Aging-associated diseases

Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/231720119?accountid=6143 Location: ProQuest Purpose and Key finding: The purpose of this article is to explore the residents’ desire to age- in-place. The study showed that the residents considered aging in place as a critical element of quality of life and an important component of social connection. Ageing-in-place also gives stability and security. The desire to remain in own home depends on the physical environment and personal…

is important to assess who judges old faces as unattractive (Clark & Foos, 2011). The focus on youth, mobility, change, coupled with the intense fear ageing in American culture leads to the negative stereotypes of older people, and anything associated with aging. Jokes about getting older, with the implicit message that it is bad or sad to get older. In a study done by (McLellan and McKelvie (1993), their results showed that both men and women rated older men as less attractive than their…

The senior citizen population is increasing, elderly people are the fastest growing segment of the population. In the next forty years, the senior citizen population is going to be twice as large as it is now. Since there will be a major increase in the senior citizen population, human services will profoundly increase. As the elderly age, they become completely dependent on outside assistance, this results in nursing homes. Nursing homes are extremely important and beneficial to the older…

important contribution in the society. Older adults may associated changes in mental, physical condition, and aging is one of the problem. Physical condition of the older adults may slowly decrease due to decrease strength, decrease coordination and balance, decrease flexibility and mobility. Older adults believe that they can’t do exercise anymore and tends to be less active because they can’t make it anymore due to the disorder. Normal aging gradually decline the functional loss during stress…

Disengagement theory outlines a process of disengagement from social life that people experience as they age and become elderly. The theory states that, over time, elderly people withdraw, or disengage from, the social roles and relationships that were central to their life in adulthood. As a functionalist theory, this framework casts the process of disengagement as necessary and beneficial to society, as it allows the social system to remain stable and ordered. People lose social ties to those…

Bronx has a higher prevalence of serious psychological distress relative to New York City overall. 7.1% of residents in Bronx have reported of serious psychological distress compared to 5.5% in NYC overall. The serious psychological distress is associated with depression, anxiety, substance abuse and other mental health problems1, 2 (department of health, NY State; Olson E, et al). According to the survey of 2012, 13.4 % in Bronx are clinically diagnosed as depression compared to 11.3% in NYC. …

In align to the productive aging assumption, that older Americans can and should work more, legislators have also shown their interest in rising the eligibility age as high as 70 for the Social Security benefits (Rho, 2010). However, a study by Anthony Bonen (nd) presented evidence that rejects the assumption that older Americans are physically and mentally capable to work for pay in their later life. Whilst, Johnson (2004, p.55) cautions that “policymakers should provide an adequate safety net…

The pseudoscientific claim that I am investigating would be a particular claim made by the website Skin Magazine. This particular online magazine is advertising the product Nue-Vitality. Nue-Vitality is known to be an anti-aging formula that has made quite the miracles in women’s lives. This formula is described throughout the advertisement to be the miracle of the decade (“Wrinkle Miracle”, n.d). Also, it claims that, “She looked 15 years younger in literally 2 weeks! (“Wrinkle Miracle”, n.d,…

years, the life expectancy for elderly Americans will increase dramatically (Singh, Bajorek, 2014). Americans life expectancy has increased over the last few years, and as of 2015 Americans can expect to live an average of 78.7 years (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] 2017). Over the next 33 years, the United States elderly population is expected to be around 83.7 million adults, that is nearly double what it was in 2012 (43.1 million) (CDC, 2017). The state of Arizona is ranked in…

In 1900, the United States has been the home of many children in general. Before reaching the age of majority also grandson, grandparents, were died in general. The family structure is meant pyramid looked like a large number of children and parents and grandparents almost. In the 2000s, however, more generations are living in the same point in time than in the past era. Families can live longer but have fewer children, grandparents and great-grandparents (Gillen, Mills, Jump, n.d). In addition,…