problem NOT out of curiosity but out of concerns and the response is always. You are pass the age that this request would be be granted. The outcome prescribed medication which works for awhile then no longer effective.

My questions to these issues are :

How can a doctor make such an answer without having the problem checked out?

What happens if your intuition is correct (i.e. there is/was a problem that needed to be checked by a specialist urgently?)

If your question was valid and the outcome turned out to be tragic, who do you report this to?

From my experience I get the feeling that once you are retired your voice is no longer important, society no longer cares. You have to be your own advocate and look out for yourself.

Looking our for yourself can be by doing the following:

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Speaking to other seniors that have similar problems and similar outcomes and try to come up with some kind of solutions to the problems

Now that there is an ageism group, contact them and see what recommendation/recommendations they can add that will be beneficial to you and the problems you are now facing.