Aging-associated diseases

The most common illnesses are heart disease, cancer, stroke and pulmonary related issues. These illnesses lead to 25% of the elderly experiencing one or more limitations in activities of daily living (Anderson, 2010). Not surprising, the elderly also experience a significant amount of loneliness…

As the number of elderly individuals within society rises, there are serious concerns over an aging population. The presence of a significantly large senior population leads to an increased demand to establish a comprehensive understanding on how aging shapes and defines learning in later life. However, there is little research done observing on what successful aging entails between different cultures. People with different value systems and social backgrounds may visualize and understand…

The population pyramid of Lancaster County shows a lot of vital information about the people that live in the country by age characteristics. Specifically, this area seems to have a great number of young adults aging from 15-21 years and middle aged adults 47-55 years. After 55 years old, people seem to either move away or pass away. It seems that many people live in this county their whole lives due to the fact that there are no tragic change in the male and female ratio. This theory is…

A TED talk that should have been the center of what people need to do in order to live longer when in reality it’s a prime example of mass media brainwashing. What do I mean? Dan Buettner gave a speech for a TED talk on certain “blue zones” around the world that have a high number of centenarians to which he wanted to discover why and suggest a cultural change for Americans. He exposed the statistics on the average life expectancy for current Americans to show why the audience wants to listen to…

commercials, but this particular one does in hopes of involving the elderly more in the media, and providing more representation for them. The respect for the elderly has also declined tremendously due to their lack of representation. Age used to be associated with knowledge and wisdom but it has recently become a symbol of weakness and . The Betty White Snickers commercial is ethical because unlike a vast majority of the competing products, they included the…

The identification of delirium is still in poor state and is the major cause of the fatalities to the older people in the ICU. One of the major reasons for the lack of proper identification mechanism is that there is poor knowledge exchange and education for the registered nurses and other medical staff. It has been observed that knowledgeable nurses who understand delirium and have enough knowledge on identification of delirium are better placed to handle the identification of delirium. The…

trend in current time does not have the effect on the population as it did in the 1900’s. Another trend in the past was, the infant mortality rates dropped significantly during this 1900’s. According to our textbook, Issues in Aging, “Today and in the future, population aging will occur mostly because of increased longevity (Novak 65).” The last trend in the U.S. population is the decline in the fertility rate and birth rate. An increase in birth rates increased shortly following World War l and…

Canada’s aging population. In September 2014, Statistics Canada published an article about the population projections from 2013 to 2063. In the article, the author indicated the number of aging population would continue increasing in the coming years. By 2030, a quarter of the Canadian population would become seniors, and will rise to 26.3% in 2050, which is 0.9% higher than the average of all OECD countries and 6.1% higher than the USA. The increasing of aging population would reshape the…

great impact on society. After all this explanations these theories and factors we can tell that more important "successful aging," which determines how best to proceed should be aging, using modern achievements in medicine and gerontology. The concept of "successful aging" as a combination of the following factors that must accompany aging: 1. Low probability of disease or disability.2. High capability of learning and physical activity. 3. Active participation in community life. These…

People are always changing and this is something that is very relevant to my life currently. The Life-Course Perspective gather that aging is definitely a life-long process. I have been volunteering for the Community Soup Kitchen for a long time and there is one elderly man that has been attending our lunches since I have been there. In these short four years, he has changed in many ways…