Successful aging is important, especially in the efforts of psychologists to understand this continuous process that shapes and affects us all. Though misleading, ‘life expectancy’ simply means how much longer a person can expect to live. The problem is that we have no reliable way of judging the effects of several key factors on future life expectancy, including race (Stuart-Hamilton, 2012). As the number of older adults increases, the number of individuals who age unsuccessfully also increases…
431 million in 2012 mostly due to the baby boomer generation. While the aging population provides the nation with great qualities such as work ethic, wisdom, leadership, legacy, inspiration, values, tradition, and culture, there are several concerns that arise with a population that contains a distortional amount of older…
Currently technology and the aging population have an uneasy relationship based on the readings and powerpoint of this week unit. There have been major technological advancements over the years and technology hasn’t fully met the expectations of the baby boomers. In the powerpoint, it was reported that the majority of the population who is over 65 years old, poses many challenges and opportunities to design intelligent technology that will meet the aging population expectations (Madjaroff 2016).…
Aging of the Elderly An “elderly” person is a person who is 65 years old or older (Orimo, et al 2006). People are living until their 80’s and 90’s these days so the number of elderly people is increasing. The people who might need your caregiving help one day could be family members, neighbors, or church friends. The assistance could be very basic like phoning them weekly to check on them. On the other hand, the caregiving could be more complex and require you to handle their medical needs. It…
1. Introduction Aging population is one of the most rampant social problems in Hong Kong and the median age for citizens is still rising from 42.8 in 2014 to 51.0 in 2064, yet statistics showed that the proportion of the population aged 65 and over is predicted to increase from 15% in 2014 to 33% in 2064 (Census and Statistics Department, 2015). Nevertheless, due to the improvement of the quality of life and advancements in the medical field, people have longer life expectancy, then the number…
Best Way of Treating Aging Skin? In this day and age that people have become obsessed with the way they look, treating aging skin has gained an increasing importance in medical research. In this article, I will first try to give you an overview of the underlying causes of skin aging and then I will present the different options one has in front of her or him, when she or he is seeking the best route to retard the aging process. As scientists say, there are two types of aging. One is called…
Aging is a process that every human experiences, no matter how old that human currently is. It is the process that takes someone from a tiny infant, to a fully grown adult. As the number of years a human body sees increases, problems continually arise. As more people are able to live to older ages, it is important to study the effects aging has on the human body. Studying this event could lead to new understandings of the body and possible cures for the many issues that follow old age. It is…
Government should pay attending in Physiological and Psychological change in aging because these two important aspects display how aging affect us. There are other important social aspects towards aging but I would discuss these two. People age every day because it is in the human nature to age and grow. Human aging is physiological changes that take plave in the human body leading to senescence which is the decline of…
From my perspective, you do not have to be aging or extremely old to fit that category. I say this because some diseases or life’s circumstances, age you sooner and eliminate your life before you may reach what is considered the aging population phase based on a numerical qualification. On a different note, as a professional, working with the homeless population, I have been assigned many…
includes a psychological stand point. By examining both of these contributions to aging it creates stereotypes that deeply discusses aging and the negativity that it can create in a society. Both of these factors impacts not only the way that a person sees themselves but the way that other people in society view them as well. In a serious of findings…