Aging As A State Of Decline

In Josh Barro’s article, he mainly discusses the theme of Social Security. He explains how if we raise the age for people to access Social Security, that will harm poorer Americans who have a lower life expectancy due to the type of work they do or because of lack of other proper benefits. In the video, Coming of Age in and Aging America, they discuss the main theme of aging in America and the difficulties and obstacles these individuals face on a daily basis, especially in terms of Social Security. The video covers a variety of situations that the elderly face and how America can work to make the lives easier especially in a world where our elderly population in growing. One example was in a hospital where they were able to integrate new techniques and systems to make it easier for people to work longer into their lives. The main themes of Sharon Kaufman’s journal article were health care and the reform of current plans, and discussion of life-prolonging procedures. She discusses the three main procedures used in the U.S. which are organ transplantation, cardiac procedures, and cancer treatments. Finally, Segal’s text covers the themes and policies related to aging and elderly population. She discusses the acts and programs that have been put into place such as the Older Americans Act of 1965, social security, pensions, and Medicare/Medicaid, along with a variety of others.

Aging and death is unquestionable. Each person will experience death in life. Presumably, the average human life is age 70 (Schilling, Wahl, & Wiegering (2012) this number greatly depends on a persons' age, gender, health, cultural background, in addition to geographical location. Aging comes with carrying years of having obstacles, shock, and sorrow which in the end puts a stinging strain on the body. The pressure of death and dying likewise causes innumerable distresses, which produces a broad range of sadness. These reactions cause one to begin experiencing bereavement, grief combined with mourning (Clegg,

Successful aging is a complicated and multifaceted concept that varies contextually among individuals, disciplines, and even time. Gerontologists have traditionally considered a person to have aged successfully upon having reached old age with their physical health, mental well-being and spirit still intact. Ultimately, successful aging is a matter of personal perspective, largely influenced by an individual 's values and experiences. Even those within America 's elderly population hold conflicting perspectives on what it means to have aged successfully. A qualitative study published by Reichstadt and Sengupta titled Older Adults ' Perspectives on Successful Aging, concluded that “older adults viewed successful aging as a balance between self-acceptance and self-contentedness on one hand and engagement with life and self-growth in later life on the other” (Reichstadt, "Older Adults ' Perspectives on Successful Aging: Qualitative Interviews", pp. 567-575.)

The humanity of aging is a concept sometimes hard to grasp. Understanding why we are

This week, the lecture and additional articles were about the growing number of people reaching late adulthood and the problems that will be created for society. Society is not ready for the influx of elderly individuals needing assistance. In addition to discussing the amount of people reaching late adulthood, this week also touched on several models and theories in regards to aging. This week provided sufficient background information and vital knowledge for the introduction

17). The generation of baby boomers is named so due to an extremely high birth rate following the return of WWII soldiers. These people, born from the mid-1940s to about 1964, are now either a part of the older generation, or only a few years from it. People tend to believe that the historical cohort’s large population is the only reason for an increased amount of older people in society. In reality, as the article points out, increases in longevity can also be attributed to advancements in medicine, along with knowledge about the spread of disease and general health (MacArthur Foundation, 2009). This myth contributes to the negative stereotyping of aging because those who believe this myth do not see the importance of an aged population. What some individuals do not realize is that generations living longer can provide endless wisdom, experience, and advice to the younger population. Instead of utilizing the increasing life expectancy, people tend to judge older individuals as having physical and mental decline, when in actuality, this is entirely untrue. This false belief is the second myth discussed in the

The goal of a research paper is to obtain different views and facts about a certain topic. Aging, death, and dying is an extremely broad topic with ample of books, movies, pieces of art, and even television shows. Edgar Allan Poe 's "For Annie" happens to be one piece that relates to the topic of aging, death, and dying. An analysis opens up the background of Edgar Allan Poe, the meaning of the piece as a whole, and the different views of the piece.

A couple of days ago, I was astonished when I saw on the news that a 94-year-old great grandmother graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a 4.0 grade point average. As some of you may know from my introduction post, I am in Vietnam right now, and for such a story to make headlines all the way over here is truly inspirational. Regardless of cultural differences, we do not typically imagine seeing elderly people, such as Amy Craton, attending college much less earning a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and English. She is the epitome of redefining what aging means. As the first chapter mentions, aging is not a single process, and that it consists of three distinctive process. The later of these two processes include dementia

I have enjoyed reading your post, Sherri. I found your comments and ideas informative and thought provoking. Of course, aging is a process that is not approached welcomingly by the majority of the population as the decline in the physical capabilities coupled with the various health issues that could be related to aging make the aging individual yearn for those times where he or she was able to function independently. However, I think that Fonda’s speech was inspiring, and her views were valid. According to her, we should not succumb to the aging process because it is part of a natural change that we all have to endure if we survive through life’s third act. Therefore, we should approach this change optimistically and embrace the positives

Aging is described as a sequential, irreversible, progressive, and non-pathological process of maturation in an organism and that translates to a gradual decline in the ability to perform activities optimally. Aging is an individual process that can be a period of stress for individuals especially following their retirement (Hiller & Barrow, 2015). The current study sought to understand the process and experience of aging from the perspective of elderly individuals. In discussing matters of aging and retirement, many assume that women are always eager to retire, and adjust well, as compared to their male counterparts (Bauger & Bongaardt, 2016). Many people assume that since women are generally made as homemakers, they are willing and happy to retire while men, whose nature is to be the main source of family income, find it hard to be out of work (Moody & Sasser, 2014). Indeed, there exists very little literature that sheds some light on this area, particularly on the attitudes of each gender towards retirement and process of aging. Given the significance of retirement to this life stage, the study sought to understand the emotions and views of individuals regarding their retirement through the lenses of (1) Physical health and wellbeing, (2) Friends, Family, and Community, (3) Work and leisure, (4) Finances and lifestyles, and (5) Living

In this week’s assignment, I’ve learned several things about how aging affects you physically and mentally.  With my personal growth, this week’s assignment it made me realize why we age and we get older. It is a mystery and there are many theories about how we age.  This expanded my knowledge because it forced me to look into why our bodies and minds age.  I did not know about the theories of aging and how we age, this a new concept and something I did not have an understanding about.  I believed it was the way life evolved. You’re born as an infant that develops into a young person that matures into an adult. The most valuable lesson I’ve learned, there are four theories of aging. The theories are 1. Oxidative stress - the body inability

Humanity has come a long way as we evolve and adapt to the changing environment. Through the years, we have managed to overcome several limitations, which in the past were nothing more than dreams. We succeeded in landing on the moon and communicating over long distance, yet there are still some boundaries we have yet to cross despite our best effort. Aging is an inevitable process of nature. While we cannot stop the ticking clock in our body, we have made it possible for aging to be delayed and relieved to a great extent through advance technology and modern governance. High-tech equipments and medications are available for the treatments of more illnesses as our understanding of medicine improves and governments nowadays are doing

more likely to die (Medawar, 1952). In short it is the process of changes, which can be

Healthy aging has long been a desired aspect in life. Most people seek to live a robust and journey full life past their age of retirement. However, most are unable to achieve this goal because they chose not to maintain a healthy life style. And as time comes many find themselves physically and mentally unable to do what they long planned to do. One of Irving’s main motive in studying healthy aging was the unfortunate death of his mom. Irving noticed that his mother died when she was only in her early fifties whereas, Irving’s father was able to live till his mid-nineties. This discovery

In contemporary Irish society ageist views and beliefs are spread amongst majority of the country’s population but we should actually speak up against this and celebrate all individuals of all ages.