Essay on Elderly

homes in the community. Many of the elderly are living in rundown homes and are not near the grocery stores. The transportation

around these ages. But due to the recent large increase among the elderly inmates, society has taken notice of some of the issues that the elderly have to deal with when they are incarcerated. According to the report by Tia Gubler (2006) the amount of elderly inmates has increased 750 percent in the last 20 years. This drastic change makes it harder for the prisons to adjust their regulations and procedures therefore leaving the elderly with no choice but to adapt to these type of restraints. She also

services. The aging individual in good health who exercises regularly and takes few medications may have nutrient requirements that are similar to those of younger adults of the same sex, build, and health status. Conversely, the chronically ill elderly adult who is regularly taking a wide variety of drugs is likely to have increased need for particular nutrients as compared to his or her peers who enjoy good health. An active older persons living in the community who is able to obtain and prepare

Social Action for the Elderly Population For my immersion experience, I immersed myself in the elderly population. The elderly population is a population that I do not have much experience with. Before starting the immersion experience, I felt the elderly population experienced a great deal of oppression and discrimination. Because every individual will more than likely become part of the elderly population, it is important to understand the negative experiences of the elderly population. As social

overall theme of the articles researched were all based on elderly depression and the effects elderly depression can have on their quality of life. During the course of the research, similarities were very evident amongst the different articles. Some of the similarities were: depression is often miss or misdiagnosed in the elderly population, group psychotherapy, assessments, and medication treatment. There are many articles available on elderly depression, but you must know exactly what to look for

looking at being elderly as a sign of achievement and a stage of life filled with wisdom among other great qualities, people ignore the elderly and will go to extremes to avoid aging. The elderly have the same amount of rights as anyone else in any life stage. Sometimes this idea can confuse people on how to care for the elderly and ethical dilemmas emerge because of this. Every human at every stage of life has the right to develop to their fullest potential. Just because someone is elderly does not mean

of the elderly. The most obvious is their age, which results in waning mental and physical strength, making them vulnerable in an increasingly hostile environment that is becoming difficult for the elderly to live in. Perpetrators of crime have no regard for the aged, their primary objective is to steal and make money. Senior citizens need to be made aware of the ever increasing attacks on elderly people, and their valuables. Criminals are opportunistic and will mercilessly attack the elderly, often

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. For instance , growth and development, beauty, good health, happiness are more likely to be listed as characteristics of being under sixty five years

Dangers of Elderly Citizens Driving Suddenly a sharp pain emerges in the ribs of a young student; but it is not only him that has been injured, but the majority of his class, a broken rib being the most minute injury. Teachers and other pedestrians concerned while a couple gets the license plate of the car that just plowed through a crowd of children. But on the other end; there is the driver of the car, who did not see that the light was ever red, who was on auto-pilot and still has not recognized

automatically point their fingers at young drivers in today’s world. A number of accidents are caused by teens though I believe a worse threat is starting to appear. This threat being elderly drivers over the age of 70. These elderly drivers could be considered dangerous due to their decline in sensory. With more elderly drivers increasing over the years, drivers everywhere could be in danger. Within the next 20 years the