5D 04 Chan Li Ci 陳莉絲 * 5D 11 Fan Wing Ting 范潁婷 5D 18 Lam Cheuk Yiu 林卓瑤 5D 23 Lui Cheuk Yan 雷卓忻 5D 30 Tse Fung Wai 謝豐蔚 5D 33 Wong Lai Yung 黃麗榕 January 2014 *Group Leader Contents Introduction 3 Population ageing 4 Inference of population aging 7 Solutions for the Population Ageing in Hong Kong 10 Conclusion 11 Distribution of work 12 Reference 13 Introduction In the past‚ Hong Kong was just a fishing village with several thousand people; in the 21st century‚ she has already developed
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obtaining and maintaining youthfulness and constantly trying to find ways to combat the process of aging. As a gerontologist‚ it is my role to educate older adults as well and the general community about the issues affecting older adults including ageism. In order to be successful in doing this‚ I must find key sources that influence ageism and find ways to cultivate a better understanding about healthy aging and slowly dismantling negative stereotypes. The media is one of the primary sources of influencing
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Service Area - Text A human service worker in the aging area needs to recognize that people sixty-five and older are considered to be an older adult. (p. 222) A human service worker in the aging area needs to be aware of gerontology‚ meaning to have the basic information about the aging process and experiences of the older adult. (p. 222-240) A human service worker in the aging area needs to recognize that aging is an individual process‚ that is a normal progressive change and
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anxious and I always struggled with finding similarities and bonding with aging people. Looking back‚ I realized this was a very ignorant and self-centered way to think and behave. Malcolm Cowley’s essay‚ “The View from 80” gave me a new perspective on aging individuals. His essay made me realize I identify with the internal struggle the elderly experience. “That View From 80” allowed me relate on a deep level to the aging individual’s fight to keep their dignity‚ the struggle to maintain their
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their growing needs physically‚ mentally and financially. Also‚ additional services will be needed to address and treat chronic and disabling conditions. Education from research will need to be implemented to alter negative perceptions of aging. Medicare and social security is not able to support this projected growth and untreated illnesses will cause the elderly to lose their independence and prevent them from staying in their homes. The elderly are stereotyped as requiring
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INTERVENTIONS & STRATEGIES Speaker notes: According to Martin (2007)‚ “Ageism typically involves any attitude or behavior that negatively categorizes the elderly based either on partial truth (often taken out of context) or on outright myths of the aging process” (pg. 142). There are nine basic myths that show cause to an individual having the label of ageism: “(1) poor health‚ illness‚ and disability; (2) lack of mental sharpness and acuity‚ senility‚ and dementia; (3) sadness‚ depression‚ and loneliness;
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DEMI LOVATO LIFE FACTORS Life factors mean that there are a variety of factors that affect a person’s life. Life factors include genetic factors‚ biological factors‚ environmental factors‚ socioeconomic factors and lifestyle factors. All of these factors contribute to a person’s life. I shall be exploring the life factors through the celebrity of Demi Lovato. P2‚ p3‚p4‚p5‚m2‚m3 BULLYING An example of an environmental factor that has affected demi Lovato is bullying. Bullying is treating
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A Beautiful Mind Essay Paranoid Schizophrenia is the most common type of Schizophrenia. It is a mental illness in which one loses touch with reality. Some of the symptoms of Paranoid Schizophrenia are: delusions‚ hallucinations‚ disorganized behavior‚ and lack of emotion. Examples of these symptoms throughout the movie A Beautiful Mind are: He has hallucinations that he has a roommate at Princeton‚ Charles. Throughout the movie Charles stays in touch with John. Later in the movie Charles’s
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get older they can take different approaches to aging and may have different theories that are relating to the aging process whether it being disengagement theory or activity theory. The elderly all deal with aging different‚ some can chose to be active or disengage themselves from society whether it being because of depression or may not deal with depression well. Both activity theory and disengagement theory have different views and opinions on aging process. There are many services that are available
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growing older and showing effects of increasing age‚ aging; biological process‚ furthermore acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time‚ aging; mellowing” (Wordweb). Thus‚ the term aging doesn’t only talk with the literal meaning age or but it also encompasses‚ culture‚ the biological world‚ the people‚ the language‚ traditions etc. hence; “Our global population is aging‚ and aging at an unprecedented rate‚ Japan’s population aging is a salient example of such worldwide trends
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