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Parental Role and Life Aging
Parental Role and Life Aging
To see young couple loving each other is no wonder, but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all
Aging is the accumulation of changes in a person overtime. Aging in humans refers to a multidimensional process of physical, psychological and social change. Some dimensions of ageing grow and expand over time, while others decline. It is an important part of all human societies reflecting the biological changes that occur, but also reflecting cultural and societal conventions.
persons birthday is often an important event. However the term aging is somewhat ambiguous. Chronological aging may also be distinguished from social aging - cultural age-expectations of how people should act as they grow older and biological aging - an organisms physical state as it is ages.
effects that come about because of factors in the recent past. Distal Aging- age based differences that can be traced back to a cause early in persons life, such as childhood.
RETIREMENT
Retirement is the point where a person stops
employment completely.
It is generally viewed as the milestone that marks the
study of those who retired early ( before the age of 63) found that two out five had found new jobs for pay, working about 20 hours a week.(Morse and Gray 1980)
been stable for years can be shaken by a husband with retirement fidgets. On the simplest level, a great part of a mans adjustment to retirement involves filling the gap provided by the work situation Loss of reference groups-
THEORIES ON AGING
Biological Theories- the biological basis of aging is
unknown.
Evolutionary Theories- explains why almost all
reproductive hormones that act in an antagonistic pleiotropic manner via cell cycle signaling , promoting growth and development early in life.
the cells to stop dividing or induce apoptosis , often affecting stem cell pools and hence hindering regeneration. Autoimmune Theory- increase from antibodies that attack the bodys tissues. Accumulative Waste Theory- the biological theory of aging that points to buildup of cells of waste that presumably interferes with metabolism.