Retirement home

Career Starting a career is an important part of developing a life. After proceeding through college, most adults are looking for a job that will turn into a career. For most emerging adults, the road to a stable, long-term job is not easy. The average American holds eight different jobs between the ages of 18 and 30 (Arnett, 2016). As individuals reach young adulthood, they must make decisions that will have long term effects on their adult lives. Donald Super formulated a theory of…

Potential benefit of developing senior tourism in Hong Kong Introduction： Thanks to improved health conditions and medical advancement, our people live longer and get older. Thus, the senior population is increasing rapidly.Seniors made up 1/5 of the world population in 2012, and will reach 1/3 of total population in 2050.Population aging is a profound issue in the world. Hong Kong is no exception. The proportion of population aged 65 and over will increase to 26.8% in 2033. Obviously, aging…

Aging is an important aspect of life and planning must be done to ensure that as we age that we have the support and resources available that we need to be taken care of properly. Families have different situations that have to be address as a person in their family reaches old age. Family decisions should be made that keep the care and wellbeing of the older members of the family as the primary concern. Not all decisions are going to be the same for all families and each individual situation…

EdenHill Communities is a non-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) located in New Braunfels, Texas. EdenHill began as a charitable home for older adults in 1910, and by the 1980’s EdenHill evolved to include a large skilled nursing unit, a rehabilitation center, assisted living apartments, and cottages for independent living (2016). Today, EdenHill Communities has a large campus with a number of buildings for independent living, and one large building with separate areas for…

City of Green Benches Ageism is a concept that is harshly used towards the elderly. The meaning of ageism, means to discriminate towards ones age. In the book, “City of Green benches” by Maria Vesperi, she relates to the idea of ageism towards the elderly in a specific city. She chose to do research in a specific city by connecting the city to the elderly population. Vesperi focuses on many parts in her book such as aging, identity, social supports, and more. Within this essay, the focus will be…

services. Nursing homes The service is a long term health care service offered by normally physicians or entrepreneurs who can associate with quality physicians in the industry and offer services to society. The main element of success lies in the hands…

Theoretical Framework The theoretical framework of this article is centered on the association between age identities, perception of age, and health. This concept is analyzed from the prospective of when middle age ends, when old age starts, and desired as well as self-perceived age. Age identity, age perception, and health have more similarities than differences among them. The theoretical concept of this article is based on social identity theory and identity theory. It measures people’s…

money for their own retirement because they lack positive imagery for their future selves (Personal Communication, January 26). Maverick had never actually thought of living lavishly after his retirement. After all, he never exactly lived lavishly while he had a steady salary. If Maverick and his wife would have considered themselves leading a rather enjoyable lifestyle in their older years, they might have had more motivation to save up their extra money and put it towards retirement. Dr.…

People have to go through various stages in life from birth until they reach an old age. In past years most people have been changing their ideology to the word "old age". Elderly experience changes in some aspects of their lives for instance elderly start presenting physical changes because of the decline in the normal functioning of the body such as vision, poor mobility, hearing, and memory. Their socio-economic status also affects the individual’s way of life due to change of a salary or…

Stereotype as a societal norm should be discouraged in our society, because it is a social menace. Although the phenomenon is insidious, the effects of stereotype to the well-being of the affected people or group are enormous, which can include poor health outcome, inadequate and delayed treatment for health issues. In the worst case scenario could result to death (Levy, Ashman,& Slade, 2009). This paper will define the concept of stereotype as a societal construct against the older adults. It…