The Old Apartment

way of restoring the efficiency of cells, completely reversing the aging process in muscles. In their experiments, two year old mice were giving the compound over a week, looking back at the key indicators of aging to that of a six month old mouth. Researchers and scientists said that this was equivalent to a sixty year old person feeling as if they were only twenty year old. Scientists are looking forward to how the theory of age reversal can be used to treat diseases, for example, cancer,…

O’Donnell, Douglas S. The Beginning and End of Wisdom: Preaching Christ from the First and Last Chapters of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway 240pp. $17.99. Summary The Beginning and End of Wisdom is the book written with the purpose of arousing interest in preaching Wisdom Literature as well as presentation of specific methodology. In the preface, O’Donnell introduces the motivation to focus on Wisdom Literature, and manifests the twofold aims to write this book:…

The theoretical approach we chose to follow is the Developmental Approach, specifically Levinson’s Three Life Transitions. Levinson’s approach focuses on the main transitions between developmental stages of adult life (Cole, 2012). Our population includes patients in an outpatient mental health unit with an onset of depression that arose at the time of their retirement. Levinson’s approach fits this population well because the Late Life Transition occurs around age 60-65 and focuses on the loss…

successful aging provided a basis for changing the manner in which aging is viewed. Prior to this aging was viewed mainly in two dimensional aspects as either pathological or non-pathological; that is, older person with disease or without disease. Old age used to be viewed as process of decline that concluded with disengagement from the world soon after an individual’s working life had come to an end. Such views gave rise to ageist stereotypes that continue to be pervasive today and that impact…

Falls are a major health problem among the elderly. They are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in older adults in the United States. The risk of falling and having consequent injuries increase as people grow older. A fall may be the first indication of an undetected illness and prevent falls help maintain health and independence as long as possible. The U.S. population of older adults are those born between 1946 and 1964, those beginning to reach 65 years of age (World Health…

If one thing is certain, it is that men and women are looked at very differently as they age and change with time. Aging is viewed as a negative concept, particularly in women. In Robert Herrick’s poem “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time,” the speaker is expressing his subtle, insulting feelings that women should take advantage of their youth and marry young before they fall from their “prime” (line 15). Herrick uses symbolism and tone to convey the theme that women should seize the day…

Jennifer Thompson used a combination of wit and psychology to escape from Bobby Poole’s control the night of her attack. The first escape occurred when Thompson told Poole that she had a “phobia” of knives and ask that he set the knife that he was holding outside. Thompson told Poole that if she was able to hear the knife hit the metal of the car, she would be better able to “relax.” It is at this point, when Poole puts the knife away from Thompson, that she describes a “shift in power.”…

In Lois Lowry’s The Giver the old man harshly said that the community and Elders did not know anything despite their scientific intelligence, the lack of memories does not allow the community to make choices. The Elders, or leaders, do not grant the people of the community to have memories of the past. Instead, they are to not mention the topic. Without the memories people who lack knowledge of information are easily manipulated. Every December the thirteen year olds get a job in the community.…

people. Studies show that interacting with people of any age can decrease loneliness. In response to this need, there are numerous organizations that send volunteers to the homes of elderly people to provide friendship and assistance as needed (Prosper Home Care, 2014). An older adult can also choose to volunteer with younger adults. The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) runs a senior companions program, in which an older adult offers companionship and assistance to another,…

Many elderly people depend solely on social security as primary base of income after retirement. Unfortunately, it is not enough for majority of these individuals to maintain a stable and healthy life style. Not all senior retired individuals would receive social security if no history of employment of ten years or more exist (Cox, 2015, p. 42). In this case, these individuals will continue to work far in their elderly years. With the said, the level of poverty will continue to rise while the…