Gerontological week #1 Discussion Topic 2
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Gerontological week #1 Discussion Topic 2
Discuss your own philosophy of aging.
When do you think a person becomes elderly?
What do you think of older people?
Are they active, senile, debilitated, etc.?
Provide a description of an elderly person that you know.
Medically, we are aging from the moment we are born, but we don't feel it that way. When we are children and adolescents, we never think about when to grow old, but when we enter the age of maturity, we already want to start preparing for old age. Many organizations prioritize a cer-
tain age to tell us that we must retire because we no longer have the necessary abilities to con-
tinue working. But most older people I know are active but have limited access to physical activ-
ities. As long as older adults can carry out essential daily tasks like eating, cleaning, showering, and walking with little difficulty, I consider them active. It depends on various conditions, yet it does not follow that all older individuals do not feel active. How we treat our bodies in our youth
dramatically impacts how we age. Maintaining your health as you age largely depends on well-
ness and a healthy lifestyle. It is usual for our bodies to age, and as we become older, we may de-
velop diseases. Older adults may face prejudice and criticism because of their age. I make it a point in my working life to combat age discrimination. "It constitutes an important psychosocial stressor that can increase the risk of diseases" (Vauclair et al., 2016), the researchers write. Dis-
crimination based on age is a significant psychological stressor that raises the risk of illness. One older person I want to describe is my grandmother. She is 83 but can still garden, clean the house, fix things, cook, and even care for the children. Regarding her health status, she suffers from high blood pressure; with follow-up treatment, she is very stable. She has limitations and cares because she has arthritis, and we take care of her so that she doesn't get hurt while doing things, but she is very active; she bathes herself, dresses and eats alone, and helps us a lot with housework at home.
References
Miller, C. A. (2021). Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults (9th ed.). Wolters Kluwer Health. ISBN: 9781975179137
Vauclair, C. M., Lima, M. L., Abrams, D., Swift, H. J., & Bratt, C. (2016). What do older people
think that others think of them, and does it matter? The role of meta-perceptions and social norms in the prediction of perceived age discrimination. Psychology and aging (7), 699–710. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000125
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