Old age

cycle of our world, where the old ones are being replace by the young ones. Although we always anticipate of getting older, getting older does not always mean for the better. The society now view old age as tragedy, a burden, something that should not be anticipated. What does it truly mean to grow old and why does it matter? The process of aging is basically a physiological process of change. The appearance of young and old people are easily distinguishable. Growing old can be both good and bad…

stated that physical strength declines with age, which we know to be true. In class we discussed the physical changes that are associated with these decreases in strength. According to chapter 3, our joints begin to deteriorate around age 20, around that same time our bone and muscle mass begins to decrease. These factors combine to decrease our overall physical strength as we age. Overall, people tend to lose 20% of their strength by age 70, and 40% by age 80. However, in the movie Secondhand…

the precious time for them to reexamine their life and complete the unfinished things and career. For example, a lady age 73 was an army nurse when she was younger. After her retirement at age 63s she joints in adult dancer group and enters her new career, she likes to dance but this is not her real dream. Her real dream is to become a model since her childhood, though with this age she thought she did not have a chance. Fortunately, later because her good physical appearance she got the chance…

days, months, years, with their loved ones. The prison population is ageing. People over 60 are the fastest growing age group in prisons (American Civil Liberties Union). Experts say that the growth of the elderly incarcerated will continue to grow. Having elderly people incarcerated is costly in 2012 Human Rights watch, estimated that it is nine times more expensive to have an old person in custody rather than a typical prisoner. It is said that the elderly aging prison population may increase…

of debt plague people of all ages, but without protecting the Social Security program that protects the elderly from these fears, the elderly will continue to run from this fear during years that they should have the opportunity to enjoy. Social Security cannot afford to support the elderly during their final years so long as the human lifespan increases, but they can provide for them if they…

The age of responsibility, the rite of passage, the yellow brick road into adulthood, the law that should not be. The age of responsibility currently dictates how old an individual has to be to drink, drive, vote, pay taxes, et cetera, et cetera. Yet, every individual on this planet matures at a different pace, so why constrict the country into a few different laws that may or may not be effective. In many instances, a twenty-one year old isn’t mature enough to drink, but a sixteen year old is.…

senior patients. Senior patients are classified, as an adult that is at the age of 60 and over, this population presents with an increased complexity in treatment needs (Wilkins, 2013). Wilkins also states that a patients biological age is not synonymous with their chronological age, meaning that a patient may be old at 45 years, whereas another patient may not be old at age 75 (Wilkins, 2013). Nonetheless, as adults age, their health…

The story Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield is about an old aged woman who lives all by herself. She has a usual routine that she follows by going to the park every Sunday. One Sunday afternoon she decides to puts on her fur and takes her usual seat and she finds more number of people than the last time she visited. It was because of the season that changed where the band at the Jardine’s Publiques also sounded much louder and different than the usual days. She doesn’t bother anyone around her…

result that white non-Hispanic is the largest ethnicity group no matter which age group people are. From Observation 4 Chart 1, we can see that people who are 45 years old to 54 years old are the largest group no matter people in which ethnicity. People who are 85 years old or over are the smallest group, people who are 75 years old to 84 years old are the second smallest group, and people who are 65 years old to 74 years old are the third smallest group. The situation means that population in…

Admission to ICU could be limited as to provide each individual with the best healthcare available at the time, or to provide maximum fairness to individuals and the greatest utility to society. Throughout this essay, the idea of placing an upper age limit on admission to intensive care is used to illustrate…