According to Roberts (1970) older people are the whole of a generation who have survived to a certain age. They are not a deviant group or one small special section of the population. They are ordinary people who happen to have reached a particular age. There are several assumptions made about older people and their health. The first is that increasing age is always accompanied by increasing frailty and disability. As a result‚ the increasing numbers of older people in society are usually seen as
Premium Gerontology Old age Ageing
& Ginn‚ J Berg‚ Bruce L. (2012). Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences.(8th ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NY. Pearson Education‚ Inc. Bharati‚ K. (2011). Being Old and Widow : Understanding Their Social Realities. Indian Journal Of Gerontology‚ 25(3)‚ 415-437. Bogunovic‚ O. (2011). Women and Aging. Harvard Review Of Psychiatry (Taylor & Francis Ltd)‚ 19(6)‚ 321-324. doi:10.3109/10673229.2011.630821 Butrica‚ B Choi‚ N. G. (1992). Correlates of the Economic Status of Widowed and Divorced
Premium Old age Qualitative research Middle age
Matt. (2000). World Life Expectancy Chart. Retrieved April 5‚ 2003‚ from http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa042000b.htm Traphagan‚ J.W. (2000). Reproducing elder male power through ritual performance in Japan. Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology‚ 15(2)81-97.
Premium Gerontology Middle age Old age
COGNITIVE AND PERCEPTUAL FACTORS IN AGING AND DRIVING PERFORMANCE* Edward J. Rinalducci‚ Mustapha Mouloua‚ and Janan Smither Department of Psychology University of Central Florida Final Technical Report No. VPL-03-01 Visual Performance Laboratory Department Of Psychology University of Central Florida Orlando‚ Fl. 32816-1390 Technical Report submitted to the Florida Department of Transportation‚ Tallahassee under grant number 16-21-713 to the University of Central Florida and CATSS:
Premium Cognition Speed limit Gerontology
Evidence-Based Gerontology One of the most important things about the Okinawa Centenarian Study is the fact that it is based on solid evidence. The most important evidence needed for any centenarian study is reliable age-verification data. Throughout Japan (including Okinawa prefecture)‚ every city‚ town‚ and village records birth‚ marriage and death data (among other data) in a koseki (family register). This system was instituted throughout Japan in the 1870’s. The koseki is supplemented by a regular
Premium Genetics Life expectancy Senescence
Old Age Homes/ Day Care Centres/ Elder Residential Complexes For many older people who don’t have a roof over their heads or a place to call their own‚ HelpAge-supported old age homes & day care centres are safe havens where they can live their lives with dignity and interact with their peers. A rising trend is being noticed among the urban elderly also‚ who move out of their homes and into habitats especially catering to their needs‚ in order to spend their later years in comfort. HelpAge
Premium Retirement Old age Gerontology
1. Explain the relativity of “young” and “old” There are many similarities as well as differences between the elderly and young adults. The most common factor in both of these groups it seems is the overwhelming ability for being narrow-minded Young adults as well as the elderly both think they know everything If you listen to the elderly many do become wise but many others seem to get stuck in their past On the other hand young adults readily accept changes
Premium Old age Gerontology Ageing
Critical Review of Quantitative Research Successful Aging for the Geriatric Population GizetteKhamphong Washington Adventist University NURS 370 Cheryl Robertson MSN CRNP-A December 16‚ 2013 Successful Aging for the Geriatric Population This review will compare and contrast two related nursing research papers: a cross-sectional descriptive quantitative study by Kozar-Westman et al.(2013)‚ which examined the suitability of using the Successful Aging Inventory (SAI) to
Premium Gerontology Ageing Old age
Sarah Elder Visit #1 Today is September 18‚ 2011. It is Sunday around 8am and I decided to spend my morning visiting a lady named Patricia. I met Patricia one day when my husband was doing some renovation on a friend’s house. She came over to ask for help‚ ever since then we have kept in contact with her. According to Hooyman and Kiyak‚ “Chronological aging is the definition of aging based on a person’s years lived from birth” (p.4. 2011). Patricia’s chronological age is 72. She has been living
Premium Family English-language films Time
ABSTRACT Aim Successful ageing is a worldwide discussion topic‚ but its definition is diverse and controversial. This study aimed to explore the meaning of successful ageing from the perspective of elders in Hong Kong‚ and to compare their attributes with those identified in the literature. Methods Qualitative in-depth interviews on the perspectives of elderly persons were held with 4 participants aged above 60‚ recruited from a community medical center. Results All respondents
Free Old age Gerontology Sociology