In later adulthood, this role changes into other people making decisions for you and being the advocate of a person. When in later adulthood a person goes into becoming the “grandparent” to others children rather than being the “parent” to their own children, for example. One doesn’t hold much power or significance to their own life as they once did. Many people have negative views about growing older and many have their own opinions on it. “However, people in many other parts of the world think and feel positively about aging and assign a positive value and meaningful role to the aging members of their communities” (Williford, 1998, p.4).
There was also Sam’s employer at the coffee shop who was just his employer and maybe not aware of what Sam was really facing in day to day life. I feel Sam would have benefited from an advocate and support from when Lucy’s mother decided that having a baby and being with Sam was not her life and she didn’t want a baby. Sam was left to raise Lucy with only a few meaningful people in his life. Most of these meaningful people had disabilities themselves. Things maybe could have been prevented if help was provided before Lucy was born.
People are also reaching the time in their lives when medical problems tend to increase. When an adult reaches their senior years, some may need help at home, and as they age this tends to increase throughout the years. With America not being close as they were in the past, a lot of families are splitting up and leaving mom and dad alone. This creates a need for them when it comes to meals and physical care. So many people want to be independent but this actually creates a problem, more seniors are relying on community facilities or retirement homes to assist them with their daily living.
While my Values and Beliefs are important to me I appreciate that not everyone values the same qualities. While it has not been an issue in my current position I could say that I may have less empathy or patience for people who are more work shy or don't share my values. As a professional it is important that I don't allow my beliefs and Values to place a strain on relationships with colleagues and families. Experiences My experience comes with age as well as looking after my own two children, my nieces and nephews. Coming from a large family of eleven siblings some younger and some older we all have to look after each other at one time or another, I’ve learnt to care for others, give guidance and protection when needed, empathise with others when in distress, agree and disagree to voice my opinion, to give advise when needed, to support and to be a good role model.
The Brave New Neverland Growing up means learning from getting hurt, taking on responsibility, and losing childhood innocence. In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the people of the World State never seem to grow up and lose their childhood innocence. They work as adults but outside of work they are permitted to act like children with no responsibilities and drugs that take care of any unpleasant emotions. They are sheltered with no understanding of how to deal with things and are trained to not grow up mentally. In the World State no one really grows up because the World State wants everyone to be happy and not experience pain which means no one loses their innocence.
We are now in the process of arranging for her to move to an assisted living facility near my home. She will still be able to have a little bit of independence, but the family will have the assurance that she will be safe when we cannot be there. My Grandma is not yet in the stage where she forgets who we are, but sometimes needs to be reminded. A conversation with her consists of a lot of repeating. One thing that I do notice in my grandmother that coincides with my research is that a majority of her forgetfulness involves short-term memory loss.
R.Evrard was raised having both parents, but that didn't last his whole childhood life. As the interview went on he explained his life struggles and how his parents later got divorced, "that's when my whole view on genders changed." he said. He explained that while his parents were together his views on gender would have been just like any other typical man’s mentality. But as he grew he seen and went through struggles with his mother being a single parent.
In previous the health care that people were getting was all over. People were getting kicked off for preexisting conditions. Now adults and children don’t have to worry that they not get the medication that is needed to keep them healthy. They won’t have to worry that bills are not being covered by the insurance companies. No one is going to be taken advantage of.
Over the many years of my life there have been a lot of different influences on my life. Some have been extremely beneficial and others have had some what of a negative effect on me. As usual your mother and father have basically influence you as you’re growing up and there isn’t much you can do to change that. As you get older thou you have more of a choice in who you surround yourself based on your actions and how you live your life. If you ask a group of people who they would say most influenced their life usually they can come up with one or two names right off the top of their head.
Aging with Dignity Angela Starnes Psyc 210 12/13/2013 Aging in its self brings on a lot of emotions and questions to be answered. But I never want my aging responsibilities to be a burden on any of my family. So with the Five Wishes template I can make sure that the hard question are laid out with answers according to my wishes, and leaves my family free of making these hard decisions as much as possible. Choosing a person to make health care decisions for me when I can not make them for myself is a hard task. I feel I would trust me own children to make the best decisions for me.