PSY 3128 Final: PSY3128 B – Lecture Notes

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3128
• Professor: Shirley Griffith

Document Summary

Due to medical advancements, the average lifespan is increasing. We have become much better at treating disease and managing chronic conditions. Many will be paying (taxpayers) to take care of the growing ageing population. Living longer means more people living through incurable diseases. Video: frontline living old: the modern realities of ageing in america. Americans 85 and older are the fastest growing population in the us almost 70 million people. Economic and human demand on middle class families caring for children and ageing parents. People are living longer and living healthier many living into their nineties. Loss of function is the most difficult arthritis, loss of eyesight, loss of hearing. Over the next 30 years, the number of people over 65 will double 20% of the population. People are now dying of their chronic diseases things that require management over time (diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels) medicine compensates for this, but.