Aging out

who are aging into the elderly stage of society’s perspective (2015). When elderly stop participating and stop remaining active that is when the elderly stops living. “Recognize and accept the aging process and all that goes with it as a reality, a natural part of the life cycle; it happens to us all . . .” (Daniel 1994). Through years of extensive research and years of experience, scientists have developed various assessments of what formulates successful aging. Defining successful aging…

Aging is a beautiful challenging unique process that we have the privilege of tackling in each of our lives. For some it may be an easy planned out progression without many bumps in the road, but for most it is an ever changing journey that makes us who we are today. Aging doesn’t always ask us what we want or what we planned on doing with our time, but instead gives us experiences, good and bad, that make up our lives. What better way to understand being an adult and the aging process than to…

Question 1 A- The simple way to define aging is to describe it as the time units between birth and a date of observation. And it can be defined as the group of processes that occurs in living organisms over time and leads to loss of adaptability, functional impairment and ends by death.it is important to differentiate between aging and secular effects which are environmental effects that affects people who live within identified period of time. Aging can be described as decline or regression in…

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…

In the movie young @ heart all the individuals had a good health as they get older. It’s hard to stay health because of the aging process. For example 92-year-old Eileen Hall’s who is in good health condition dispute her age she told us in the move that when she was young she used to be a striper yes she was we all were surprised. We sow her first in the begging of the movie…

Both physical illnesses can be prevented by healthier lifestyle choices and physical conditioning. There are various other chronic conditions that affect the aging population. Eight conditions, including hypertension and type two diabetes, and what percentage they affect the populace are represented in the bar graph below (par 14).The graph cumulatively represents the sixty five and up age group affected by chronic…

woman is a blessing, but it does have its down side when it refers to a woman that is aging. Unfortunately, women can be very competitive when interacting with other women. Although being a woman who is old is very different from aging as an individual they do share some similarities as “Human behavior and the social environment, theory and practice “ (2007) and “Voices: On becoming old women“ (2009) points out. Both “ Human behavior and the social environment, theory and practice”…

grandparents and a great grandmother. Even without extensive exposure to the aged population as a whole, it is clear to me that the aging process looks vastly different for every individual. I have also repeatedly observed that aging is not something to be fearful of, but can embraced beautifully. While there are some older adults that have seemingly mastered the art of aging gracefully, others are still struggling with…

The Changing Demographics of Aging Seniors in America America’s senior population is experiencing considerable growth: By the year 2030, it is projected that there will be roughly 72 million seniors living in the United states, or about 1 in every 5 people (Ortman 6). The oldest of the Baby Boomers became a part of the over 65 segment in 2011, and will continue to age and add to the senior population over the next 20 years (Frey 28). This increase in senior population will significantly affect…

age. Aging is a process that happens to the human body, and there is no known solution to stop the aging process from occurring. Even though many illnesses and fears of falling become difficult to acknowledge by the aging population, does it mean that these downward trends cannot slow down? Stubbs, Patchay, Soundy, and Schofield (2014) are faculty members of University of Greenwich, London, UK. The authors noted after a considerable time of non-activity engagement, sedentary behavior for aging…