Category: Elderly

The Issue Of Loneliness In The Elderly Loneliness in America is a very pressing issue, especially in people 75 or older. This group of people paved the way for the things we have now. Loneliness is slowly taking over our loved ones, and it needs to be put to an end. For many people loneliness…

Effect of Backward Walking on Balance and Gait in Healthy Elder People: Critical Essay Good balance in elderly who are living independently, capably, and proactively is an essential factor for cooking, traveling, doing household work, shopping, and activities of daily living.[1] Balance is essential for keeping going in a position, continuing to exist stable while…

Interview with an Elderly Person: Narrative Essay Dont ever get old, my client said to me as I reached for her cane. As nurses, we should understand that aging comes with a lot of changes psychologically, cognitively, physically, and emotionally. Individuals become more vulnerable as they age, and their risks for injury and diseases increase.…

Cognitive Changes in the Elderly: Analytical Essay The chosen issue for this paper is cognitive changes in very old age. Cognition is the process of gaining knowledge through cultural experiences. This essay will focus on the aged 80 years and over and examine the cognitive function and reasons for cognitive decline in very old age.…

Elderly People and How to Understand Them: Informative Essay People who come in age around 60 or 65 are considered elderly. Elderly people are those people who have an experience of their life and they have the best stories related to their life that one can hear. They also share their life stories from when…

Vulnerability of the Elderly During Disasters: Critical Essay A disaster is a serious disruption, occurring over a relatively short time, of the functioning of a community or a society, involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. The impacts…

My Experience of an Interview with an Older Person: Essay In an exclusive interview with an aging adult, to learn about the process of aging and what it means as an aging adult, I interviewed a man who is sixty-seventh years old. To protect this man’s privacy, I would give this person a fictitious name…

Secure Retirement Planning: Essay Considering the advancement in the field of medicine, the average life expectancy of an individual has increased from 60 to 69 years on average. For most of us today, the major concern is being able to maintain the same lifestyle after retirement as we are living today. But, is it really…

Healthy Life after Retirement: Essay Healthy living is being mindful of ones own physical, mental, and social well-being. In recent years, there has been a greater need for seniors to maintain a healthy lifestyle after retirement, primarily to minimize healthcare costs for an aging population. In light of this issue, the government has modernized health…