Question

Name 10 changes that an elderly person must endure (may be physical, mental, social, etc).

Give a brief explanation of each.

Please do not send handwritten responses. Thx

Answer 1

Physical - The primary characteristic of aging is physical decay which brings in a kind of desperation and inability in the minds of the elders which affect all the other things in their life such as their emotional and social lives.
1. Loss of eyesight - Losing or decreasing vision causes great trouble for the elders. They, most of the time need someone else's help in finding things and moving around.
2. Loss of teeth - This is another trouble they would face as they won't be able to eat as they used to. They will be able to take only liquid food and not solid food.
3. Joint pain - Most of the joints would have become old causing pain and they won't be able to get out of their homes mostly.
4. Hearing impairment - The hearing will start declining thus making it difficult to receive any kind of information that they would hear otherwise. Other people will not be patient enough to repeat things or speaking out loudly.
Mental - This is the time they would indergo psychological troubles.
1. Fading Memory - The brain will start losing it's capacity to remember things. Forgetting will haunt them.
2. Loneliness - The death of the partner and children's abandonment will cause loneliness. This in turn will cause stress.
3. Dilusion - Aged people will also undergo dilusion that they will have difficulty in accepting reality and fear of death and rejection will dominate them.
Social - There will be social problems that would alienate and pressurise them.
1. Incompatibility of belief system - Elders will live with their belief system that won't be compatible with the belief system and practice of the present generation that would alienate and deter them from socializing.
2. Inability to contribute - Elder people will face a conflict of not contributing to the society with their knowledge and skills.
3. Financial dependability - They won't be able to earn any money and they have to depend on someone such as children or care taker for everything and this dependability will depress them.