The Old Gringo

A Time of Transition "Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle (Lockwood-Huie)." This quote made by comedian Bob Hope, shows the levity some feel about the middle adulthood years. However, what exactly defines "middle age?" Middle age is the period of the life span that occurs from forty to about sixty years of age (Santrock, 2012). Individuals in this period of development are usually expanding their personal and social involvement, assisting the next generation in…

grandparents, who take care of their children dying from HIV and their grandchildren left behind, their pension being the only income for the whole family. ! Finally, the notion of old age is progressively altering. The so called old being “more active, assertive and independent“ (Pearce 2010), it is now difficult to define what age is old ; 65, 70, 75 or over (Murray, February 2014) ? That leads us to distinguish between two categories of senior citizens : over 64s and over 74s (Mullan, 2000).…

drivers should have to take their driver’s test after the age of 65 years old due to the results of aging, collision statistics after the age of 65years old, and the changes of rules and regulations in a person’s life time. Aging can affect someone completely different than others in life and it’s hard to say when the best time to retake the test is. But by gathering data on how a groups…

AGE DISCRIMINATION, OR AGEISM Does age discrimination exist? I believe that it does, although it is not supposed to exist, but it’s difficult to prove. What are some things that might clue you in that you are being discriminated against due to your age? • Older workers are being fired or offered buyouts, and younger ones are being hired. • You are reassigned to unpleasant duties. • You start hearing comments about your age. • You stop getting raises. • You are given low scores on your…

This post is about elderly and the risks that make them be a vulnerable group in our society. I will discuss the causes that put elderly at risk and solutions to avoid some of those risks. Our nation is experiencing an increased growth in the older adult population, this brings the concern for their well-being since they are usually at risk for injuries and poor health in general. The elderly often have decreased and impaired mobility, visual or hearing deficit, numerous chronic health…

also experiencing physical, cognitive, and psychosocial changes that they have never had to deal with before. In order to understand what these middle adulthood life events are like, I interviewed my lovely neighbor, M.K.W. M.K.W. is sixty-two years old, experiencing the end of her middle adulthood phase, and approaching her retirement phase. She has been my neighbor for the past five years and has always been very friendly and approachable. I was invited into her house, where we had a three…

diseases that play influential factor elderly deaths. This is evidence that today’s older society is more healthier than before, however, a health encumbrance continues to remain due to the amount of health care that has to be dedicated to the oldest-old with disabilities (Hoyer & Roodin, 2008). Many in the United States have significant doubts on the quality of Health Care for the elders. Based on previous studies on health care facilities in the United States, quality standards have been far…

The Age Struggle In our day and age, as we age we gain experience in our fields of work getting better and better with each exposure. However, as we age we might gain something else as well, age discrimination. With each year that passes employers give older people less attention often preferring younger employees because they are “faster” and more “creative”. This Reasoning is flawed in that employees are rather hard to completely set in one category some may be young and filled with energy but…

Falls In The Elderly Kayla Bales Baker University School of Nursing NU 322: Fundamentals of Nursing Ranee Seastrom & Teresa Faust April 12, 2016 Falls are defined as an “unplanned descent to the floor” according to Salamon, Victory, & Bobay, (2012). There are different categories of falls which include accidental, anticipated physiologic falls, unanticipated falls, and intentional falls. An example of an accidental fall would be tripping over something on the floor. Anticipated…

Introduction As the “baby boomer” generation ages, and the lifespan of adults lengthen, the number of older people is rapidly increasing. According to The National Association of Social Workers, statistic project that by the year 2030, the number of individuals ranging in age from 65 or older is expected to double, equaling a total of 70 million (Aging, n.d.). This increase in the elderly population creates the need for counselors to have vast knowledge related to aging individuals as…