“Why Do the Aged Live in Aged Care Facilities”.
“why do the aged live in aged care facilities”.
The reason I decied on this question was from personal experience that I have always wanted to discover . ever since I was little I was taken by my mother to give out eatser eggs and talk with the aged many time I would think to myself why are they so sick ?why are they here? Do they not have children to live with ?.
When I was quite young every week I would visiting my great grand father who was living in an aged care home, I remember holding his hand arund the court yard and speaking to other patients that lived there. At one stage he punched my cousin in the face I never was told this until I much older this was because of alzhimers. Even then I would wonder why my grandmother wouldn’t let him stay at her house and why he died shortly after he was living in the home. I never got to say goodbye.
As I have become older and hearing about the aged in my school topics such as community and studies I thought that it would be the perfect chance for me to fulfil a long lost question .
My study revolves around the factors of wellbeing which links into the syllabus of community and family studies. The definition from the text book of community and family studies is thought that “the aged is made up of people over the age of 65, there main concerns are there health such as there hearing my decrease ,deteriorating eye sight,there physical capabilities are decreased due to very poor diet intake.
Loneliness may be encounted due to the lose of spouse or friends because of illness and death. this links into there self esteem deteriorating, feeling worthless which develops int there skills diminishing. All elements of there wellbeing such as physical, mental,socio-emotional ,safety and security , and economical needs are changed through age.
These factors all relate straight back to and concludes Maslow’s hierarchy of self-actualisation , esteem needs,social needs e.g. love and belonging ,safety needs e.g feeling
The reason I decied on this question was from personal experience that I have always wanted to discover . ever since I was little I was taken by my mother to give out eatser eggs and talk with the aged many time I would think to myself why are they so sick ?why are they here? Do they not have children to live with ?.
When I was quite young every week I would visiting my great grand father who was living in an aged care home, I remember holding his hand arund the court yard and speaking to other patients that lived there. At one stage he punched my cousin in the face I never was told this until I much older this was because of alzhimers. Even then I would wonder why my grandmother wouldn’t let him stay at her house and why he died shortly after he was living in the home. I never got to say goodbye.
As I have become older and hearing about the aged in my school topics such as community and studies I thought that it would be the perfect chance for me to fulfil a long lost question .
My study revolves around the factors of wellbeing which links into the syllabus of community and family studies. The definition from the text book of community and family studies is thought that “the aged is made up of people over the age of 65, there main concerns are there health such as there hearing my decrease ,deteriorating eye sight,there physical capabilities are decreased due to very poor diet intake.
Loneliness may be encounted due to the lose of spouse or friends because of illness and death. this links into there self esteem deteriorating, feeling worthless which develops int there skills diminishing. All elements of there wellbeing such as physical, mental,socio-emotional ,safety and security , and economical needs are changed through age.
These factors all relate straight back to and concludes Maslow’s hierarchy of self-actualisation , esteem needs,social needs e.g. love and belonging ,safety needs e.g feeling