HSS 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Stress Incontinence, Bone Mineral, Fall Prevention
14 Sep 2016
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Health promotion, disease prevention & wellness oriented activities prolong vigour and productivity. If healthy choices are made: they grow better socially, psychologically, spiritually and intellectually. How you view aging is important to how you will accept life"s transitions. Aging the patterns of life changes that occur in species as they grow older: some believe that it starts from conception, others from birth others from their. Ageism discrimination based on age: based on the assumption that everyone is young, they fail to care for the needs of the elderly, social ostracism, negative portrayal of older people. Gerontology the study of individual and collective aging processes: developed several age related characteristics to determine where a person is in their life-stage development. Biologic age: in terms of condition of their body organs etc. Social age: person"s habits and roles, relative to society"s expectations. Functional age: how they compare to others of the same age.
