Current Trends: Ageing Population The first current social trend is that of an ageing population. This means that as time has gone on‚ more people are progressing into 64+ years old than people being born. In fact‚ “in 2008 there were 3.2 people of working age for every person of pensionable age. This ratio is projected to fall to 2.8 by 2033.” (http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/key-issues-for-the-new-parliament/value-for-money-in-public-services/the-ageing-population/) This
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I will explain the different aspects‚ concerning health and ageing. These are aspects are population and ageing‚ social exclusion‚ quality of life‚ discrimination and ageing and health in gerneral. To start with the aspect of population and ageing‚ the main issue first of all‚ is that the numbers and proportion of older people in the population are growing because of decreasing birth rates and increasing life expectancy. In fact‚ ageing is one of the greatest social and economic challenges of the
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The concept of ageing-in-place represents the idea of enabling older adults to maintain independence in their home environment. Many older adults fear losing their independence and being required to move to some type of institutional setting because of limitations in mobility‚ chronic illnesses‚ and the general effects of old age on the body (Fisk‚ D.A‚ 2009‚ p.157). From a societal perspective‚ it may also be cost effective to support older adults’ preference to age-in-place‚ as it avoids the cost
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Problem of Ageing Increasing life expectancy is a positive development‚ but is not without its own problems. The prevention or elimination of causes of death in early life has resulted in a population consisting of an increasing proportion of elderly people. The United Nations populations division estimated that the number of persons aged 60 years and older in 1999 was nearly 600 million worldwide and was projected to reach about 2 billion by 2050 (UN‚1999). This means that by the year 2050‚ the
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The disengagement theory believes that growing old isn’t a nice‚ cheerful experience and that inevitably we end up alone. The theory was formulated by Cumming and Henry in the 1960s who defined how the relationship between older individuals and other members of society onto older individuals decrease in quality. The Activity theory theorizes that when individuals engage and interact with their environment are all things that elderly individuals can be positive to their life and can be a positive
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P4: to describe two theories of ageing –disengagement and activity P5 – Describe physical and psychological changes due to the ageing process M3: Use examples to describe the 2 theories of ageing D2: Evaluate the influence of 2 major theories on health and social care provisions. The activity theory The Activity Theory was originally an idea that was proposed by Lemon Bengtson &Peterson this proposal was seen to have a much more hopeful and positive view on ageing in comparison to the
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4. Discuss the physical and psychological changes associated with normal ageing. How can one minimise pathological ageing? The process of aging has been around as long as life itself. All living organisms pass through three broad stages from conception to death‚ which are maturation‚ maturity and aging. Aging affects everyone because nearly everyone has the potential to grow old and all the societies in which we live have older members (Macdonald‚ 1997). Gerontology is the use of reason to understand
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TWO NATION THEORY Muhammad Asbaq Younis MEANING OF TWO NATION THEORY The Two Nation theory means the cultural‚ political‚ religious‚ economic and social dissimilarities between the two major communities‚ Hindus and Muslims of the Subcontinent. This theory means that there were two nations in the subcontinent‚ the Hindus and the Muslims. Subcontinent consists of two different communities having their own philosophy of life. This theory gave rise to two distinct political ideologies
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Herzberg’s Two Factor Theory of Job Satisfaction (Hygiene factors - Motivators) and also of Vroom’s Expectancy Theory. I shall then attempt to compare and contrast the two theories determining answer whether in general cases the two should or should not be combined and applied together with reasons. At the end a direct discussion of the two theories and my business will be carried out‚ and a conclusion will be drawn how the two theories can be adapted into my organisation. Two Factor Theory by Herzberg
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Ideology --- Two Nation Theory Sir Syed --- Quaid --- Iqbal Introduction: i) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan: The man who spoke first the Muslims as a “nation” in the modern times was none other than Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. In 1867‚ he said: “I am convinced that both these nations will not join whole heartedly in anything. At present there is no open hostility between the two nations. But on accounts of so called educated people it will increase in the future.” Analyzing on the demand of Indian National Congress
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