Category: Elderly

Loneliness in America is a very pressing issue, especially in people 75 or older. This group of people paved the way for the things we have now. Loneliness is slowly taking over our loved ones, and it needs to be put to an end. For many people loneliness can feel like pain in the body…

Dont ever get old, my client said to me as I reached for her cane. As nurses, we should understand that aging comes with a lot of changes psychologically, cognitively, physically, and emotionally. Individuals become more vulnerable as they age, and their risks for injury and diseases increase. Older adults have different healthcare needs than…

The chosen issue for this paper is cognitive changes in very old age. Cognition is the process of gaining knowledge through cultural experiences. This essay will focus on the aged 80 years and over and examine the cognitive function and reasons for cognitive decline in very old age. Jung and Haiers (2007) parieto-frontal integration theory…

People who come in age around 60 or 65 are considered elderly. Elderly people are those people who have an experience of their life and they have the best stories related to their life that one can hear. They also share their life stories from when they were in their young age and any interesting…

A disaster is a serious disruption, occurring over a relatively short time, of the functioning of a community or a society, involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. The impacts of disasters vary from person to person. The…

In an exclusive interview with an aging adult, to learn about the process of aging and what it means as an aging adult, I interviewed a man who is sixty-seventh years old. To protect this man’s privacy, I would give this person a fictitious name of Geron67. The interview lasted roughly two hours and it…

Good balance in elderly who are living independently, capably, and proactively is an essential factor for cooking, traveling, doing household work, shopping, and activities of daily living.[1] Balance is essential for keeping going in a position, continuing to exist stable while going from one position to another, conducting daily living activities, and going freely in…

In the film The Way We Get By we meet three troop greeters: Bill, Joan, and Jerry. These retired elderly citizens have been doing a kind gesture to greet every troop plane arriving or departing from Bangor. We can take a glance behind the warm smiles, handshakes, and free cookies and discover a world wherein…

Body System Changes Throughout our lives, our bodies begin to change in ways that result in a decline. The elderly population may think these changes are not normal, but in most cases, the changes that occur are typical with aging. Our bodies most often undergo similar stress, but some of these changes depend on lifestyle…

Considering the advancement in the field of medicine, the average life expectancy of an individual has increased from 60 to 69 years on average. For most of us today, the major concern is being able to maintain the same lifestyle after retirement as we are living today. But, is it really possible? Yes, it is!…