PSY 3123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Old Age Security, Chronic Condition, Terminal Illness
24 Jul 2017
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Grey power and the sunset years (chapter 8) Dimensions of aging: old age is being rede ned, rather than one group, experts now see three: Old-old (85 and over: variations among individuals have more to do with physical and psychological functioning than with chronological age, society recognizes several aspects of becoming old: The number of years a person has lived. Many people consider that old age starts at 65, but this is a relatively new standard: 2. The physical changes that occur with age. Affect how we perceive ourselves and how others treat us; thus, self-esteem. Some social scientists suggest that old age begins when physical disability sets in: 3. Social age: expectations of how we should act when we are a certain age and how we should interact with people older and younger than ourselves. Timing of marker events such as grandparenthood, widowhood, and retirement are changing. Psychological age: a frame of mind and behaviours associated with one"s age.
