Aging and Adulthood Paper Karl O ’Dell University of Phoenix CCMH/504 Dr. Ed Schroll May 13‚ 2013 Aging and Adulthood Paper Aging is an inevitability of life. With age man exchanges the physical prowess of youth for the wisdom that comes through experiencing the trials and triumphs of life. As an individual enters late adulthood‚ age 65 and older‚ they experience many physical‚ emotional and mental changes never previously encountered and which may require an adaptation of their earlier
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Running head: INTIMACY IN OLDER ADULTHOOD Intimacy in Older Adulthood Lauren Heatherly August 9‚ 2013 Final Paper To Meet Partial Requirements For SOCI-349 Aging and Society Southern Adventist University School of Social Work INTIMACY IN OLDER ADULTHOOD 1 Introduction As human beings‚ social interaction is important in our lives. It is so crucial that Hillier and Barrow (2010) characterize it as the essence of life for all people of all ages. However‚ not only is social
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Development in Late Adulthood Late adulthood (old age) is generally considered to begin at about age 65. Erik Erikson suggests that at this time it is important to find meaning and satisfaction in life rather than to become bitter and disillusioned‚ that is‚ to resolve the conflict of integrity vs. despair. It has been estimated that by the year 2030‚ Americans over 65 will make up 20% of the population. Despite the problems associated with longevity‚ studies of people in their 70s have shown that
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Middle Adulthood By: Michelle Kuchera From the time I was a child I can remember listening to the adults around me talking about “getting older.” They described the physical aches and pains as well as the loss of memory and slower reflexes in both fine and large motor skills. I heard women complaining of wrinkles‚ while men lamented about “the good old days‚” when they felt more carefree and lived like there was no tomorrow. Nearly everyone I know who has reached the age of fifty has begun to find
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CHANGES IN ADULTHOOD There are many different changes that occur during the early‚ middle‚ and late adulthood of one’s life. This can range from not only physical but mental changes as well and happen differently for everyone. Each person will develop differently and at different rates than others so it can be difficult to gage one’s own progress off of that of others. Personal Philosophy I believe that the changes in adulthood are drastically affected by the individual’s position in life.
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Daniel Levinson depicts the late adulthood period as those years that encompass age 65 and beyond. Other developmental psychologists further divide later adulthood into young-old (ages 65–85) and old-old (ages 85 and beyond) stages. Today‚ 13 percent of the population is over the age of 65‚ compared with 3 percent at the beginning of this century. This dramatic increase in the demographics of older adulthood has given rise to the discipline of gerontology‚ or the study of old age and aging. Gerontologists
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use increases rapidly from early to late adolescence‚ peaks during transition to young adulthood‚ and declines through the remainder of adulthood” (Griffin & Botvin‚ 2011‚ p. 2). Basically‚ drug use is very popular during adolescence. For most people it starts to decrease during adulthood. For others early use of drugs contributes to use and abuse later in life. What within the adolescent and young adulthood stages of life makes drug usage so popular but not in adulthood? This can probably be contributed
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That duality and the contradictions of young people coming of age are often especially acute for females who are simultaneously expected to assume nurturing‚ care-giving roles and to remain dependent and subservient (in which young protagonists are engaged in the process of separating from childhood‚ of making the transition from the security of family and then from peers to independence and maturity‚ and ultimately of integrating their lives into a community of adults). In the transition stage‚
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Exercise at every stage of life is important to maintain the physical and mental aspects of a person’s health and wellbeing. This is especially relevant for exercise in late adulthood‚ with late adulthood being a person aged sixty plus (Hoffnung et al.‚ 2013)‚ the need to maintain health physical attribute as to live independently or just functionally live along with maintaining mental capacities and social relationships. Even with physical activity being a lesser part of the daily routine for many
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Independence and Adulthood I was nourished with love from my umbilical cord in my mother’s warm womb‚ spoon fed when I was able to feed and hand held when I could walk; I was akin to my parents from my conception‚ as I was their child. But‚ soon I was riding a bicycle by myself while my father stood and watch‚ I was placed on the school bus by myself while my mother waved me goodbye‚ in less than a year‚ my parents together will send me off to school by myself. From a tender age‚ still being a mere
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