...Getting and Staying Active in Later Life On the occasion of International Day of Older Persons, ASM ATIQUR RAHMAN discusses the plight and prospects of ageing in 21st century Bangladesh. Old age is neither a disease nor an individual problem; rather, it has become a worldwide challenge that must be addressed globally. "Later life" is unavoidable, inevitable, universal and excessively troublesome. No one can stop the process of ageing. The quality of life and the rate of ageing both vary considerably depending on a number of factors such as education, occupation, purchasing capacity, lifestyle, food habit, residential location, belief and culture, etc. Surprisingly, ageing takes place within the context of family members, kin, neighbours, friends, work associates and the state. Lifelong preparations, making intergenerational linkages, using appropriate technology, developing right-based societal relationships, upholding religious values at the personal level, political commitment and governmental undertaking at the macro-level can help ensure a healthy ageing and active later life. Policy responses to ageing until now have tended to focus only on the provision of medical care and income security for older persons, which remain important but have been inadequate compared to the rate of ageing occurring now and projected to intensify in the coming decades. Population ageing is a by-product of scientific development in human societies bound to remain a dominant social...
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...in this tour. Introduction: On March 1, 2012, I along with my partner visited an Old Age Home in Gazipur. It was perhaps first time for us visiting an old age home. The moment we entered inside the home we got wrapped in the tranquility surrounding the home. Everybody was inside. Soon, we met a lady – care taker of the home, she led us to an office where we were made to sit. Next to our room, we saw some 15-16 people all old aged; all were engaged in their daily activity. This centre started its activities in Dhaka in 1987 with the initiatives of a rich industrialist of the country. Later the centre was shifted to the outskirts of Dhaka city in a large area at Gazipur District in 1994 and Nobel Laureate Mother Teresa laid the founder stone of its planned rehabilitation centre of 5000 elderly people. At present it has two branches in two districts and a total number of 1500 elderly have full board accommodation with socio-cultural and geriatric facilities. It has large agricultural activities where the elderly participate in gardening, farming, pisi-culture and other related agricultural activities. It has representatives in all 460 sub-districts of the country who disseminate the information and collect poor, helpless elderly people for this centre. It has a different abandoned child and older prostitute rehabilitation activity. The center has future plan to establish ten old home in the Dhaka City with legal aids, geriatric, recreational and...
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...Dada-Dadi has been involved with research on diverse topics, from benefits to civic engagement to reverse mortages and more. See a full list of Dada-Dadi reports. For information on healthy aging programs--including health promotion, falls prevention, disease prevention and chronic disease self-management--see Dada-Dadi Center for Healthy Aging, a national resource center for professionals. Civic Engagement Promising Practices for Engaging Seniors in Community Service Consumer Direction- Mainstreaming Consumer Direction in the Aging Network Diffusion of Innovations Diffusion of Innovations Expert System . Evidence-based Programming DadaDadi Resource Center on Evidence-Based Prevention Programs for the Elderly Using the Evidence Base to Promote Healthy Aging Falls Prevention Falls Free Research Review Papers . Healthy Aging (General) Center for Healthy Aging's Publications Collaborative Care for Aging Well Healthy Aging - A Good Investment: Exemplary Programs for Senior Centers and Other Facilities Medicare Information Project Peripheral Arterial Disease Awareness Survey and Campaign Mental Health & Substance Abuse Get Connected! Linking Older Adults With Medication, Alcohol, and Mental Health Resources - A Toolkit Promoting Older Adult Health: Aging Network Partnerships to Address Medication, Alcohol, and Mental Health Problems National Surveys Data on the Elderly Growth of Elderly Population (60+) by Gender, India Year ...
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...Age Segregation and Old Homes. | Divided Cities | 5/18/2013 ‘Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man’. -LEON TROTSKY Life cycle changes over time as a person grows old. He passes through different phases of life and gets opportunity to experience changing situations in life. There come situations when a person feels fortunate to have a great life whereas, all the same, situation arrives when a person is made to have worst experiences of life. He is made to feel alone, socially isolated or segregated in the society. Sometimes, there comes a situation, when the houses, which were typically considered to be large and spacious, motivate its residents to consider other housing options. My research, basically revolves around the people who choose to live in old homes. My research question is based upon their perspective about this residential segregation and the bonds they have developed within themselves in the old house. I also tend to disucuss the reasons behind choosing such an institutional living. Literature review. Old age segregation is highly debatable topic and a lot of literature is existing which highlights different perspectives of such segregation. TIME TO MOVE?A LITERATURE REVIEW OF HOUSING FOR OLDER PEOPLE by franceska Richard and Gill Walker, looks into the social context of housing for aged ones. It covers the demographic material, facts about social framework of housing for older people. This includes a review of demographic...
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...attitude towards old age and what do people do in order not to look old? Steve Olela BA/03004/09 Maseno University Abstract This paper examines why there is very high stereotyping and discrimination against the aged. It also looks into how the aged try not to look old so that they do not get to be discriminated against. It is common to find people making assumptions and having negative attitude towards the aged. Why we have a negative attitude towards old age The society has discriminatory perception against the old especially the youth or young for example in the 2013 Kenya elections, the young contesting for political seats refered to the old as “analogue” and deserve to go and relax at home while referring to themselves as the “digital” . ‘People have a negative attitude towards the old because the old people are associated with health issues and death’ (Hall and Baley, 2008) and so there is the fear of old age and therefore viewed negatively. It is perceived that the old people require regular checkups and fear of death due to the many health problems they experience (Arnold-Cathalifaud, 2008). Working with older patients is not typically viewed as desirable because the young view them as stubborn and have traits the young would want to always avoid. The old people are also associated with the negative body image. Physical attributions and appearances is a factor or a reason why people develop negative attitudes towards the old age. ‘It is seen that the old age facial appearance...
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...© Kamla-Raj 2011 Stud Home Com Sci, 5(2): 93-98 (2011) A Study of Elderly Living in Old Age Home and Within Family Set-up in Jammu Aruna Dubey*, Seema Bhasin**, Neelima Gupta* and Neeraj Sharma* * P.G. Department of Home Science, Govt. College for Women, Parade, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India ** Directorate of Distance Education, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India KEYWORDS Elderly. Old Age Home. Family. Modernization. Urbanization. Life Expectancy ABSTRACT The last century has witnessed a rapid increase in the population of the elderly people in the developed and industrialized countries. This phenomenon is not restricted to the western world only, but many countries such as ours are now feeling the impact of this transaction. This situation could be attributed to a combination of factors such as increase in age, longevity and decreased death rates due to advancement in the field of medicine, improvement of life expectancy at birth, and enhancement in the average span of life. India ranks 4th in terms of absolute size of elderly population .The country is not adequately equipped to look after their special health needs and the changing traditional value system. A feeling is now growing among the aged persons that the attitude of the younger generation towards them is not as desired. In the above context, a study was conducted to understand the feeling of the elderly residing in the old age homes and within the family setup in Jammu. The sample...
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...Header: THE ROLE OF LEISURE IN AGING 1 The Role of Leisure in Aging Cassandra Pugh Canadore College THE ROLE OF LEISURE IN AGING 2 Age is both an observable and a universal demographic; a country like Canada is facing this issue. Canada’s population has aged steadily throughout the 20th century, and it is only expected to rise. Consequently, how to take care of the aging people is a critical issue, especially in leisure. Leisure is important for people of all ages, but is especially so for the elderly since they are likely to retire and have more time to engage in leisure activities. The following is an explanation of participation patterns between three seniors, identifying their roles in leisure now, and in adulthood, in these four categories: education, travel, volunteering, fitness and sport. The first interviewee is an 86 year old male from a nursing home. He and his wife have resided in the home for five years. In adulthood, Lloyd was very active. Although he was raised during the depression, having little money, there were always things to do. Whether that be working on the farm, having a game of ball hockey out on the road, or hunting. Lloyd was always doing something. He enjoyed leisure activities whenever he wasn’t working, which was sometimes hard working seven days a week. Especially the walk, 6 miles one way. But Lloyd always seemed to find time for his lady to take her square dancing, and bowling. Lloyd also enjoyed snowmobiling in...
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...Danielle Bruce Mr. James Dedic Sociology of Aging April 8th, 2013 Thoughts on Aging The grieving process is like a roller coaster full of ups and downs, highs and lows. Like many roller coasters, the ride tends to be rougher in the beginning; the lows are usually deeper and longer. The difficult periods become less intense and shorter as time goes by, however it takes time to work through loss. Even years after a loss, especially at special events such as a family wedding or the birth of a child, we may still experience a strong sense of grief. When I am experiencing I would rather be alone to grieve before seeking out the comfort of others. When my parents divorced when I was two years old I thought it was the end of the world. That was until my eighteen year old brother passed away just eleven days after my twenty first birthday of an overdose to methamphetamine. When my mother called me the day she found out Tyler was gone I shut down. I found myself wanting to be alone to grieve. However, the process was made difficult due to the numerous amounts of sympathy emails I would receive from friends and distant family members on Facebook. I felt such a strong sense of emptiness. I found myself looking to the comfort of family members more than friends. In my brother’s life he struggled with addiction to drugs. In the last few months of his life my family has never felt so much happiness. In those last few months my brother began to turn his life around. He began...
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...young child will experience this passing differently than an elderly person. What differentiates the process are the skill sets that each individual has in their “toolbox”. I will be addressing these coping skills and developmental milestones in several grouped categories to show the differences and the similarities amongst the different age groups. Children 3-5 years old A child in this age category is focused primarily on his/herself. They have difficulty seeing the world from someone else’s point of view. This is called being egocentric. With this in mind, when faced with the death of someone close to them, they feel that they are the cause of the death. Emotions at this stage of development can vary from sadness, anger, anxiety and guilt. If the death was the result of a disaster or crisis, the child may feel abandoned and their participation in age-appropriate activities may be interrupted. Children 6-12 years old Children at this stage are learning basic skills and they are also in the process of attaching their cultural values to it. When faced with a death, the child in this age group may not want to leave home and in doing so, he/she hopes to reassure the safety of others in the family. The grief...
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...Georgina Martin GM, 6 Grumpy Old Men Assignment Grumpy Old Men Assignment The movie “Grumpy Old Men” starring Jack Lemon and Walter Matthau, portrays aging in its highs and lows through humor to soften the ageism put on the last stages of life. It exposes the disengagements, actions and social emotions of the second half of life from a development process. John Gustafson (Jack Lemon) spends a lot of time in his home alone playing chess. His mornings outside of the holidays consist of ice fishing in his own house careen; his nights in front of the television eating TV dinners alone. While he is not on a diet, his eating habits are poor. His daily routines demonstrates the disengagement described in the disengagement theory of aging. As people age they “withdraw themselves from the world around them,” (Baird, 2011, p. 187). This happens when the elderly retire from work and no longer have the type of daily socialization you get from co-workers and dealing with the outside world. Children get older and develop their own lifestyle which results in them coming around less or not at all. The elderly are left to linger in their own memories as they await death. Ariel Truax (Ann-Margret) and Max Goldmen (Walter Matthau) also had introverted parts of their lives; however these stereotypical behaviors wasn’t the focus of the movie...
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...Interview-- The benefits of science and technology learning for the elderly Many old people think that computers are young and professional patents, their own and computer missed. In fact, a few years ago, my grandfather learned through the study of the family commonly used computer operation, at home can enjoy the use of computers, enjoy the computer, enrich the spiritual life of old age. Looking back three years of computer learning, his feeling got a lot of positive help and influence. In order to pay more attention to the Internet era, China 60 years old and above the elderly digital survival status, with social care to help the elderly to keep up with the times. My interview is from my grandfather. He is a 75-year-old man. At the time...
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...A sociological inquiry of elderly out migrant returnees to Kerala Introduction “A home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to” -John Ed Pierce “We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time” -T S Eliot Human civilization starts with the incessant flow of people moving from one place to another. Migrations of human populations have been a fundamental part in the history of mankind. Numerous studies show that the process of migration is influenced by social, cultural and economic factors and outcomes can be vastly different for men and women, for different groups and different locations (cf. De Haan and Rogaly, 2002). Migration is a subject that calls for an interdisciplinary approach. Each discipline brings something to the table, theoretically and empirically.(Brettell and Hollifield,2002) Demographers have perhaps the best empirical grasp on te movement of people across boundaries, they have the theoretical and methodological tools to show us how such movements affect popultion dynamics in the sending and receiving societies. Anthropologist looks at networks and transnational communities. Historians portray migrant experience in al of its complexity, giving us a much greater empathetic understanding of the hopes and ambitions of migrants. Political scientist help us to understand the play of organized interests in the making...
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...Every human goes through these stages throughout their life in which changes occur. -Infancy -Childhood -Adolescence -Adulthood -Elderly Infancy After around nine months inside the mother’s womb a child is born. During the infant stage the individual is extremely dependant, the adult would have to feed, nurture and look after the infant. Infancy occurs from birth to around two or three years old. Although every individual goes through the developments, they occur at different rates. The physical developments that occur in the first two years are rather dramatic. The infant’s weight will double from birth to five months, triples by twelve months and quadruples by the age of twenty four months. During this stage the individuals length does not change as rapidly as the infant’s length at birth is already 75% of what it will be at two years old. The head grows the fastest followed by the rest of the body downwards. The brain triples in weight and size by the age of three. During the first year the child masters a number of gross motor skills. One to two months old, the individual will hold up his head, four months may involve rolling from side to side. Between seven and nine months the child may sit up without assistance begin crawling and pulling himself up to standing. Around eleven to twelve months the infant will attempt walking. The social and emotional developments of infants are broken down in months. During the first few months infants learn to identify to...
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...healthcare professional, caring for the older adult as a patient is an important and sensitive matter, which requires respect and tolerance because of the generational differences that usually exist between the health professional and the patient. In this 20th century the number and proportion of older persons living in the United States has increased dramatically (Falvo 2011 p.297) representing more than 26% of the United States population. These older adults, including baby boomers place tremendous demands on healthcare due to aging and pathological changes, but they also require lots of support from their professional caregivers and their own children. Studies have shown that the incidence of illness and associated disability increase with age and that over 80% of older adults suffer from multiple chronic illnesses such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, arthritis or chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. In addition to these diseases the older adult is confronted to the normal physiological changes that occur with aging such as cognitive and sensory changes. The older adult who is challenged with visual or hearing problems but is sick will promptly require medical attention and treatment thus the involvement of a healthcare professional with the help of a third party such as a family member or a professional caregiver. Treatment will include the use of medications, dietary recommendations when applicable or an exercise regimen to maintain health. Patient education is vital...
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...Correspondence to: Dr Wai Man Chan, Elderly Health Service, Department of Health, Hong Kong. E-mail: w_m_chan@dh.gov.hk ABSTRACT Care for the elderly was one of the 3 main policy objectives of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 1997. Many policy initiatives have been introduced in terms of financial support, better housing, and long-term care services. For active ageing, an innovative project known as the ‘Elder Academy’ aimed at promoting intergenerational cohesion, which is now under threat owing to changing social patterns. With the rapid increase in the number of ‘old-olds’, more resources on dementia care, community support, professional staff development, carer training, and coordination of care are necessary. In terms of financing, shared responsibility is the only viable option. In the 2012-13 budget speech, a pilot for community care service voucher as a means of promoting ageing at home was announced. As the coming cohorts of elders are more affluent and knowledgeable, they tend to be healthier and have different demands and expectations, such as independent living with better quality of life. The private sector may explore the markets of community care services and elder-oriented products. To meet the emerging needs, a holistic approach should be adopted, with modifications of the labour laws to make use of the talents of elders and to provide more flexible work arrangements for family members to care for elders. Key word: Health services for the aged AN...
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