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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Depression is an issue in older adults that many people don’t realize. Becoming ornery‚ grumpy‚ and temperamental is not a normal part of aging. Unfortunately suicide can become a result of depression. This is something that is not commonly discussed and it’s becoming a more relevant problem in older adults. A younger adult committing suicide is discussed more and viewed as a more devastating loss than an older adult committing suicide. This problem needs to be looked at. It’s a devastating loss
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How can nurses ensure that older people are treated with respect and dignity whist being cared for in hospital or in the community? The aim of the following essay is to explore how nurses can ensure that older people are treated with respect and dignity whist being cared for in hospital or the community. The essay will seek to gain an understanding of the biopsychosocial influences associated with dignity which affect the older person. Age concern describe dignity to mean that everyone
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The arduous task of planting flowers symbolized more to me than dirt‚ frustration‚ and flowers. However‚ at the time it was just a difficult objective to plant daffodils on a Saturday morning when I could have stayed home and pursued my usual quest of ruining my eyesight by watching long durations of my favorite cartoons. However‚ my father had different plans that day as I was dragged out of my house to go help him plant daffodils for a charity case. He told me that this particular project symbolized
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hair‚ hair losing pigment‚ and age spots (Arnett‚ 2012). To cover up the hair losing its pigment‚ women often get it dyed. I experienced this at the meetings I attended when one of the ladies asked if they like her new color in her hair. Late adulthood individuals often start to have macular degeneration‚ which is the loss of clarity in the center of the visual field that comes from aging‚ which often leads to glasses (Arnett‚ 2012). During my field work experience‚ when reading their scriptures
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It is believed that‚ “successful completion of developmental tasks enables a person to make a smooth transition to adulthood.” In order to become a matured‚ well being adult‚ one must complete the three main factors of the Family Life Cycle theory. Therefore‚ throughout this overview‚ the three developmental tasks outlined in the Family Life Cycle Theory prove this fact. The Family Life Cycle is destined to be successful‚ as individuals need to adapt to family changes to ensure family survival
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Adolescence and Adulthood PSY/202 April 29‚ 2012 Adolescence and Adulthood The psychosocial development stage during adolescence is the search for identity. Psychosocial development encompasses the way peoples understanding for themselves‚ one another and the world around them changes during the course of development. I think that around the age of 15 years old I was beginning to go through this stage. I got my first part time job and no longer felt that I needed my parents to give me
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Care for People across the Lifespan Experience As we become older‚ our need for health promotion‚ proper nutrition and safety increases. Our development is affected due to increase of age and as age increases generally our health deteriorates. The elderly have serious problems as they age such as brittle bones‚ loss of muscle tone and weakened immune system. Health promotion is huge in order for the elderly to be informed on how to prevent illness and disease. Safety Safety is a huge concern with
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01/05/11 PSY/211‚ Dr. Kathy Terry Team Assignment/ Week 3 Team A: Adult and Aging: Social Processes and Development * Research has found with age people have fewer social partners * Family members and friends play a significant role in social processes and well-being across adulthood. * Most reliable findings in social gerontology are that with age people report fewer social partners * The number of emotionally close social partners stays relatively constant with age.
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Reflections of Late Adulthood and Ego-Integrity Kristy Bazzanella Liberty University Abstract This report examined empirical articles which investigated Erikson’s eight and ninth stages of psychosocial development and endeavored to find answers to varying postulations of his theories; does development and growth continue in the later stages of human development‚ and if so‚ what type of growth is it; additionally is this growth stunted or enhanced by the way we resolve our conflicts between
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