Aging in place

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…

old people have a 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…

vision, good hearing, and quick reaction time, tend to deteriorate. Because many older people continue to drive despite having lost their motor skills, other drivers and their passengers are put at risk of being involved in an accident. The natural aging process affects one’s driving skills, making older drivers a danger to the safety of themselves and others; therefore, more uniform state laws and provisions are needed to monitor the driving abilities of this section of the population. It is…

Eventually, as people age they experience different alterations in the body, and organ systems that can interfere with their everyday activities. (Hooyman, Kawamoto & Kiyak p.42). However, normal aging does not necessary mean that each individual will go through the same type of changes. There are changes that some elders experience, and others don’t. A typical change that people will experience as they age is physical changes for example, wrinkles…

twentieth century because the mortality rate has declined at all ages, causing life expectancy to increase” (2005:80). The rate of the U.S. population surviving into old age is quickly thriving and as it expands, “the older population itself is also aging, so the oldest portion of it is increasing the fastest” (2005:81). In addition, Longino states that “the old age “dependency…

Describe Your Feelings and Beliefs on Aging in the United States Looking back from the time I started my nursing career to the present, I have seen how the image of the older adults has evolved from “the stereotypical views and images associated with ageing” (Grant, 2001, p. 777), to a more positive regard of the older population. In addition, Healthy People (HP) 2020’s focus on “maintaining the quality of life and wellness of older adults” (HP 2020, 2015) has set new targets for nursing…

older individuals looked at, the more positive aspects of the product for sale, further supporting the “age influenced positivity effect” is proven in diversified studies (Kim, Healey, Goldstein, Hasher, & Wiprzycka, 2008). It is widely respected in aging psychology that older adults are more connected to positive stimuli, documenting attention to memory tasks, reading emotions through facial expressions and images in addition to health and advertising (Carstensen & Mikels, 2005; Mather &…

problems at once, which can be difficult to diagnose the actual conditions and provide the proper care. Next, especially since many doctors are not specialists in geriatrics, it may be hard to determine if a symptom is related to a disease or normal aging of the body and overdiagnosis often occurs. Thirdly, because of how the body changes as one ages, different types of medications and dosages may be necessary to help alleviate pain or fight a disease. Finally, the overall health of older adults…

emotional support are linked. There would be a positive environment on which the main focus is on the resident. Also the residents should be able to comfortable enough to enjoy every day is extremely important. “Community services to meet the needs of aging women are a potentially powerful mechanism for extending the years of living” (Coyle, 1997, p.…

the Human Communication Research journal, article What Does Successful Aging Sound Like? Profiling Communication About Aging, explains the study of how adults converse about aging and how this relates to a successful aging process (Gasiorek, Fowler, & Giles, 2015). The article is specialized to professional and scholarly audiences. This article is set for these two types of audiences because it discusses a study about aging at a college reading level. The audience could range from a…