Social Work 1022A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Elder Abuse, Grow Home, Ageism

• School: Western University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: Social Work 1022A/B
• Professor: Meg Lewis

Document Summary

The large cohort of persons born between 1946 and 1966 began turning 65 in 2011. The decline in the fertility rate and birth rate. Only age group with a lower income than seniors are those from 16 to 24 years of age. In 2002, a single elderly woman averaged only 24,000$ per year. This is a multidisciplinary field of study that encompasses the biological, psychological, sociological, health and economic aspects of ageing. Disengagement theory: they see the disengagement as we get older; it indicated that this withdraw is natural and it is an adjustment we need to make. Continuity theory: what we need to do as we age it to maintain the activities we had and did before we got older. Role theory: slowing down but keeping active. The life course of a person is shaped by his or her historical and geographic placement. The i(cid:373)pa(cid:272)t of a tra(cid:374)sitio(cid:374) or e(cid:448)e(cid:374)t depe(cid:374)ds o(cid:374) (cid:449)he(cid:374) it o(cid:272)(cid:272)urs i(cid:374) a perso(cid:374)"s life.