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Gerodiversity is the multicultural approach to issues of aging. This approach provides a theoretical foundation for the medical and psychological treatment of older adults within an ecological context that includes their cultural identity and heritage, social environment, community, family system, and significant relationships. [1]
Elderly people often associate their functional and physical decline with the normal ageing process. [28] [29] The elderly may actually enhance their perception of their own health through social comparison; [30] for instance, the older people get, the more they may consider themselves in better health than their same-aged peers. [31]
The elder: Not all older or elderly people are considered elders. An elder is a person that has accumulated a great deal of wisdom and knowledge throughout his or her lifetime, especially in the tradition and customs of the group. Elders emphasize listening and not asking WHY. There isn't any word in the Cree language for "why." A learner must ...
Contrary to popular discourses that represent the elderly as passive and dependent, their uses of digital media show their agency and ability to produce media content. [2] Other kinds of projects also aim to enhance digital literacy among elders, such as the workshops taking place at the Atwater Library in Montreal.
The global challenge we should be talking more about.
An elderly Somali woman An elderly woman walks along a road. Social theories, or concepts, [ 163 ] propose explanations for the distinctive relationships between old people and their societies. One theory, proposed in 1961, is the disengagement theory , which proposes that, in old age, a mutual disengagement between people and their society ...
The discrepancy with regard to respect shown by the children makes elderly people especially unhappy. [ 58 ] [ 6 ] Industrialization and urbanization have affected the practice of filial piety, with care being given more in financial than in personal ways. [ 6 ]
We found the best technology for adults over 65 at CES this year. From AI aids to ‘aging in place’ smart home solutions, the annual tech show kept older users in mind.