...Adulthood Development Anna Silva February 27, 2015 BSHS/325 Laura Cobb Later Adulthood Development The transition into later adulthood can be very rewarding and fulfilling by learning to accept the new changes ahead. Psychological, social, and biological changes begin, each varying from person to person. Many experience retirement in this stage and it can have an effect on the individual’s entire world. For many individuals, work is the main aspect of their lives and making a transition to suddenly having so much time on their hands can be difficult for some to cope with. The role in society as a working individual is different and it can be focused on other activities like volunteering and travel. Such adjustment may require help from friends and family for support and for new living accommodations. As the world around is transforming, the body is also taking a toll with the increase risk of disease and disabilities. Possible living accommodations may be needed to help keep as much independence for the aging adult. The transition can be positive with many new relationships and experiences, however, the transition can also be a negative alteration. Acknowledging what is to come with the aid of those around can make later adulthood be worth the wait. The stage of retirement is intertwined with the development of later adulthood and the change in role in society. With the ability to no longer work, there is a drastic increase...
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...a definitive step in my career transition process. Approximately three years ago, several life and work related events converged which caused me to re-evaluate my life. Personal triggers included - turning 50, my husband’s health issues and his post-retirement life-style change and my mother’s retirement and her subsequent move to Jacksonville. At work, I was charged with the assessment of Obamacare and the implementation of the Health Exchange for Medicaid products; areas which I oversaw. I was also selected by senior executives at the corporation where I was employed to participate in the Executive Leadership Program for America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). Despite having been certified from the prestigious program and recognized by internal and external entities as a leader and subject matter expert in my field, I was becoming increasing disenchanted at work. I was not able to break the “glass ceiling”. Those at the executive levels were (and are) mostly white males. Minorities (non-whites, non-hetero males and females) were already in place. There appeared to be no need to admit additional “tokens” to fulfill an appearance of diversity at the upper echelons. When I evaluated the impact of Obamacare, I predicted the need for substantial downsizing due to automation and projected revenue loss. It was at this point that I felt it was necessary to start to plan for my “pro-tirement”. To this end, I began to shape my transition, utilizing project management...
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...Later Adulthood Development Report Crystal Castro BSHS/325 September 29, 2014 Maria Perrotta Later Adulthood Development Report Hello and welcome to our nursing home I know that this can be a hard transition to make for you and your loved one. Let me just say that I believe you will find that this is the right place for your loved one and we want to thank you for entrusting your loved ones care to us. While we know this is hard we would like to go over a few key concepts that will make their transition into nursing home living easier. These concepts include the role changes and social position your loved one will experience. The different types of accommodations available to your family, as we want you to make an informed decision when placing your loved one in a nursing home. How to successfully make the adjustment and transition into retirement. The changes your loved one may experience in relationships. Finally the social policies that will affect you elderly loved one. Role changes and social position Making the transition from living independently or with a family member to a nursing home. This transition will be a time of adjustment. The move may bring the fact that your loved ones health is declining and they may feel that they are losing there independence. This is because residents living in a nursing home do not have the same freedoms that they previously did. Nursing homes have to stay within mandated regulations and have schedules in place making it easy...
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...Retirement Abstract Retirement is a great is one of the biggest developmental changes that life has to offer. It can affect you in many ways if you are not prepared. Although, it may have negative effects on a physical and psychological level, it also can have its benefits. It depends on how prepared you are, going in to this stage of life. In most cases, the economical status of an individual can be a major factor in being prepared for this event. As human beings, we are not able to depend on our own selves and that is where psychological stress may impair our vision of retirement should be. Now, I ask, why do we retire? Obviously, to enjoy what we have achieved from all the hard work that have had to endure. For some it may come easy; for others it becomes a difficult stage where independence becomes dependence and that is where anxiety and depression come in to play. In this paper, I will discuss the findings psychologists that have studied the effects of this life stage. First, let’s review the psychological perspective of retirement. As stated by Kenneth S. Shultz and Mo Wang, “Retirement is an interdisciplinary topic studied by researchers in psychology, sociology, social work, demography, economics, and organizational sciences…” Because of this, literature on retirement has grown a great deal and has research has taken many different forms. The basic...
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... Later adulthood can be a struggle for some individuals. What we do here is try to ease the transition and provide a healthy way of living. This report will explain changes in role and social position, living accommodations (accessibility and health care needs), adjustment and transition from work to retirement, changes in marriage, family, and peer relationships, and our social policies. We strive to be the best at what is done here, which means being professional and building rapport within our clients. After reading this there will be a better understanding of how we value clients and their overall well-being. As individuals age, they face many obstacles that can put limits on their lives. For example: “When older adults lose the capacity to drive a vehicle, it severely restricts their social interactions, is an assault on their mental well-being, and lessens their independence.” (Biological Aspects of Later Adulthood, Chpt. 14, pg. 590) After losing the basic abilities that enabled them to venture on their own some begin to go into withdrawal and sometimes even depression. Their roles have been shortchanged and their knowledge is undervalued or seldom used. While getting older seems to get more and more discouraging, there are individuals out there that will take matters into their own hands. They are still working even after retirement fulfilling many positions in society to increase productivity. In this aspect they can provide a vital role in society...
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...today’s society. Among the changes comes their incapability to care for themselves, finance, housing, and retirement. Social change happens when people in this age group are faced difficulties to the lifestyle changes that take place. There are some who lose their partners, and become despondent, the loss of friends, and becoming isolated from others. Most times that older adults become less independent they have to live with other family members, and this can cause them to be less likely to interact with others. This causes change in daily routines, and also causes them to feel a burden on family members. These changes can also make for a transition into other types of living conditions. Most people in this stage of their lives elect to live in places where their independence is intact. They choose to live in assisted living facilities, nursing homes, or retirement homes so that they can maintain some sort of independence. Health care is also an issue, because some are in need of care that requires them to have home nursing services. These can be achieved by living in a place where health care can be maintained. In this age group it is important to have regular check-ups, and see a doctor to treat, and prevent medical issues. Adjusting to retirement makes for many changes that takes place in the life of a person in late adulthood. Some feel that the beginning of retirement may feel as if they were taking a vacation, but after time goes by it changes. There are some problems...
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...is "passionate about developing innovative, ground-breaking tests, products and tools to enhance patient care, provide value to our clients, and transform information into knowledge and insights" (Quest Diagnostics, 2000-2015). Due to the commitment to its customers and company a succession plan must be in place to avoid any interruptions during transition periods. Like all plans, a succession plan also runs risks; however, the following succession plan for Quest diagnostics will consider vacancy, readiness, and transition risks for the next President and Chief Executive Officer. It will also consider internal candidates and external candidates for the positions that need filling. Vacancy Quest Diagnostics needs to have a succession plan set in place in case the current the current President and CEO of the company retires or resigns. The current President and Chief Executive Officer is Steve Rusckowski. He is currently making "$9,266,835 in total compensation." (Salary.com) Steve is only 57 years old which means that in eight years, he will be at retiring age. Quest Diagnostics needs to plan ahead in case he makes an early retirement. There are multiple executives that could step in as President and Chief Executive Officer. The Vice President and Treasurer is Tracy Cinco-Abela. "Ms. Cinco-Abela joined Quest Diagnostics in 2007. She earned her MBA from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and an undergraduate degree from De La Salle University in Manila...
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...Running head: INNOVATIVE CHANGE AT FORD MOTOR COMPANY Innovative Change at Ford Motor Company Keller University Human Resources 587 August 24, 2014 Abstract Since Alan Mulally took over as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Ford Motor Company the business has been transformed into a powerful competitive force in the global automotive industry. An examination of the company’s communications surrounding Mulally’s retirement and the appointment of Mark Fields as the new CEO demonstrate how Ford used positive and candid communications to overcome resistance to the change. Actions as simple as providing verbal and nonverbal cues have a powerful influence on how others perceive a change (Nekoranec & Fourrier, 2013). A proposed alternative communication plan, including the use of more communication channels with increased frequency, would have helped the company address some of the fear and uncertainty among stakeholders. An example of an internal memo is provided to show how the use of positive and supportive descriptions of the change can motivate stakeholders to act as change agents on behalf of an organization by embracing the change and recognizing their essential role in the process. Innovative Change at Ford Motor Company In the past few decades Ford Motor Company has experienced a series of disruptive changes pertaining to the company’s leadership. In 2006, the appointment of Alan Mulally as the company’s Chief Executive Officer...
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...When a person enters late adulthood they begin to go through different changes in their role and social position in society. At one point in their life they were young and held a high role in the decisions they made for themselves and others. Many elderly people are parents and now grandparents and once held the role of taking care of their children. During this phase of their life this role changes and it is often that the children are now taking care of them. They do not hold as much power over their life as they once have and may not have many opportunities to make decisions about their own lives. Their social position has gone from the majority to more of the minority and they are often treated differently because of this. People often respect that they have the knowledge of living most of their life but often do not give them this respect because of their age. While their opinion was once valued it is common that in our culture their opinion is not as valued. Although, in other cultures the opinion of the elderly holds higher power than that of any other person of another age. The elderly often have more of a need for health care than those who are in middle and young adulthood even though it may hit much later in life. Many elderly people reach the age of 70 or 80 before any symptoms of serious or fatal illnesses occur (Biehn, 1994). When this occurs many believe that it would be a waste of health care funds to treat these people because of their age. While the elderly...
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...Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration From Peter J. Muller RE: Policy Reform Regarding Social Security in the United States Date: May 23rd, 2015 The current Social Security (hereto after referred to as “SS”) pay-as-you-go method creates an unstable revenue stream and the active working class is essentially sacrificing money for the retirement benefits of the elderly and disabled. In addition, the current benefit payments are not enough to make up for Americans lack of savings. A focus on the lower class creates a striated distribution of the benefits and would likely be more effective if funds for retirement directly matched your lifetime contributions. Therefore, I propose a reform to shift from the current pay-as-you-go method in favor of privatizing these funds where contributions made by workers each pay period enter into investment funds to be drawn on later by themselves and their beneficiaries. This creates a personal retirement investment account rather than taxation and redistribution. About 31% of Americans have no pension or savings for retirement, and under the current SS structure, payroll tax revenues are used to pay the benefits for people currently collecting SS pensions. Any surplus is invested into US Treasury bonds by the government. Under this policy, lower career earners receive substantial redistribution made possible since high wage works and dual income families receive much less favorable treatment. This...
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...A Comparison of Markov Based Logistic Model Determining the Risk Factors of Health Conditions for Old Aged American People By ASEK MD. SUZAUDDIN Abstract: Markov model are expedient and very serviceable method for analyzing longitudinal or categorical data. This method play an important role in various fields to explain the dependence pattern of a time series over a period of time and to predict the future course of process behavior by its investigative and prognostic power. Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) data, an ongoing longitudinal survey that interviews a national sample of persons born between the years 1931 and 1941at two year intervalsWe discussed two discrete time markov models proposed by Muenz-Rubinstein and Azzalini respectively for the HRS dataset and fit this two models considering health conditions as a dependent variable. We also estimate the efficiency for the two fitted model and compare the models on the basis of the results. This study fits the two models and compare them on the basis of their efficiencies. In here we fit those models for the Health conditions of the old peoples and obtain the efficiencies for both models and found that the estimate of Azzalini’s model is more efficient than that of Muenz-Rubinstein model. 1. Introduction Longitudinal data...
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...Retirement causes one to go from a scheduled calendar to a time of complete leisure as a result of hard work. Excess leisure time leads of a perception of emptiness and a questioning of one’s purpose. Retirement often causes senior citizens to lose their sense of “self”. While, work causes individuals to gain their sense of “self” from one’s occupation, relationships, and fulfillment of goals. The New Horizons band aids senior citizens as they transition from work to retirement. Dee Russel, a member of Shorter’s New Horizons band, notes that his identity from his previous work, a physician, displays various differences from his role as a musician. As a physician, he faced stress due to his responsibilities. Retirement caused him to experience a lack of drive and lose a sense of fulfillment. Several months after retirement Russell joined the New Horizons Band. Retirement allows him to enjoy old hobbies such as playing the trombone.Stress that he experiences as a musician stems from learning breathing techniques, embouchure, and phrasing. Overcoming these obstacles allowed him to meet his goals and builds endurance, re-establishing...
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...Manuel Vela BSHS/325 April 8, 2014 Rosemary Hill Human Development is an amazing transformation that takes place daily. We do not know what babies think, but when babies reach the childhood stage they cannot wait to become an adolescent, and when they reach adolescence, they want to rush into adulthood. All stages of life are awaited with dreams and goals, yet one stage that as humans do not look forward is the golden years the later stage in life. This stage is when senior citizens start retirement and hours decrease in the work force to part time employment. In later adulthood is when humans start deteriorating physically and mentally. The golden years are times of joy for some and a time of sorrow for others. The transition from being an active adult and suddenly growing older and entering retirement is a major changing experience that will be great for some and not great for others. Later adult stage takes mental preparation, being emotionally prepared will make the transition easier to adapt. People see the later adulthood stage as a time to relax and to finally travel around the world. The reality is different many senior citizens will struggle to adapt to the new lifestyle, that will have them face financial hardship and illnesses, and treatments that they will not be able to afford. The elderly stage of life is the most difficult stage that as humans that we will have to face. During this stage this population loose many great friends that have been a part of...
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...Aging is a fact that faces every person. The aspects of aging effect each person differently, but the many aspects of aging such as the changes in role and social position, living accommodations, the transition from to retirement, marriage, family and other relationships. Though everyone ages, each individual age at different degrees, depending on his or her genetic makeup or the way the person lived his or her life. As a person develops and changes, so does their role within the family and within the community in which they live. Where once families lived together and raised their children around the grandparents and other family members, people have become more mobile and live further away. Improvements to the health system and economic levels of the average person have led to better health in most people and an ability to live independently longer. Children are not facing the demand of providing support for the older family member. “Older people are erroneously thought to be senile, resistant to change, inflexible, incompetent workers, and a burden on the young” (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2010, p.642). Individuals entering later adulthood were once young, energetic, and thriving in the work field and are now viewed negatively by society. The older an individual becomes, the less energy they may have because their bodies may not be as physically fit as they once were. This may cause them to not be able to participate in activities that they may have once enjoyed doing...
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...Later Adulthood Development Report Adults that are faced with the transition between adulthood and later adulthood, reaching their “golden years”, are faced with social, physical and mental changes. These changes affect them in every area of their lives. Moving from adult to the category of “senior citizen”, can be a difficult transition for many people. The age of 65 has usually been cited as the dividing line between middle age and old age (Santrock, 2008). It is during this crucial age that people will begin to experience life changes, it is important to note that there are resources, tools that can be used to make this transition easier for both the client and the family. There is a very permanent stereotype that assumes that because a person is reaching older age, they are in both physical and metal decline. This is not necessarily true, as there are people that can live independently well into later adulthood, without ongoing medical care or supervision. Older adults will be subject to discrimination by others, especially in the workforce, they are deemed to be slower and with dwindling critical thinking capabilities, this stereotype perpetuates discrimination in the workforce. Aging adults can also fall victim to increased levels of crime. Others may take advantage of them, as they, along with children, are some of the most vulnerable in our community. There is another set of aging adults who are under difficult circumstance and do need extra help and assistance in...
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