Elderly drivers should have restrictions. If harsher driving restrictions were put on the elderly drivers, it would avoid accidents and injuries or even... death. Based on the fact that elderly drivers are dangerous, research has shown that everyone ages differently and growing old does not mean that a person becomes a safety hazard. It depends on the person’s physical and mental health. Our functions start declining such as visual impairment, cognitive changes, and reduction in strength and flexibility when we start growing old.
Negative stereotypes can have harmful consequences for the quality of life of older adults and can also result in a major loss to society. With increases in life expectancy as well as reduced infirmity, many adults are aging well, but negative stereotypes of aging may put society at risk for losing the contributions of these vital and knowledgeable people. The potential individual and social effects underscore the need to understand the content of aging stereotypes in terms of their accuracy and applications. It is especially important to understand how negative stereotypes exacerbate poor performance in areas in which decline is real. That is, beliefs that memory is bad in old age can reduce motivation when increased motivation is needed
They are not actively working for the income, instead they must wait until it comes in the mail or deposited into their accounts by others (Drentea, 2002). Retirees and individuals in late adulthood are exposed to a decline in their cognitive abilities (Berk, 2010). Their ability to control and divide their attention slows down and they begin to loose some of their memories (Berk, 2010). This no doubt impacts their mental health in a negative way and it causes them to become depressed and loose their connection with their families and society (Berk,
Patients may be forced to stay off work which will lead to a loss of earnings putting more stress on the individual and their families, possibly leaving a patient needing treatment for depression. Also the patient would have the stress and worry of passing on the infection to loved ones. All of these will lead to a loss of trust in in the organisation. Worse case death could occur. 007-4.1 Define the term risk.
Different theorists have different ideas on how people respond to ageing. The social disengagement theory This theory suggests that older people tend to withdraw from having social contact with people because of
Disengagement theory The definition of disengagement is: a theory that older people will need to withdraw from social contact with others. Older people will disengage because of reduced physical health and loss of social opportunities. In 1961 two authors Cumming and Henry put forward the ‘disengagement theory’ which means that older people would naturally withdraw from social involvement with others as they get older. Older people would have restricted opportunities to interact with others. Some of the issues that surround this are; getting around, money, different personalities, hearing/vision, technology, mobility, dementia, illness, physical changes, death of friends/family and accessible family.
A persons age is one of these influencing factors, as we get older we accept that our body’s will experience physical discomfort and we become limited in what physical functions we perform. When Mildred Blaxter (1990) carried our a health survey, she found that young people define health in terms of physical fitness, but as people age, health is defined by the amount of physical tasks that can be performed. A young person is more likely to think of themselves as ill, when they experience pain and discomfort than an older person, who will accept it as part of getting older. Cultural differences, can create different views on health as traditional and non-western societies see health and
However, sometimes there are positive stereotypes of aging, when people assume all older people are wise or caring. Ageism can involve stereotypes and myths, or outright disdain and dislike. (e.g., “I don’t like working with older people”.) In some cases, ageism means avoiding contact with older people. Ageism includes the wide range of attitudes that prevent people from accurately assessing and responding to social problems and conditions of older adults.
• Because of the associated preconceptions of being uncultured, tramp stamp, or promiscuous. • Fear of the tattoo looking saggy and unsightly when the skin gets older. • It’s a mark of love turned sour, which must be removed to remove the associated memories. • Reduces the chances of success in finding a job or doing business. • It can be a major turn off for some people, reducing the success of finding love.
Erikson proposed at each stage individual’s face developmental conflicts between a positive and possibly unhealthy substitute. Stages of Intimacy versus Isolation if a person’s significant other steps outside of the relationship on them or passes away in a accident that person may not be able to open up to anyone again in of fear of being hurt or not being able to deal with pain so they choose to isolate them self from the feeling of intimacy. How the individual resolves their problems can leave a bad impression on their self-image and how they may see people. According to the theory, completing each stage can have a result in a healthy personality and flourishing interactions with other people. Failure to successfully complete a stage will result in the reduced their ability to complete further stages and causing a more unhealthy personality and sense of self.