Misconceptions On The Elderly: A Philosophical Analysis

It is a known fact that people are living longer today and with older age comes many obstacles for which the elderly overcome. Such obstacles as; physical changes, mental changes, changes in income, friends, family, and at times their way of life. As the baby boomers are getting older, some find that their social life has declined because most of their friends have died. Moreover, some of the boomers are maintaining their lifestyles as though nothing has changed, while others are in the midst of significant changes in their lifestyles and their way of life. The purpose of this discussion board is to compare and contrast two social theories about aging and how it relates to the role of the caregiver. Furthermore, I will discuss the one new

Burger (2008), says that there are many theories of personality and psychologists try to explain it with their own approaches. Discussed here will be the psychoanalytic approach, the trait approach, the biological approach the humanistic approach, the behavioural/social learning approach and the cognitive approach. They were devised to search for specific patterns in behaviour and ways of thinking about these

Examining the evidence for personality change in middle adulthood requires the assessment of a broad scope of individuals throughout the course of a lifetime to accurately identify specific characteristic changes during middle adulthood. This research details proposed personality trait changes in both men and women participants in middle adulthood. The majority of participants are of the middle age which generally includes adults between the ages of forty and sixty; however, references to participants of all ages are identified. The assessment individuals across a lifespan are essential to denote specific changes in personality during middle

In this essay I aim to discuss the different views of each side of this argument and then later conclude as to whether personality is stable or changing across the lifespan.

Ageism and stereotypes of older people can have an important impact on their physical health, mental health and overall wellbeing. Negative stereotypes of older people being dependent and decrepit can be internalized and become self-fulfilling. These ageist thoughts and stereotypes can lead to older people not seeking health care in general and to not get treatment appropriate for their illness or medical condition due to their age and not based on any other factor.

Introduction: People treat and view the elderly members of society in alternate ways depending on the culture they are from and have grown up in; this is shown in Western and Eastern society who regard the elderly very differently. The way children are brought up to perceive the elderly can have a large impact on the way they treat elderly people when the children grow into teenagers and adults, both in everyday situations and in care homes. I shall be discussing how the Western culture views the elderly and how this affects the care they receive by exploring the stereotypical view of how the UK treats their elderly people which involve stories of abuse that takes place in care homes that have been revealed by elderly victim’s families. However I shall also focus on elderly people of a Western culture that receive a very high quality of care by being given above and beyond the minimum standard of care, attention and respect expected in an elderly care home which, for example, can be seen in Hayling Island care home which has been labelled as the best in the UK. I will be talking about another European country, France, who have dramatically improved their treatment and care of the elderly following a heat wave in 2003 and the statistics that say France has the highest elderly suicide rate in Europe.

Modern society view’s aging as a form of sickness and the elderly as persons who are closer to dying and death. This is what is often portrayed in our mass and social media. When considering issues of aging sociologists have found that more positive characteristics are often said for persons under sixty five years than for over sixty five years.

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.

The world is filled with myths. Most of us have been told that Poinsettias are poisonous. We have also been told that dogs sweat through their tongue and that bats are blind. Each of these statements has some truth to it, but each is also categorically false. They are nothing more than myths and urban legends. Small amounts of truth that have been blown up until they become something that extends beyond reality. Believe it or not, even home care for the elderly is not immune from the myth machine.

There are several negative stereotypes surrounding older people and the aging process. Stereotypes of aging include assumptions and generalizations about how people at or over a certain age should behave, and what they are likely to experience, without regard for individual differences or unique circumstances (Rylee, 2015). When topics about the elderly come up most people begin to think of stereotypes like the majority of elderly people live institution like nursing homes. Other stereotypes consist of older people cannot learn, elderly people are set in their ways and unable to change, sickness and disability come with old age. When I think about all of the negative stereotype surrounding the elderly population. I can't help but wonder how these individuals handle depression during the aging process.

On February 6th, 2016, The Reverend L.L., a Chaplain at a large, suburban, Level III Trauma Center, was interviewed about her worldviews and philosophy on anti-aging medications. The first seven questions were designed by James Sire to help one determine their worldview. A worldview is defined as a “commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart” (Sire, 2015). It is the core of who we are. The last eight questions were formulated from Uustal’s ethical decision-making model (Grand Canyon University [GCU], 2011) to help solve the ethical dilemma regarding the patients’ use of anti-aging medications, and whether the nurse should speak up regarding the manufacture’s false claims, product inefficacy, or potential harmful effects.

In the last several decades, many have developed different beliefs and perspective on the process of aging. Their view on aging could have been influenced by their own age, gender, time, society, culture, and other countless factors. The purpose of this paper is to explore an older adult’s beliefs on aging by interviewing three people from different age group; an adolescent (ages 14-20), a middle-aged person (ages 45-60), and an older adult (age 70-100 or older). The people I interviewed are Christian (19-years-old African American male), Leroy (60-years-old Caucasian male), and Judy (74 years-old- Caucasian female). The participants were asked to answer six questions regarding of their belief on aging. Each interview lasted for

1. Discuss how Ageist attitudes/beliefs in society with regards to the elderly, specifically directed towards late life sexuality, elder abuse and the treatment of elderly being cared for; reflect on the overarching devaluation of the elderly in our society. -> Ageism is commonly over looked in today’s society because it happens so frequently that people do not realize the wrong behind it. These ideas stem from ageism and ableism, which leads to judgement that elderly people are unattractive, “too old”, lack the energy, and thus asexual. Many stereotypes lead to the misconception and these conceptions can lead elderly people to believe them.

Analyses shows that personality changes throughout life as different personality traits are used and forgotten. The results are generalized and don’t always apply to people but typically the results are correct.

This paper is a comparison of three different viewpoints on the subject of personality. Carl Jung, B.F. Skinner, and Carl Rogers all had very different outlooks on what defined someone’s personality. As an added feature I have included myself as a theorist because my views are also different from the previous mentioned theorists. This paper will also look briefly into the background of each theorist because their views on life began in their childhood. Amazingly you will notice the all had similar backgrounds, but came up with completely different ways of looking at life.