retire at age 65? Why or why not? At sixty-five years of age‚ and with a healthy body capable of office work just as before; retirement seems like an option that could otherwise be denied. With an average lifespan of over seventy years for men and over eighty years for women in Canada‚ retiring at sixty-five becomes a waste of those who are still able to continue on with their careers. Physical jobs that require extreme fitness‚ however‚ can be said as another case. Therefore‚ the age of retirement
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shameful state of affairs that there has arisen a need for old age homes in modern times. Why do we need these homes? Why are we considering our older relatives as a burden on us? Not too long ago we used to have a strong joint family system. It was an unquestioned norm of the society to take care if of the elderly. It was considered an honour and a blessing. Sadly‚ joint families have become relics of the past. In this nuclear age‚ old people are considered a liability. Time is money. And time
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In India more than 8.1 crore population is above 60 years of age. Its sums up to 8 percent of the total population of India. Uttar Pradesh has the largest population of senior citizens with 1.5 crore‚ followed by Maharastra with 85 Lac‚ West Bengal with 57 Lac and Bihar with 55 Lac. More than 30% of this population is neglected and 48% of the neglected citizens are neglected and suffer at the hands of their own families. Only 15% of them registers complaints on an average. About 90% of the problems
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When will you get married? Most of you in this class are in your twenties and you may think you are not old enough to wear a wedding ring. Of course‚ there is not fixed age of getting married. However‚ I think that there is an ideal age of wedding. It is between early and mid-thirties. The reason is that people who are in this age are well-prepared ’superficially’ and ’internally’. Korea has a sort of steps that many people follow. People graduates from school‚ get a job‚ and get married in order
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Third Age – The Golden Years of Adulthood By Stephen F. Barnes‚ Ph.D. San Diego State University The Third Age is now considered by many to be the “golden years” of adulthood. It is generally defined as the span of time between retirement and the beginning of age-imposed physical‚ emotional‚ and cognitive limitations‚ and today would roughly fall between the ages of 65 and 80+. This is a period of adulthood when typically there are fewer responsibilities (e.g.‚ career and family-rearing) than before
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I am responding to question number 2. Many older adults desire to age-in-place‚ this “refers to the expressed desire to remain in one’s own home or at least in one’s home community for the remainder of life.” (Lecture Slides) There are many things that might help foster the goal of aging-in-place including: age-friendly/livable communities‚ flexible housing and universal design‚ naturally occurring retirement communities‚ the virtual village concept‚ cohousing‚ intentional (niche) communities‚ elder
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Enlightened age vs. enlightenment age according to Kant If it is now asked whether we at present live in an enlightened age‚ the answer is: No‚ but we live in an age of enlightenment. This statement as stated by Kant has a lot of weight when we look at our lives today. One can argue that we are living in an enlightened age. This is because some of the barriers to enlightenment have been removed in many parts of the world. At the time Kant was writing this piece‚ the world had been at age of enlightenment
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The Gilded Age was known as America’s golden age‚ where manufacturing‚ industry and urbanization were at it’s prime‚ where Business Tycoons held the market in their hands with large monopolies. There is much debate over whether or not these industrial leaders are Robert Barons‚ as in they used people for their own gain‚ or Philanthropists‚ as they helped others and the greater good. Some might argue that these people cheated their way to the top to amass great wealth‚ with no regard to the people
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characteristic of the “coming of age” film. The young characters rebel‚ find their “true” self‚ and have problems with the authority that exists. Most often these characters grow as they find the source of their rebellion and “find” themselves. Growth comes easily to the “coming of age” film because of the age of the characters and the natural mental social changes of that time. Growth is important to a “coming of age” film because it includes the four main elements of a coming of age film; retaliation by a
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One of the most famous Stone Age sculptures that still remain today and used as a desktop background and one of the 7 wonders of the worlds Introduction: The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make implements with a sharp edge‚ a point‚ or a percussion surface. The period lasted roughly 3.4 million years‚ and ended between 4500 BC and 2000 BC with the advent of metalworking.[1] Stone Age artifacts include tools used by humans and by their predecessor species
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