The Psych Social Theory Of Ageing

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

On November 6th, 2015, I had the pleasure of interviewing a delightful woman named, Lilly LaVigne. We discussed how she was born at the Saint Cloud Hospital on March 27th, 1949, making her sixty-seven-years-old and apart of the baby boomer generation. Also, she is a white non-Hispanic woman with a German nationality. She has a strong Christian faith, which she considers to be the most important thing about her. She describes her life as an, “Ongoing adventure” (LaVigne, 2015). Lilly’s life course proves that there are many more facets of aging other than just the chronological aspect, including the psychological aspect, the social aspect, and the biological aspect.

Ageism is described in our notes as prejudice and discrimination to one’s age. (Lynne Ann DeSpelder, 2009) I also like the definition given by Ageism Hurts, which says that ageism “is the stereotyping or discrimination of a person or group of people because of their age.”

Firstly you bringing up a good point Tannashia that there are more seniors who are engage in cosmic surgery. In addition our main-stream society places a strong emphasis upon youth. Additionally our contemporary culture strives to make makeup or beauty products for females that are supposed to assist with maintaining a youthful and vibrant physical appearance. Henceforth aging is a misunderstood concept that our society has neglected and misconstrued by implementing societal norms, believes and values that assign a negative stigmatism through mass media devices such as movies, television shows, music, newspapers and literature. “Ageism is a common form of discrimination in the United States and other societies that includes negative views and stereotypes about the

This research was revolved around R. C. Peck’s Theory of Aging. Peck invented a theory about how elders can age successfully. He states that they must adjust psychologically in 3 distinct different ways: Self-differentiation, Body transcendence, and Self-transcendence. Self-differentiation is when people retire from work or when children leave home for good, they must figure out whether or not they still have value in our society. They may ask questions like “If I’m not doing my usual role, how am I contributing to the world?” or “What is worthwhile about me now?” People need to get used to this by coming up with ways they can still have their self-esteem now that they are not fulfilling their usual roles. Body transcendence is when people age, they develop chronic and serious health problems, their bodies cannot move like they used to and their physical appearance becomes worse, which is not always the case if you take care of yourself. The majority of elderly may become disabled. People need to adjust by figuring out how to be happy in life in spite of their physical disabilities and health issues. Self-transcendence describes the stage of approaching death in which people need to focus on how they can help other people, especially their families and friends who will still remain after their departure. People need to adjust by coming up with how to help their loved ones and leave a good legacy. This is not about them adjusting to their approaching death, but much rather

Aging is a controversial and multifaceted subject of which we know relatively little. However, our perception of aging and eventual death is a subtopic that has been addressed for many millennia past. Following, we endeavored to dig deeper into the perception of death and how that perception changes with age. To do this, we designed an observational study performed with a survey which was intended to capture a complete and detailed sample so that we may draw a useful and reliable conclusion from the collected data. These conclusions will hopefully contribute to the subject of perception of aging over a lifetime.

First, the sample shows how a Sociology course, known as “Aging”, aided me in practicing my communication skills by using words only, but also aided me in obtaining more knowledge about “Aging” from my Professor, as well as from the author of the assigned book for this particular course. In addition, it allowed me to use my creative writing skills to take a reader on an elevator ride that consist of stops on each floor that taught a lesson of each chapter in the book.

Aging is very much a woman's issue. Karen’s statement was about her fear of getting older and dealing with younger people’s perceptions of aging. This phase of life will be more challenging than burning our bras.

“Ageism” is a concept that has been around for a very long time. According to a philosopher named Seneca, who lived sometime between 4 BC through 65 AD, “Senectus morbidus est” which has been translated to say, “old age is a disease.” However, when Seneca said this the idea of categorizing this behavior as “ageism” was not thought of yet. This behavior did not get its name till 1969, after Robert N. Butler coined the term, “ageism.” The act of ageism is something we all try to avoid. However, most of the time we do not register the things that people around us say or do as being under the umbrella of ageism. All though we don’t always see it, ageism is something that happens almost every day in our normal life. For example, ageism is when a coworker is forced to retire because they are a specific age. There are many researchers such as Tom Robinson, Becca R. Levy and many more who have done studies to show how things like Facebook, movies, and varies other outlets of media influence the positive and negative stereotypes that deal with ageism. The problem with these negative stereotypes becoming more common in our media outlets, is that people are being more easily exposed to them. Because of this excessive exposure to the stereotypes of ageism, a question is brought to mind, “How dose this increasing exposure to the positive and negative stereotypes about ageing in our media, effect how our younger population

There are various senior friendly smartphone launcher designs; most of them have different icons, font sizes, and layouts, etc. However, the basic functions remain the same, somewhat limiting the elderly’s accessibility to different kinds of functions that a smartphone could have. Moreover, the mental model of the elderly is quite different from that of the digital native, and different age-related vision problems would appear after people reach 60s and beyond. Since different design strategies might cause different levels of frustration during daily usage, it is crucial to know what the interaction effect is for basic design elements. Also, because of the data quality of the elderly’s eye movements, very few studies conduct eye-tracking experiments

As the clock ticks the years roll by, seconds turn to minutes, minutes to hours and before you know it days turn to years. Everyday lived is a new experience, perhaps the older you are the more you have experienced. Life is an ever changing aspect each individual encounters. As individuals grow older things start to diminish or things they once were able to do turn into things they are no longer able to do. In order to become a successful therapist it is important to understand all aspects of the aging process and how each stage effects each individual differently. To further my knowledge of the aging process, I decided to focus on the elder cohort. I interviewed a unique individual with a very inspiring story of how the ever-changing lifecycle has affected her and her everyday life now.

To have a better understanding about the process of aging and what it means to someone who is considered an old adult, I interviewed someone who is seventy-five years old. This person is a female whose name is Margaret James. Mrs. James is an only child who was born in the island of Jamaica. However, at the age of twenty-one, she and her family migrated from the tropical island to England. This was because Mrs. James, at that time wanted to pursue a career in nursing. And so she

The study of aging and old age is referred to as Gerontology (Stuart- Hamilton, 2011, p. 1). The study of Gerontology is concerned with the changes, which affect older adults (Stuart- Hamilton, 2011, p. 1). The main role of Gerontology is to not only explain the aging process, but to also improve older adults lives and experiences (Stuart- Hamilton, 2011, p. 18). Gerontology is interdisciplinary and there are three main disciplines, which are considered to be the essential foundations of the study (Alkema & Alley, 2006, p. 578). The disciplines include biology, sociology and psychology (Alkema & Alley, 2006, p. 578). The three disciplines allow aging to be considered from their own specific perspectives (Alkema & Alley, 2006, p. 578). The

Sexuality is not something that just magically disappears with age. In fact, to the majority of healthy older individual, sex is actually something that is often more enjoyable in their older age. Society has portrayed sexuality within the older population to be nonexistent or seen as negative due to the physiological effects aging has on the human body. The cartoon which is provided showcases the perceptions that society has implied towards the physical effects of aging. Being old is seen as unappealing and said to make a person less desirable ("Sexuality and Physical Changes With Aging-Cultural and Psychological Factors," n.d.). In the cartoon all four woman are presented with glasses, grey hair, wrinkled faces, no teeth, and using a cane or a walker. This implies to the viewers that aging not only makes a person unattractive but also broken. Hormonal changes are usually the culprit behind the many physical, sexual and reproductive changes that women experience as they get older. Slowed sexual arousal, vaginal dryness, as well as shorter less intense orgasms can all be contributed to menopause, the decrease in the hormones estrogen and progesterone. While both of these hormones obviously plays a large role in sexual simulation, reproduction, and libido, they also contribute to the changes in a woman's physical appearance. These characteristics in both male and females are very apparent in the cartoon presented. Just like the women, the man is also represented to be

In this paper, I take a critical perspective in examining the concept of ageing. Ageing is not only biological and physical. It also is political, shaped by power relations, social structures, cultural ideals and ideologies (Wong, 2013, p.83). The social theory in relation to activity and disengagement with its roots in functionalism is fundamental in the understanding of ageing and has further recuperations in the formulation of ageing policies (Estes, Briggs and Phillipson, 2003). To briefly summarise it, the need for elderly to have a productive role in areas such as community and social work for them to be valued in society underlies ageing policies (Teo et al., 2006 cited in Wong, 2013, p.83). Absence of meaning affects older people as the sense of doubt and uncertainty permeate and influence their daily lives and social relations (Estes et al., 2003). Promotion of active ageing is the common course of action for governments dealing with ageing. For this paper, I would will be focusing on ageing in