CT227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Old Age, Unlicensed Assistive Personnel, Ageism
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What is age differentiate behavior: examples that aren"t harmful and negative like - Helping them taking groceries to their cars. Offering seats on the bus that"s close to the exit. Conversations between your grandparents would be different from the ones you have with your friends. If you know specifically that elderly have hearing problems, speaker louder. How do older adults fare in terms of: health and sensory functioning. Minority of the elderly require help with their everyday lives. Once they are over 85, they would require more assistance: cognition. Research shows that elderly do well in terms of their cognitive abilities. A small percentage of the older population that have problems with their thinking and memories: language. Better result if we keep them thinking and excising their brains: social and emotional changes. A minority of the elderly would have problems with social or emotional changes. Due to social circumstance, serious isolation issues, and etc.
