HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Royal Institute Of Technology, Dementia, Active Living
18 Jan 2017
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Increase in the number of older persons. The proportion of older persons is increasing. An interdisciplinary eld that draws on research from the biological sciences, clinical medicine, and behavioural, and social sciences. Researchers work to produce accurate knowledge about aging (personality can change, etc. ) Professionals apply this knowledge to create a better life for older adults. Seeks to recognize the social, political, and cultural contexts in which older people live . Critical gerontologists argue that the increase in numbers of seniors is not the basic problem, but rather is it that this increase is taking place in a society that devalues the elderly. Vs. pollution (creates dementia), smoking, drinking decrease life expectancy. Thinning of hair comes with old age, balding is genetic. Age markers = hearing aids, canes, grey hair etc. (mean that they are becoming old, incapable) Some vision changes (need more light, peripheral changes, degenerative changes, etc. )
