problems associated with longevity‚ studies of people in their 70s have shown that growing old is not necessarily synonymous with substantial mental or physical deterioration. Many older people are happy and engaged in a variety of activities. Gerontology‚ an interdisciplinary field that studies the process of aging and the aging population‚ involves psychology‚ biology‚ sociology‚ and other fields. Theories of successful aging. Theories of successful aging include the following: •The disengagement
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“End of Life Care” is the active total care of patients whose disease is no longer responsive to curative treatment. Through practicing holistic and palliative care to dying patients can help improve the remainder of their lives‚ adding quality to their days (Fielding‚ R.‚ & Chan‚ C.‚ 2000‚ p. 17). However‚ the “End of Life Care” services provided are still not adequate enough for patients‚ although Hong Kong has already practiced. Different factors‚ like lacking of knowledge in end of life care
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The purpose of this report is to investigate the life of Ms. Rose Brown‚ my neighbor from the second floor. She is 67 years-old‚ and leaves by herself. With this report‚ I intend to learn about her life condition and‚ as well suggest and inform her ways to improve her life. After spending two afternoons interviewing Ms. Brown‚ I gained some knowledge on how she perceives the aging process and the impact on the quality of her life. Firstly‚ she assured me tha‚t she views aging in a very positive
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How healthcare fails the elderly. Retrieved from http://www.agingresearch.org/content/article/detail/694/ Anti-Ageism Taskforce Bennett‚ T.‚ & Gaines‚ G. (2010). Believing what you hear: The impact of aging stereotypes upon the old. Educational Gerontology‚ 36(5)‚ 435-445. Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03601270903212336#.UeNrHH-0Two Binstock‚ R Binstock‚ R. H. (2010‚ April 21). From compassionate ageism to intergenerational conflict? The Gerontologist‚ 50(5)‚ 574-585. Retrieved
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Good reasons to take elder abuse seriously. Nursing Homes: Long Term Care management‚ 54(9)‚ 106. Retrieved from EBSCO HOST Zandt‚ S.H‚ Reeve‚ K.E‚ & Bach-Peterson‚ J. (19800 Relatives of the impaired aged: correlates of feelings of burdens. Gerontology 20‚649-655 Steinmetz‚ S.K.(1985) Duty Bound: Elder Abuse and Family care. Newburg park‚ CA : Sage Anetzberger‚ Georgia J. et al.” Elder Mistreatment a call for help”. Patient care 27.11 (1993):93+ Nursing and allied Health Collection. Web 30 July
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Iltanen‚ S. (2005) ‘Constructing the image of a user through design’‚ paper delivered at British Society for Gerontology Conference‚ University of Keele Khan‚ N. (1993) ‘Asian women’s dress: from burqah to bloggs’ in in J.Ash and E.Wilson (eds) Chic Thrills‚ Berkeley: University of California Press Krekula‚ C. (2007) ‘The intersection of age and gender: reworking gender theory and social gerontology’‚ Current Sociology‚ 55‚ 155-171. Kuchler‚ S and Miller‚ D. (eds) (2005) Clothing as Material Culture‚ Oxford:
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Newton‚ P. (2007). Tae Kwon Do: An Effective Exercise for Improving Balance and Walking Ability in Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A Biological sciences and medical sciences‚ 62A(6)‚ 641-6. Retrieved October 4‚ 2007‚ from ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source database. Ferrucci‚ L.‚ Simonsick‚ E. (2006). A Little Exercise. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A Biological sciences and medical sciences‚ 61A(11)‚ 1154-6. Retrieved October 4‚ 2007‚ from ProQuest Psychology Journals
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Ireland’s population is set to expand rapidly in the coming decades. Connell and Pringle (2004) predict the total population of Ireland is to rise between a low of 4.57 million and a high of 4.91 million by 2021.Of this rising population‚ between 34.3 and 38.7 percent will be said to be over 65 years of age. These are startling figures‚ so there is no room for the issue that is termed ageism. Ageism and its debilitating consequences are‚ at present‚ worryingly prominent in Ireland. The purpose of
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people. Some stereotypes depict them as slow in their thinking and movement‚ as living in the past and unable to change‚ as cranky‚ sickly‚ “greedy geezers” who lack social values. The study of nonphysical aspects of aging is called social gerontology. Social gerontologists focus on the life course‚ age based categories through which people pass as they grow older. The life course includes infancy‚ childhood‚ adolescence‚ young adulthood‚ middle age‚ young old‚ old-old‚ and oldest-old. Adolescence
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A Modest Proposal The Elderly The sight is found to be sickening for many; driving through the streets in any given American town and seeing‚ fit snugly between the McDonalds and Starbucks‚ some form of facility for housing the elderly. These individuals‚ no longer able to work for a living‚ are locked away in what is comparable to a modern day prison for senior citizens‚ left only to play round after endless round of trivial games such as Bingo and shuffleboard. With their failing eye sight and
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