Ageing is a process of person getting older with a period of time. There are many changes occur in human body that comes along with ageing. The most important changes are their cell or organs start functioning very low. Appearances get changed. More ever body immune system, which fight against the disease or viruses functioning very bad.
Many aspects can affect one's quality of life in late-adulthood. Different factors can contribute to the negative or positive qualities in one's life; however, some aspects are inevitable. This paper will address biological changes, cognitive function decline contrasted to acquired knowledge, coping with dying, and grieving death. A further look into these topics will help one understand many changes the elderly experience. Biological Changes Because of changes in late adulthood, people biologically develop at different rates.
Development through the life stages – It’s old age – part 2. P5 – Explain the physical and 5 of the psychological changes that may be associated with ageing. During old age individual’s experience a variety of physical and psychological changes, these changes may vary depending on the individual lifestyle as different life style factors can influence how an individual develops. However I’m going to cover all the common physical and psychological changes which can occur during old age. Physical changes: A physical change which occurs only in women as they reach old age is menopause, however in some circumstances this can occur in younger women.
Unit 4: Development through the life stages P5 - Explain the physical and psychological changes which may be associated with ageing. Physical Changes The ageing process: Until we stop going through puberty the body is continuing to grow and develop into an adults body. After many years where the body has changed and still functions in a regular way. We then enter a period where more physical changes occur that leads to a gradual decline in function. However; when these changes occur, will depend on the individual.
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
P4- Explain two stages of psychosocial theories of ageing There are three different ways in which we describe the way in which we age. These are factual as we can see this happening the two different types are biological ageing and cellular ageing. Ageing does not begin at a certain age biological ageing is genetic and wear and tear. Genetic theories are the most influential to relation to ageing cellular ageing is when some of our cells are renewed such as skin cells. Nerve cells are long-lived.
The transition can take two to five years to bring on menopause. Women will start to see gray hairs appear, crow’s feet, and breast aren’t so perky. The women’s body is changing the female genitalia may become smaller, also breast may become smaller as well. With all this going on in the women’s body there is even more going on inside with the female organs. Going through menopause the female organs changes they start to died.
Ageism is the practice of prejudice and discrimination against older adults. Ageism influences the presence of diversity because older individuals in career fields can lose their jobs or be replaced with people that are younger, cheaper, and may have updated knowledge older individuals don’t possess. For example, we are in a technology driven world older career individuals would have to learn and adapt to the changing technology. The loss of a job would also mean the loss of many benefits such as health insurance. Finding affordable health insurance is much harder when you are older due to pre-existing conditions or lifestyle habits.
In regards to the comparison of female menopause and male climacteric, there are various differences between the two. However, both share similar qualities when looking at the male/female later mid-age stage of life. Female menopause is referred to as a woman’s final menstruation period. It is “a time in which women undergoes physiological changes, typically ranging from 2-5 years” (Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman, 2010). According to Chapter 10 in, “Understanding Human Behavior and The Social Environment”, the author states that menopause is caused by a decrease in the production of estrogen and typically begins from the age 36 to 51 years of age (Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman, 2010).
What is Dementia? According to Tom Kitwood the general definition of dementia relates to any organic condition where there is an irreversible loss of cognitive capacity and memory, such that there is a decline in a persons ability to function socially, physically and emotionally over time (Kitwood, 1997) It is not a single disease in itself, but a general tern to describe symptoms such as impairment to memory, communication and their thinking. Dementia is not a normal part of ageing, but like anything the chances increase with age. Light cognitive impairment for instance poor short-term memory can happen as a normal part of ageing. (We slowly start to loose our brain cells as we age beyond our 20’s) Familydoctor, (2013).