BPK 140 Chapter 16: Chapter 16.docx

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Biomedical Physio & Kines
• Course: BPK 140
• Professor: Penny Deck

Document Summary

Stereotypes concerning inevitable intellectual decline among the elderly have been largely refuted. Researchers have also determined that what many elderly people lack in speed of learning they make up for in practical knowledge that is, the wisdom of experience. Research indicates that although short-term memory may fluctuate on a daily basis, the ability to remember events from past decades remains largely unchanged. Having lived through a multitude of experiences and faced diverse joys, sorrows, and obstacles, the typical older person has developed unique methods of coping. These unique adaptive variations make for interesting differences in how the elderly confront the many changes brought on by the aging process. Thus as a group, older canadian are heterogeneous. Over the years, older people have often been the victims of ageist attitudes. Today, scientists recognize that these same symptoms can occur at any age and for various reasons, including disease or the use of otc or prescription drugs.