4. Discuss the physical and psychological changes associated with normal ageing. How can one minimise pathological ageing? The process of aging has been around as long as life itself. All living organisms pass through three broad stages from conception to death‚ which are maturation‚ maturity and aging. Aging affects everyone because nearly everyone has the potential to grow old and all the societies in which we live have older members (Macdonald‚ 1997). Gerontology is the use of reason to understand
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ISSUES OF GREY POPULATION | | | | Submitted by :Ranjana LaskarResearch scholar (M.Phil.)Department of geographySession: 2013-14Date – 05 May‚ 2013 | | | | ISSUES ON AGEING Elderly or old age consists of ages nearing the average life span of human beings. The boundary of old age cannot be defined exactly. It varies according to societies. In India‚ the old age or the grey population accounted for 6.7% of total population in 1991. This rose to 7.4% in 2001 census and then again further
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The second half of the 20 century‚ human beings has experienced the most rapid population ageing population process‚ especially in developed countries. Meanwhile‚ China followed the step to get in an ageing society with weak economic strength and an imperfect system which have significant impact in economy and society. In addition‚ the current old-age security‚ health care institutions and traditional management system have not kept pace with the development of old age boom‚ so that China’s government
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Ageing Population – A Key Trend If one were to take a look at the UK population‚ one would notice a few trends. For instance‚ many women are focusing on their careers and postponing pregnancies. There is also a lengthening of the life expectancy of individuals‚ brought about in part by better health care and technology. The combination of rising mortality improvement and decreasing fertility rates has paved the way for a demographic key trend to occur in the UK which is now experiencing and may
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Unit 4: P4.Explain two theories of ageing. Ageing is the accumulation of changes in a person over time. Ageing in humans refers to a multidimensional process of physical‚ psychological‚ and social change. Some dimensions of ageing grow and expand over time‚ while others decline. The ageing process is inevitable and expected to every person as we grow old. There are different theories of ageing and fall into two types that was developed in order to further understand and described how we age
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‘An ageing population can bring economic‚ political and social advantages as well as disadvantages’ (15 marks) The world’s population is growing older. There will be higher numbers of elderly people‚ a larger share of elderly‚ longer life expectancies‚ and fewer numbers of working-age people than dependent people. An ageing population does raise some challenges‚ but they are not all bad. It also brings new opportunities‚ because people have longer‚ healthier lives‚ resulting in extended working
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individual‚ this can result in mental breakdowns. Living conditions can concern ageing greatly‚ as poor quality housing is majorly associated with poor health which can mean living in damp and unhygienic conditions. In doing so‚ it can increase the risk of allergic and inflammatory diseases including asthma. These rises of infectious diseases can cause a barrier to ageing because it can result in elderly people not ageing healthily.
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things such as the persons respiratory‚ cardiovascular‚ nervous‚ muscular-skeletal‚ endocrine system and the persons skin are affected. An ageing person will also experience changes psychologically‚ things such as the risk of mental illness increases with age. And physically‚ for example decreased eyesight and hearing abilities. Some of the physical effects of ageing in an individual can be loss of fat‚ due to the breakdown of their muscle mass‚ and decreased collagen‚ the amount of sweat glands in their
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GEOINFORMATICS EA Midterm REPORT Population Growth and Problems of Ageing and Urbanization in Asia Pacific Name: ALDARAH‚ Jasem Ahmed A ID No 12409147 Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Population growth in Asia Pacific in 1990-2009 and now 3. Demographic trends and Issues ‚related to rapid population growth in region: a. Ageing b. Urbanization 4. Conclusion :Some solutions and recommendations to the demographic related
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In these days there is no doubt that the population of older people are increasing. ESP in Japan. The media generally warn us about this trend and focus on a negative effect‚ however‚ The ageing population has not only an bad effect but also it brings benefit on our society. The one positive side is their wisdoms. Older people are far more experienced and knowledgeable. They have what it takes to guide the younger generation in the right direction and more precise solutions when people face the
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