HDFS 4413 Lecture 1: HDFS 4413 - Lecture 1
23 Aug 2016
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Biopsychosocial perspective: complex interaction of biological, psychological, and social processes. Gerontology scientific study of the aging process: aging as a biopsychosocial process. Geriatrics aging as a bio-physiological process : systems = diagnosis = treatment = cure, age as a disease, they want to form a diagnosis. Geriatrics gerontology link: maximization of quality of life, population health (individuals, population age (age groups) Life expectancy by gender (us life expectancy: females 81, males 76. Maybe grandpa was right : the three universals of life according to many older adults, taxes, death, aging. -- they are open to trying and doing new things! Myth: older adults are sick, frail, and dependent. 3 scientific perspectives on human longevity: futurist. Isolation of aging genes will allow persons to live 500-1000 + years: optimist. Life expectancy will reach 100 years within the centry. Life expectancy unlikely to exceed beyond 85 years. Absence of radical aging controls in presence of real threats.
