EDHD 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Simple Math, Autobiographical Memory, Playtime
9 May 2018
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Late Adulthood: Intro
The old ae i a seod hildhood
Intro—
- Begins at about 65—can last into 80s, 90s, ad beyond
- More people reaching this stage in life than ever before
o Life expectancy is close to 80 in developed countries (Japan, US, China, Europe
o Cross culturally?
▪ Worldwide: 68 yrs
▪ Least Developed: 55 yrs—less health care
- Life expectancy table
o There is a gender difference and there is a difference between races
- Significant variability based on physical and mental health—depends on this
- Many can maintain active lifestyle despite aging
o There is still opportunity for growth and prosperity
o Hy Smell—age 94
▪ Positive light
• Paints
• Painting makes him happy
• With eyesight—make something unusual
o Loses eyesight, ut ould’t uit
• Its what you do
• Has optimism
• Not about age, but it is about what you do at that age
• Have to wait until the bad moments pass
o Might need a little recharging—might forget and muscles
tighten up, but then he continues one
o Will lose physical and cognitive function, but a lot of it is how you live your life
Cultural Beliefs about Late Adulthood
- Perception of late adulthood
- Asian, African, and Latin cltles have favorable views
o Collectivistic ideology—Intune with others and community aspects
- Western culture views are becoming favorable
o Used to portray as grim and bleak
o Still combat some ageism
- Cultural Persepctive: Ageism—Dr. William Thomas
o Elderly—is the third act of life
▪ Incredibly powerful filters where we put all emotions into it
▪ Who we are is defined by the acts of life
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▪ Life cycle has been changing
o Baby boomers magnified the stage of life as they occupied it
▪ 1950s—adolescence was seen as qwerky period, but them 15 years later,
the baby boomers were the adolescents (first generational crucible), and
came together and craziness
• but then they grew up, play time was over
▪ hyperactive adulthood now—
▪ the baby boomers shifted the paradigm of how we look at the lifetime
• they wee’t pepaed fo what was oig
• people wee’t lookig at the futue
• we are obsessed as a culture on how to live longer and how to live
youthfully
▪ were focusing on the wrong aspect of aging
• not trying to stay youthful, but as a generation there was an
ignorance on what it meant to become older
As Population Ages, Where are the Geriatricians?—NYT Jan 2016
0 fact: in 2014, there were 46.2 million people 65 and older in Us
o have needs
- in 2030, there will be about 71.4 million
- currently, there are about 7,000 geriatricians in the US- about one for every 6600
- the American Geriatrians Society estimates that to meet the demand, medical schools
would have to train at least 6,250 additional geriatricians between now and 2030, or
aout 0 oe a yea tha the uet ate
o this is’t happeig:
▪ no one wants to work with them
▪ can get frustrating
▪ just preventing them from dying, instead of helping them grow
▪ one problem leads to so many more problems
Late Adulthood Overview
- sub stages of late adulthood
o young—65 -75
o old-old—75-84
o oldest old—85 and up
- each sub stage is different regarding physical, cognitive, and social functioning
- differ in performing activities of daily living (ADLs) and reported health
o 1/3 of people over 80 say health is good
o less than ½ of 85-89 year olds have a disability
- functional ae may be better concept to use than chronological age
o do’t just go by age, but go by the function
Late Adulthood Overview: Globals Aging Pattern
- old Age Dependency Ratio (OADR)
o number of person aged 65 or older
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Document Summary
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