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Exploring Late Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, and Social Changes

Dive into the study of gerontology focusing on physical, cognitive, and personality changes in older adults. Explore factors influencing decline and implications on health, relationships, and career. Learn about mental health issues, elder abuse, end-of-life care, and grief.

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Exploring Late Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, and Social Changes

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  1. Lifespan Development Late Adulthood Chapters 17 & 18

  2. Physical and Cognitive changes • Gerontology – The ________ study of _____ • 60 – 75 The young old • 75 – 85 The old old • 85 and older – the oldest old • Fastest growing • Variability – Frail elderly • Factors affecting this variability of decline • Heredity, overall health, activity, current and prior health habits (eating, exercise) and social support

  3. Physical Changes • Brain - implications • Dark/ Light Adaptation • Hearing • Taste • Smell • Motor abilities – implications • Terminal Drop Hypothesis • Physical • IQ

  4. Mental Health • Dementia • Alzheimer’s • Mild to moderate depression • Cognitive Changes • Memories – Short-term, immediate, prospective • Wisdom – Hypothesized _________ characteristic of older adults that includes the ability to ____________ and _________ knowledge to practical problems of living. • Creativity

  5. Social & Personality Development • Erikson - __________v. __________ • Disengagement Theory • Activity Theory Relationships • Friends • Marriages • Children • Living Arrangements

  6. Career Issues • Retirement age • Income decreases although income adequacy does not • Retirement as a stressor • Successful retirment

  7. Elder Abuse • Prevalence • Mental Illness or __________ of the abuser • _________ dependency • _________ isolation • _________ stressors • Dementia due to ____________________ • Continuation of __________ into old age

  8. Death, Dying and Grief • Thanatology • Death – a __________ term • Hospice • Grieving – the ________ response to death • Bereavement • Kubler-Ross – Stages of dying

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