Discuss the implications of retirement on health.AGING ACROSS THE LIFESPAN 250-350 WORDS NOT INCLUDING REFERENCES DUE THRUSDAY
Later Adulthood Scenarios
The aging process affects us all. Sooner or later, we will be faced with challenges unique to later life. As medical technology pushes the outer boundaries of longevity, we will be confronted with more and more issues related to aging in later life.
To prepare for this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources.
By Day 4, post a comprehensive response to one of the following four scenarios about aging in later adulthood:
The changing face of retirement: Discuss the implications of retirement on health. Include in your response financial, physical, cognitive, and socioemotional considerations.Advanced directives: Should health care providers be required to honor advance directives regardless of personal belief and institutional settings?Coping with loss: Present a scenario in which you provide examples of bereavement, grief, and mourning in coping with the loss of a lifetime friend, partner, child, parent, or sibling.End of life: Discuss where an individual needs to be developmentally in order to prepare to die in peace.Include specific examples to help support your position. Be sure to use supporting documentation and cite your sources in correct APA format.
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RESOURCES
Readings
Course Text: Kail, R. V., & Cavanaugh, J. C. (2016). Human development: A life-span view. (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.Chapter 15, “Social Aspects of Later Life: Psychosocial, Retirement, Relationship, and Societal Issues”Section 15.3, “I Used to Work at . . .: Living in Retirement”Section 15.4, “Friends and Family in Late Life”Section 15.5, “Social Issues and Aging”Chapter 16, “Dying and Bereavement”
In this final week of the course, you will be looking at the significant changes that occur toward the end-of-life. Your textbook reading will focus on the elements of aging that dominate the later years, including physical decline, societal issues, relationships, and dying.
Article: Grady, D. (2010, January 12). Facing
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