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Adulthood and Old Age

Adulthood and Old Age. Chapter 12. Adults. Human adults are at their prime between the ages of 18 and 30. This is when they are strongest, healthiest and quickest

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Adulthood and Old Age

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  1. Adulthood and Old Age Chapter 12

  2. Adults • Human adults are at their prime between the ages of 18 and 30. This is when they are strongest, healthiest and quickest • Between the ages of 45 and 50 women go through a stage of their life called climacteric/menopause. This consists of biological and psychological changes.

  3. Menopause • During this time a woman’s production of sex hormones drops significantly • During menopause a woman stops ovulating and menstruating causing her to be unable to have children anymore.

  4. Women continued……… • Sometimes a mother’s last child to leave home will cause a woman to experience empty nest syndrome. • This is basically depression caused by no longer having her children dependent on her. • Depression affects people of all ages but most commonly it affects middle aged woman

  5. Elderly • A small percentage of elderly develop senile dementia. • This is a condition characterized by memory loss, forgetfulness, disorientation of time and place and altered personality • Anybody want to share any stories of people they know that went through this?

  6. Alzheimer’s Disease • Most common form of senile dementia is Alzheimer’s Disease • This is an affliction more commonly seen in the elderly. It’s the fourth leading cause of death in U.S. adults • 35 million people worldwide are known at have the disease today

  7. Death and dying • Thanatology is the study of death and dying • Elizabeth Kubler- Ross studied patients who knew they were dying and came up with five stages they go through.

  8. Kubler-Ross’s Five Stages • Denial- thinking that the doctor must be wrong, not acknowledging the truth • Anger- People think why me? • Bargaining- people think they can bargain in order to just by a little extra time with the powers to be • Depression people fill with despair and wonder what’s the use of living another day • Acceptance- person reasons they have had a good life and are ready to die.

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