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3. Comfortable Shelter and Dignified Accommodations. Although everyone would like to remain in their own homes as long as possible and live an independent lifestyle, age-related diseases and infirmities frequently require placement of the elderly in long-term care facilities that vary drastically in their quality of care. Some progressive facilities employ evidence-based interventions such as pet therapy, art therapy and music therapy that have been shown to be effective in promoting quality of life among the elderly, while others simply allow their residents to wither away, neglected, unnoticed and uncared for by family or friends.
4. Reasonable Assurances of Safety (freedom from crime, terrorist attacks, etc.). In the culture of fear that has emerged in the United States and elsewhere following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, older people, like anyone else, want to be assured of their physical safety as they go about their day-to-day lives.
5. Social Life. Many elderly people will experience the harsh reality of witnessing many of their family members and friends die as they grow older. A lack of available transportation and an inability...
To the extent that older people are able to socialize will likely be the extent to which they avoid the crushing effects of loneliness and depression that can result, thereby contributing to an improved quality of life.
CONCLUSION
It is reasonable to conclude that the extent to which these foregoing concepts of successful aging and quality of life will inevitably be redefined within public policy in the future. Indeed, the same innovations in healthcare and telecommunications that have redefined successful living will also have a profound effect on definitions of successful aging in the future. Successful elders in the mid-21st century will possess the skill set needed to navigate the ubiquitous computing environment that has emerged and will possess the monetary resources they need to live their golden years, which may become the period between 80 and 100 years by then, in comfort and security, with access to professional and avocational communities of interest and with access to the healthcare resources they will need as they join the older elderly in the future.
successful aging as viewed by Generation X versus Baby Boomers over the age of Successful Ageing: Generation X versus Baby Boomers Numerous studies have focused on understanding and defining the constituents of successful aging. The term "successful aging" is popular in the gerontological literature to cover processes in aging. The processes of aging are positive, and at times, the term has shown relations to "vital aging" or "active aging" implying that
If anything, such a person may have regrets over having wasted too much of life on impersonal achievements and selfish pursuits. 6. Do you agree that in later life men become more nurturing and women more assertive? What do you think are the findings that could support or challenge that observation? The observation that men tend to become more nurturing, less competitive, less aggressive, and "gentler" in later life and that
Typically a Japanese funeral follows the sequence: when someone dies, they are placed to rest in their homes. The corpse was placed with the head pointing the North, copying the deathbed of Gautama, and the head of the bed is well decorated. Then the previously mentioned encoffinment process. The first night after one's death is called the Tsuya; and it is for close family and friends to remember their beloved.
Aging and Decline in Cognitive Abilities The video Successful Cognitive and Emotional Aging (2009) examines some of the behaviors that individuals can practice in order to facilitate mental well-being as one advances in age. Neuroplasticity is the capacity of the brain's ability to change in response to behavior and environment. The video suggests ten strategies for to promote successful cognitive and emotional aging. 1) Physical activity, regular aerobic exercise and strength
Aging and Russian Culture In order to understand and relate to an older Russian in the context of providing psychological care, it is first important to understand the context of Russian society. Russian society has been marked by a transition in recent years that has reflected the rejection of communist ideology and all accompanying notions of collectivism. In many respects, this reactionary mentality has resulted in a breakdown in traditional values.
Social Construction of Aging in Nursing Homes Aging is socially constructed. Using the perspective of symbolic-interactionism, it is possible to show the precise processes whereby the social construction of aging takes place inside specific institutional contexts, like the American nursing home. The American nursing home offers insight into the culturally constrained concept of aging, for attitudes towards aging bodies and aging as a philosophical concept are informed by cultural milieu, worldview,