P4 - Explain two theories of ageing The Continuity theory (Atchley 1989) stresses the importance of continuing as the person you have always been. This can involve continuing with; interests‚ lifestyles and social contacts from the past. Memories of the past may be important as they can help a person to tell their life story. The important thing is that people can continue to develop an internal sense of self-esteem and self-concept. The Continuity theory suggests that people will have different
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distinctive voices it allows the responders to develop an understanding of their struggles. This is shown‚ in Ray Lawler’s 1950s play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and Omar Musa’s spoken poetry Capital Letters‚ where they express the notion of change and ageing. With consideration to both composers context‚ Lawler’s 1950s Carlton Melbourne and Musa’s 1990’s Queanbeyan‚ the realist setting aids to the further understanding of distinctive voices. Change is a phenomenon that can’t be stop‚ it is a process
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Analysis of “Mirror” In her poem “Mirror”‚ Sylvia Plath takes us into the thoughts of a woman from an interesting perspective. We always view ourselves truthfully in the mirror and face the outside world in nothing but lies. Through the speaker of mirror‚ it tells us that woman’s beautiful appearance will not stay for a long time. In the poem “Mirror”‚ Plath uses various poetic techniques that effectively shapes its meaning and creates a mood for the poem. One of the features in this poem is that
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Overview of Aging Population in Singapore Populations in many developed countries are ageing‚ and Singapore is no exception. The first batch of post-war baby boomers will reach 65 years of age by 2012. The number of seniors will increase from 8.4% in 2005 to 18.7% in 2030 (refer to Table 1). According to the 2010 Population Report‚ The proportion of residents (i.e. citizens and PRs) aged 65 and above increased from 7.0% of the resident population in 1999 to 8.8% in 2009. Correspondingly‚ the
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century countries are at risk of high population aging and the accompanying problems. The idea of aging is feared by many because older adults often are ignored. It is believed that the reality of ageing and death often is denied because people secretly cherish a belief in their own immortality. Ageing threatens the ideology of rugged independence‚ and many people regard growing older as something that happens to other people and not to them. Yet ageism permeates all areas of society. How we view
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Xi Zhao The lack of exercise among senior citizens has been reported increasingly over the past decades. In the United States‚ Why we should care: “The global population age 65 or older was estimated at 461 million in 2004‚ an increase of 10.3 million just since 2003. Projections suggest that the annual net gain will continue to exceed 10 million over the next decade. Individuals 65 years of age are expected to raise to 20% by the year 2040‚ and health care programs are projected to represent
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Activity 1 – Theories of Ageing Disengagement theory The disengagement theory is one of the first social theories of ageing developed by Cumming and Henry in 1961. It is the idea of which states older people begin to withdraw or disengage from their past roles in society due to the decrease of their physical‚ intellectual and emotional abilities and skills which they are unable to accommodate in their roles. Also‚ at this stage of life‚ the elderly will eventually begin to diminish interests in activities
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Australia. Especially‚ it deals with the issue of increasing ageing population in Australia includes statistical information highlighting some causes and telltales. The context presented is economic and social. It also looks at the effects that increasing of the ageing population has on society‚ the individual and the Australian economy. Australia is one of the most advantaged aged care systems in the world. The increasing numbers of ageing population is one of the major transformations being experienced
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The two theories of ageing The worlds oldest marathon runner The worlds oldest marathon runner is called Farju Singh‚ he has finally just retired at the age of 101.He ran his first marathon aged 89 to overcome depression after the death of his wife and his son. This proves the activity theory and‚ by staying active‚ will have a major effect on all parts of his development. It will effect him physically because it will improve his health and delay or stop it from deteriorating. It will improve
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that sometimes all humans must accept and tackle change and adjustments in order to grow resilience and to ensure that a sense of belonging can be established and built on. This is seen in everyday life events such as death and moving on‚ individual ageing‚ the act of living life itself and also in the play “The Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll” written by Ray Lawler where one character in particular is very reluctant to change. Firstly‚ although bleak and quite confronting‚ death is without a doubt
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