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Individual Aging Vs Population Aging
Individual Aging Vs Population Aging
vs
population aging
Zcmiraflores,rn,mn
Why do our bodies age?
Changes that individual experience
1. Chronological order number of
years an individual live since
birth
Ex. 20,30,40
e.g SELF-CARE
Peer activity:
Basing on our discussions answer the
following questions:
1. What do you think are the factors
that makes physical age different
from chronological age?
number of years a
newborn is expected to
live if he/she were
subjected to the same
risk of dying prevailing
at the time of his/her
birth
Trends in mortality
Can be observed in the life
expectancy of a population
O zcmiraflores
Objectives
O 1. describe the economic implications of an
aging population
O So in some countries
Formal system of health
insurance was developed
(young and old)
Projected to reach 11
million in 2025 and 25
million in 2050
Who are the older
Filipinos of today?
and
What are their
major
characteristics?
1. Age and Sex Distribution
PREDOMINANT PATTERNS of
living arrangement are a
reflection both of cultural
preferences and economic
imperatives
the pathway
towards
growing old
The Framework of life course
ACQUISITION-------STRUGGLE-------LEGACY
ACQUISITION:
Suggestthat lack of
essential nutrients and
poor oxygen delivery to
body cells leads to aging
Thisis evidenced by
localized brain cell death
following a stroke, or
deprivation of oxygen
4.Stress theory
Stresses leaves
essential effects that
are accumulated over
ones life depleting the
physiologic body
5.Adaptation theory
Involveswithdrawal of older
persons from the roles
characteristics of middle age,
socialization and work related
activities