GRT 2100 Lecture 8: Lecture 8- Seniors' Activities and Occupations

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Gerontology
• Course: GRT 2100
• Professor: Sonia Gulati

Document Summary

Lecture 8: seniors" activities and occupations: self- care, productivity, leisure/ Video: treatment of the elderly in retirement homes. Bene ts of video cameras: piece of mind, protects employees, ensures safety. Cons: is it something the elderly want?, privacy issues, who will be controlling the cameras, costly, Social and biomedical models highlight this to model what they"re observing. Highlights successful aging, but it"s different than activity theory. There are certain health behaviours that have been controlled lately (smoking, alcohol, modifying diet, exercising, etc. ). Made a distinction between the process of aging itself and the issue of developing disease and disability later in life. Older adults want to adapt to their context as they age. Individual or collective action designed to address a public concern or unmet human educational health care environmental or public safety need . Claims that it leads to greater happiness and greater longevity. Helps you to learn how to change and develop new skills.