Elderly Differences

The demographic characteristics of the senior population has been changing over time. The rise in diversity and the geographic placement of seniors can provide an opportunity to examine their use of the social program SNAP. Characteristics of food insecurity such a geography and race correlate with higher rates of food insecurity and as these same characteristics continue to grow in the senior population. Since seniors have the lowest rates of SNAP participation versus other age groups, and their rates of food insecurity continue to grow it is important to examine what characteristics impact the likelihood of SNAP take up among this population.

There are a variety of ways to deal with disagreements between children, young people and adults. These are some examples;

Provide scholarships to local students to train in eldercare and/or technology; build eldercare into high school and college curricula and county health department programs

As people continue to live life and grow older, it is inevitable that they will age. Aging has many effects on an individual’s physical health, emotional well-being, and cognition. Key developmental changes occur in vision and hearing; both begin declining as people age (Weiten, 2014). The deterioration of these senses can be seen in Young@Heart during the scene where a few members are joking around in a car. The driver was Lenny, an ex-World War II pilot, because he was the only one out of the group who could still see properly (Walker, 2008). The vision of every other member in the car had worsened to a point where it impacted their functioning in daily life by limiting their ways of transportation.

One similarity is that the book states that people mostly hang out with people with the same interest. I hangout with almost anybody even with people who I don't really share nothing with in a crowd. We however would really not socialize.

In the other hand, sometimes not matter how much you give of yourself, things don’t turn out the way it was planned, may be the economy is not strong yet, or it is not their time.

Older people in modern America are viewed much differently than they once were in the past. Grandparents went from giving every grandchild a very valuable life lesson to being ignored in the streets and at the dinner table. Everyone is so worried about what’s on their phone or tablet that they do not realize how little attention this generation of elders is receiving. Could the recent upgrade in technology be the result of modern America’s neglect towards elders or is it how little people care?

According to Ruoff, (2002); Brown, Kirkpatrick, Swanson & McKenzie, (2011), “Between 80% and 85% of the elderly living in nursing homes suffer from chronic pain disorders” ( As cited in Lombard, et al., 2015, p.1140). OM is a part of this percentage of elderly that has been living in pain for over ten years. In the first section of this paper, this author will be questioning OM about his perception of pain, and in the second part of this paper, personal reflections about the answers received will be given. This author will also do a detailed assessment of OM living condition and educate him on how to prevent fall by keeping his environment safe.

this enriching experience by nursing the seniors or simply donating, which will be used in

There are many factors that contribute to the vast differences in physical function in the aging adult. One of these factors is related to immunity. As we age our immunity progressively declines putting us at a high risk for disease and illness. While the decline is gradual it has the snowball effect. The elderly population is much more likely to be affected by these diseases and illnesses (Health, 2011). Disease is believed to accelerate aging biologically speaking (Spirduso, 2004).

The tires squeal as Elder Shouse slams on the brakes and jerks the car into a gravel lot just outside one of the local Aberdeen trailer parks. He gets out of the car and walks far enough away that I can’t make out what he is yelling from where I am sitting inside the car. I uncomfortably sit in the car, not knowing what else to do. After a few minutes he stomps back to the car, opens my door and says, “We’re going back to the apartment and you’re going to call president Christiansen and tell him you’re going home, or I will.” Tension had been building between Elder Shouse and me for a while now so I wasn’t unfamiliar with confrontations between us, but this ultimatum was something entirely different.

Frailty increases with age and is a prevalent problem for older adults. This increase in frailty leads to increase in falls, fractures, disability, hospitalizations, and mortality, thus increasing the healthcare costs of the older adult (Lee et al., 2014). With the obesity on the rise in the world, it is important to look at the effect a person’s body mass index (BMI) has on their risk for frailty. Frailty is associated with muscle mass, strength, and weight loss. There are two definitions to describe frailty; the most popular is the physical definition. For one to be defined as frail they must have three or more of the following symptoms: weight loss, exhaustion, weakness, slowness, and low physical activity (Collard et al., 2012). Prefrail is defined when the person has only one or two of the symptoms (Bowen et al., 2012). The purpose of this article is to look at research regarding the relationship between BMI and frailty and their effect on mortality. This topic is important in the older

Down on the grimy dirt track, I am in the center of hundreds of sweating, aggravated people who have been waiting long hours in the scorching sun. Sweat beads drip slowly down my neck, towards my backless dress for everyone to see. Looking at the drunken and impaired, I start to notice all the contrasting age differences who surround me. A vast majority of the audience neighbouring me, appears to be my age. Young adults who get to disregard all responsibilities for one night, until we go back to our summer jobs the next morning. Mothers stare in disbelief as they see girls dressed from head to toe in skimpy cut off jeans, and pieces of clothing that barely cover their breasts. Older men stand in their authentic cowboy boots, overcompensating for God knows what, as they keep a watchful eye over their much younger girlfriends.

According to a study done in 2006, it was found that almost 2 million injuries were incurred by older adults though falls each year (Stevens, Corso, Finkelstein, & Miller, 2006). That amounts to approximately 5,480 falls-related injuries per day. Falls in the elderly population are such a serious problem that in 2002, the United States Senate Subcommittee on Aging held a hearing to talk about the effects of elderly falls in the community and potential legislation to mitigate those falls (Preventing Elder Falls, 2002). While some of these falls might result in minor or no injuries, many of them result in hospitalization and even death. In an age when artificial joints are becoming commonplace and the average lifespan of a human is increasing, a problem still remains with maintaining balance in the later years of life. A direct correlation can be made between advanced age and the loss of balance. Unfortunately, this loss of balance often causes falls that can lead to broken bones and even death. While research is being conducted to understand why such an extreme loss of balance occurs, no real solutions to completely prevent falls have been developed yet.

Even though I only had one hour to observe Michelle for my older adult observation assignment, I believe working on this older adult observation assignment will train me to become a well-prepared occupational therapist in the future, because I have learned about the theory of aging. During the observation, I was able to analyze the changes in physical appearances, movement, handle the stuffs and way of speaking and communication of older adult. In addition, I have learned observing an old adult requires the observer’s capacity of going to detail. Observer should prepare a list of what to observe before meeting an adult. For example, observer should first list down what are the main dynamics in aging. What I didn’t expect to observe was Michelle’s