FRHD 1010 Chapter 14: FRHD 1010 - Chapter 14 Notes
6 Feb 2019
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Chapter 14: late adulthood body and mind. Prejudice and predictions: prejudice about late adulthood is common among people of all ages, including young children and older adults, that is a reflection of ageism, the idea that age determines who you are. Hayflick limit: aging slows down in most living organisms with calorie restriction, which is drastically reducing daily calories while maintaining ample vitamins, minerals, and other important nutrients. Cognition: ageism impairs elders in many ways, but the most insidious, and most feared involves the mind, not the body. Aging and disease: with each passing decade, reaction time slows, the senses become less acute, organ reserves are depleted, and homeostasis takes longer, skin, hair, and body shape show unmistakeable senescence, while every internal organ. Compression of morbidity: prevention of the diseases of the old begins in childhood and continues throughout life.
