The Importance Of Life Expectancy

As you already mentioned, that Canada performs better on two health outcome measures, infant mortality rates, and life expectancy. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), indicated that life expectancy is associated with multiple factors outside the health care system, such as modifiable risk factors to health (smoking, alcohol consumption, nutrition habits, and physical activity), but access to high-quality primary care and treatments also plays an important role (OECD, 2017). Life expectancy in Canada is 81.5 years in 2011, which is about three years higher than in the United States (U.S.) according to the OECD statistics reported on Health at a Glance 2015 OECD Indicators (OECD, 2017).

Being a racial minority and of a lower social class definitely influences your health and longevity. In Chapter 11, it states “white hold a significant advantage in health and longevity, having a life expectancy at birth of 79.0 years compared to African Americans at 75.3 years (Conley, pg 423). They mainly focus on the differences between whites and African Americans because they are the most prevalent. African Americans also have the highest infant mortality rate then any other race mentioned in the book. They say that it’s because of “day-to-day” life that contributes to their health because they are disproportionately poor, and being poor is very stressful (Conley, pg 424).

In general they suggest a lifestyle of moderation. However, a factor that they do mention that some cannot control is their genetics. Several people that are centenarians also had members of their families that lived long lives. Even though it is not certain a person will live to be a centenarian, maintaining a healthy body weight, exercising regularly, not smoking, and eating a healthy diet can all be contributing factors. Experts also agree that where a person lives, good diet, active lifestyle, and supportive family structure play a role in a person’s longevity. I’m sure these are all important factors, but there are no guarantees because life is unpredictable.

Dan Buttner claims that it is impossible for Americans to live past 100 years old, and be healthy without chronic disease. He states excerise, community and an individuals diet contributes to a greater life expentcy. I belive this to be true, if an individuals takes good care of themeselves they can prosper to be a Centenarin.

The article Aging Well: Facing the Fact of Mortality by Michael Friedman was very informative. Mr. Friedman used this article as a way to show today’s society on the proper way to face death, is that there is difficulty accepting death and mortality. According to Mr. Friedman, “Death is morbid, but coming to terms with it is a key developmental challenge of old age and a major challenge for our health and mental health systems”. Using this quote, it can be interpreted that coming to terms with death and taking practical steps to prepare for the inevitable should give comfort. The article lists two practical steps that we should take. Whether death is on our minds or not, we must first complete legal advance directives that will hopefully assure

In the textbook, Invitation to the Life Span by Kathleen Stassen Berger contains a section on how children are discipline in different cultures. Berger provided sources from Micheal J. MacKenzie and his colleagues on how different gender, ethnicity, and age plays a role in spanking children. It is said that mothers tend to use this method more often than fathers and boys in African American homes tend to have a greater chance of being spanked. I learned that in order to study the development in diverse setting, people have to do background research and possible studies to see as to why people do certain things like spanking. It is also good to considered every possible factor that could play a part. For instance in this finding, it is good

The term “aging out” typically refers to children who are in the foster care system. Children that are beginning to reach the age of eighteen, twenty-one or are graduating from high school that have not found a permanent home tend to age out of the foster system. Several states have different ages at which children age out of the system. By aging out the system believes that these individuals are ready to go out on their own. Once many children reach a particular age it is less likely for them to be adopted, there for they continue to move from one foster home to another. Children that age out of the system stand a lower chance of not graduating high school, or going to college.

Even though the prospect of extending life indefinitely via the philosopher’s stone has been around since the ancient Greeks and has also been mentioned in the Bible, modern-day biochemists and biomedical engineers are much closer to achieving the ideal of immortality. Life extension has also had its role in popular culture in movies such as Logan’s Run. The movie depicts American society in 2274 when a totalitarian government is in power. Due to the limited resources, the dystopian government dictates that all citizens must die when they reach age thirty, and all the citizens of this government live with a watch that ticks down the time they have left to live (talk about a literal biological clock). This is a darkly humored film that can be viewed as an interpretation of Malthusian theory (described in 1798), which states that while resources like arable land, food, and natural oils grow linearly, the human population grows exponentially. Although life extension is an intriguing idea for some people, the potential problems it would likely cause, in addition to the existing problems that it would exacerbate, would greatly outweigh the benefits. Specifically, there are drawbacks behind extending the average human’s lifespan by a considerable amount, like extending the individual’s life past his or her health span and functionality. People could be sustained through biotechnology past their prime just to live in pain due to the tissues not integrating themselves correctly into

Gary Becker uses the economic approach to analyze social issues in his lecture “The Economic Way of Looking at Life”, which lies outside of the typical scope of economists. He claims that unlike Marxian analysis, the economic approach that he refers to does not assume that individuals are motivated solely by selfishness or gain. Becker says that he has attempted to pry economists away from the narrow assumptions of self interest claiming that behavior is driven by a much wider set of values then personal utility. “The analysis assumes that individuals maximize welfare as they conceive it, whether they be selfish, altruistic, loyal, spiteful, or masochistic.” This shows us that there is a far richer array of emotions that drive us rather than

My life expectancy age is 79 years old. I have always heard of Life Expectancy Assessment, but I never knew what it was about. It is actually good type of assessment to see what you need to do to determine how long you are going to live. For example, to see how is your family history and to see if you have in medical problem. I was surprise that education, economic status, and marital status had to do with it. I guess by people living in certain life can really effect on how their lives. It makes you want to change the way you live now, so you can live a long life.

As our nation’s elderly population continues to live longer, advanced practice nurses will provide primary care for many of these individuals for years to come. Chronically ill elderly patients often have multiple comorbidities that affect their quality of life. Eventually many of these patients experience a decline in their physical or cognitive functioning that requires around the clock assistance and nursing care provided by a long term care facility. When the transition to a facility occurs, the patient often experiences a loss which can have a negative effect on the patient’s psychological status. “For many people a lack of control over their lives and loss of independence are the inevitable (or perceived) consequence of ageing and of

The life-span perspective takes in account of the phases of life (Baltes 2006). Baltes approach first begins with the development of multidirectional explains how through your whole life-span people grow and learn at different pace. For an example, females usually have their period around 13-15 but I know people who have had it at 9 or even 16. Secondly, Multicontextual this reminds me of the movie switched at birth because in the movie they have twin girls who are then split up between mother and father who are on two different sides of the world (I forget where), these girls find their self at the same camp and begin to learn they are twins. The moral of this is that the girls are twins but ended up being extremely different like, they had

Since this is generally a problem for all types of families in every economic class, the most impactful factor regarding the lack of preparation for this issue is probably a lack of intentional and formal education for young people, as well as proper public awareness for young adults to those near retirement.

A recent study which was conducted on Quality of life issues for older peoples. The results shows that the average total life span increased for both women and men with a disability. The study also says that increased longevity does not indicate that they are living with good health always. Most aged peoples are living longer with various health problems or disability. (Eileen Crimmins, USC university professor, USC Davis School of

The mortality-salience hypothesis predicts people who are reminded of their own mortality will work to reinforce their cultural world-views, which is a shared set of beliefs about morals. According to Greenberg, people are more likely to praise those who shares similar worldview and punish those who have a different worldview when reminded of death. These cultural world-views allow people to achieve symbolic immortality in their minds, and shield them from the anxiety of mortality. In a way, theses beliefs were the ways people use to defend against anxiety. This explains why people tend to shunt outsiders when facing harsh circumstances, whereas they may be more open in time of prosperity.