Ubudala bubhekisa kucalucalulo kunye nocalucalulo olusekwe kwiminyaka yomntu, oluchaphazela abancinci nabadala. Eli gama laqanjwa nguRobert N. Butler ngowe-1969, eli binzana liquka isimo sengqondo esingafanelekanga ngokuphathelele ukwaluphala, izenzo zocalucalulo kubantu abadala, kunye nokucinezelwa kwabantu abaselula zizizukulwana ezikhulileyo. I-Ageism ibonakalisa ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, kubandakanywa neengcamango eziqhelekileyo ezibonisa izakhono kunye nezinto ezinomdla ngokusekelwe kwiminyaka yobudala, ucalucalulo olukhokelela ekujongeni okanye ukuvelana, kunye nocalucalulo olukhokelela kwizenzo eziyingozi kubantu ngabanye ngenxa yobudala babo.