SOC-3100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Filial Piety, Telehealth, Assisted Living
Document Summary
Active older people are more satisfied and better adjusted than those who are not active, and. An older person"s self-concept is validated through participation in roles characteristic of middle age, and older people should therefore replace lost roles with new ones to maintain their place in society. Replace work role by taking up golf. Our sense of self and worth comes from those around us. Based on hypothesis that older people, because of inevitable decline with age, become decreasingly active with the outer world and increasingly preoccupied with their inner lives. Disengagement is useful for society because it fosters an orderly transfer of power from older to younger people. Related to modernization theory: because the status of older adults declines when society becomes more modern and efficient, it is natural for older adults to disengage. Disengages because of awareness of diminished capacities and proximity of death. Individuals become the sole judge of appropriate behavior.
