It has been well documented that women in general have a longer lifespan than men. In the past the

The challenge America now faces is the number of people reaching retirement will double in number by 2030, and the U.S. population will increase almost 20 percent ("Our Aging Nation," 2015). The goal is for the elderly to maintain and live with independence and dignity, as well as, provide a wide range of professional health and social service expertise, home care, and residential support and services that will be needed ("Our Aging Nation," 2015). Since the number of caregivers needed for this population will not be able to meet the demands other resolutions are considered necessary.

Taking care of the individuals that are getting older takes many different needs. Most of these needs cannot be given from the help of a family. This causes the need of having to put your love one into a home and causing for the worry of how they will be treated. It is important for the family and also the soon to be client to feel at home in their new environment. This has been an issue with the care being provided for each individual, which has lead to the need of making sure individuals have their own health care plan.

People of older age are more likely to have long-term or fatal illnesses “In 1995, only 21% of all deaths were among the under-5s, 7% among those 5-19, 29% among those 20-64, and 43% among the over-65s. By 2025, 8% of all deaths will be in the under-5s, 3% among 5-19 year-olds, 27% among 20-64 year-olds and 63% among the over-65s.” WHO 2015. Cancer, Heart disease and more commonly related to the 70-75 age group and also people aged 75 and above have more chance of becoming impaired such as visually, mentally, mobility and hearing. Women with breast cancer deprives women of 10 years of their life expectancy making women that have/do have breast cancer not live as long. The risk of

Life expectancy in the human race has risen dramatically in the past century reaching its highest level for both male and female on record. Between 1981 and 2002 life expectancy at age 50 increases by four and a half years for men and three years for women and two years respectively. By 2002 women who were age of 65 could expect to live to the age of 84 while men could expect to live to the age of 81.

The first person or people who should be caring the burden for elderly care lies within their own family. Within the American culture many family members prefer to put their older members in elder homes. My family is originally from Mexico so I am aware of the family values embedded within Mexican culture. I have never seen a Mexican family have their elderly family members live or be taking care of by somebody else that is not a relative. We live in an American society that does not value the care and need for the elderly and prefer to leave up to state and national departments. Since they were the ones who created the generation in which we live in we should be grateful and provide them with the best care possible within our own homes. Many elders who live in homes receive poor or abusive care from faculty. This is not an environment that we should be letting them live in especially if they are your parents. If they lived there lives to watch you grow and take care of you we should be returning them the favor and taking care of them until their final days. The only exception that I have for not taking care of them would be if they have a serious disability or if they are mentally ill. There are illness where the son or daughter of the family member is not able to care for that person because of circumstances that out of their reach. In this situation it would be ok to admit them to home where they are professionally prepared to care for them and have the resources needed

I was under the impression that women did not live as long as men did. The reason why because I always thought that giving birth would shorten a woman’s life expectancy. Women were known for having multiple children in the past and as a result of my wrong analogy I thought

Anybody can fall. However, statistically, seniors fall and end up in the hospital more than any other demographic. Worse, the severity of the injuries received by seniors is worse than those received in other age groups. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that falls in seniors over 65 are the number one cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries. In addition to the falls themselves, millions of other seniors miss out on a high quality of life due to the fear of falling.

People often talk of a battle between the sexes, but women have the last laugh on men when it comes to how long we live. This advantage in lifespan was not always so pronounced, however. An article in realclearscience.com reveals that for men and women born in the early to mid 1800s, the mortality rate of men to women was around 1.2 when looking at the numbers of each who died at age 60. This means 120 men dieing at that age for every 100 women. By the end of the 19th century, however, this mortality ratio had climbed to 1.6 and it was over 2 by through the early 20th century. It is believed that heart disease and smoking together were the main cause of the difference as men were both more likely to smoke and to get heart disease.

There are many different physiological changes that happen to all older people. They are normal and natural changes that every person will go through sooner or later as a result of the aging process. Many of those changes increase the risk of falling in the older adult. One normal change of aging that increases the risk of falling in older adults is changes in the musculoskeletal system. Many things happen with this system that work together to cause impairment leading to an increase in the risk of

The purpose of the 2001 article “Why do men die earlier?” by Bridget Murray-Law was to figure out why men usually don’t take care of their health as well as women, and why they are more likely to dies earlier than women. Their hypothesis was that it was the reason for men dying earlier than women is partially genetics and partially the socialization of the male gender.

Injuries and death from falls tend to be more severe as people age, depending on a number of personal characteristics and other combining risk factors. A study to assess risk factors determined that cognitive impairment, disability of lower extremities, reflex, abnormality of balance, and foot problems influence the probability of a fall. The chances of falling increased as the number of risk factors increased. Individuals with no factors had an 8% chance of falling compared to 78% with four or more risk

There are several reasons why falls are caused in late adulthood. Falls could be caused because of bad eyesight, loss of hearing, and slow reflexes. Also,

It is an accepted fact of life that men enjoy certain physical advantages over women. Men are stronger, taller, faster and less likely to be overweight, but they have then tendency to die before their female counterparts. Their date rate is higher than women in many different societies. Women, as a group, live longer than men. In all developed countries and most undeveloped ones, women outlive men, sometimes by a margin of as much as 10 years. In the U.S., life expectancy at birth is about 79 years for women and about 72 years for men. The gender discrepancy is most pronounced in the very old: among centenarians worldwide, women outnumber men nine to one. The gender gap has widened in this century as

In the article, “Why Do Men Die Earlier” it forms a good statement, and research about why men die earlier than women. I agree with the author that men die at a younger age than women, because I think men do more physical work than women, but sometimes women do more.

As health is seen as a holistic concept we also have to focus on the psychological side of health. Mental illnesses affect around one in every three people and an individual?s gender is a critical determinant of mental health and mental illness. Women are much more likely to develop mental health problems then males do. The most predominant of these disorders are depression, anxiety and somatic complaints.