Human behavior and life course information for older adulthood

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On Aging
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2. • Last major segment of the lifespan
• Typically broken into two parts:
1. Young old
2. Old old
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ADULTHOOD

3. How Do We Determine What Is Considered Later
Adulthood?
Centered Around Policy:
• Social Security Act was passed in 1935
• U.S. followed the German model
• Set retirement age at 65
• In other cultures, determined by one’s physical and mental capabilities,
rather than age
Do any examples come to mind that support this?

4. Gerontology
• Geriatrics: medical specialty devoted to old age
• Doctors in geriatrics view aging as an illness
• Gerontologists view aging as a socially constructed problem
• Many developmentalists now view this time as a period of gains as well
as losses
The study of old age.

5. Demography
Decreasing with more aging individuals1
2 7% of the world’s population is now over 65 years of age
Population
Changes
Population
Changes
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3 13% of the developed nations over 65 years of age
4 The shape of the population pyramid has changed to a square
Fewer births, increased survival
6
By the year 2030 the proportion of those over 65 is
projected to double worldwide to 15%

6. Dependents and
Independence
Dependency ratio: ratio of self-sufficient, productive
adults, between the ages of 15 and 65, to
dependents, defined as children and the elderly
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2 The greater the number of dependents compared to
workers, the higher the dependency ratio

7. Problems Cultures May Face
As Baby Boomers Age
• There may be crises in geriatric medicine
• Medicare, Social Security and quality private health insurance
may be in jeopardy
• The entire tax in caregiving burden may fall upon the shrinking
middle cohort

8. 
Various distinctions between the young, old,
and the oldest, based on age, health, and
social well-being
The youngest of the old are seen as healthy
and vigorous, financially secure, and active in
family and community life
Youngest of the
Old

9. Characteristics
• Major physical mental or social losses
• Still have some strengths
The Old Old

10. Characteristics
• Dependent on others for almost everything
• Some gerontologists like the following terms better:
• “optimal aging”
• “usual aging” and
• “impaired aging”
The Oldest of the
Old
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11. Research has shown that you can
double your lifespan if you eat half
as much through adulthood
• Shown to extend life and some animals
• Plausible that calorie restriction leads to
longer life
• Must be done carefully to ensure that
more nutrients are packed into fewer
calories
• Many older people take drugs that may
affect daily nutritional requirements
• Mammals with reduced calorie intake are
stronger, more vital and younger in there
appearance - as long as they consume
adequate vitamins and minerals
• Important to consider the impact of calorie
restriction on quality of life
Calorie
Reduction
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12. rimary Aging
• Primary aging: all irreversible and universal physical changes overtime
• Secondary aging: those physical illnesses or changes common to aging
but are caused by an individual’s health habits, genes or other
influences
In late adulthood

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14. Changes in
Appearance

15. People vary in optimization by compensation
(e.g. choosing healthy activities to compensate
for the changes being experience due to
appearance.
Common Changes (CC)
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CC: wrinkles, grey hair, height, dullness of
senses weight loss reduced flexibility & bone
density
This leads toward common fears of falling and
being injured. Also, flexibility predicts vitality

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Only ≈ 10% of the elderly see well
Cataracts (shrinking of the eyes’ lens)
- causes vision to be cloudy, opaque, and distorted
30% of people experience visual loss
due to cataracts by the age of 30
About 1% of people in their 70s, and 10% of
people in their 90s are affected by glaucoma  (causes sudden
blindness)
Senile macular degeneration (the retina
deteriorates) affects about 4% of individuals under the age of 75;
and 18% over the age of 75

17. • Presbycusis is age-
related hearing loss
and it effects 40% of
those over the age of
65
• Tinnitis, the buzzing are
ringing in the ears, is
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18. Compensation
for Sensory
Loss• Crucial to counteracting sensory loss
• Balance between maintaining normal activities and modifying routines to fit
diminished capacities
• Specialists are available to help connect techniques, technology and people
• Medical insurance may not pay for either Devices or counseling which would
improve sensory loss  problem/issue
• When conversing with the elderly we often engage in elder speak (baby talk or
slower/repetitive speech)
We must recognize these issues.

19. MAJOR BODY
SYSTEMSAs we age, primary and secondary aging combine to make all major body
systems slower and less efficient, eventually causing death.
Exercise and physical activity are beneficial, helping to maintain the strength
of heart muscles and lungs.
Lack of physical activity can lead to a heart attack.

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As we age, primary and secondary aging combine to make all major body
systems slower and less efficient, eventually causing death.
Exercise and physical activity are beneficial, helping to maintain the strength
of heart muscles and lungs.
Lack of physical activity can lead to a heart attack.
MAJOR BODY
SYSTEMS

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As we age, primary and secondary aging combine to make all major body
systems slower and less efficient, eventually causing death.
Exercise and physical activity are beneficial, helping to maintain the strength
of heart muscles and lungs.
Lack of physical activity can lead to a heart attack.
MAJOR BODY
SYSTEMS

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MAJOR BODY
SYSTEMSAs we age, primary and secondary aging combine to make all major body
systems slower and less efficient, eventually causing death.
Exercise and physical activity are beneficial, helping to maintain the strength
of heart muscles and lungs.
Lack of physical activity can lead to a heart attack.

23. COMPRESSION OF
MORBIDITY
Includes increasing time for a better quality of
life without diseases or disability
Once morbidity of occurs, reducing the amount
of time remaining before death
A healthier person is more likely to be
intellectually alert and socially active
Medical science has made the compression of
morbidity possible but individuals must do their
part to better their quality of life

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