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Ageing and Women Health

Explore ageing from a feminist perspective, discussing physical and mental disorders among women, analyzing healthcare issues, and policies. Learn about healthy ageing, gender perspectives, adapting to old age, social determinants of health, and factors impacting healthy ageing. Discover the diseases related to older age, social determinants, successful ageing, psychosocial changes, and areas for focus. Gain insights on promoting healthy ageing and addressing challenges faced by older women.

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Ageing and Women Health

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  1. Ageing and Women Health Dr Asma Akbar Director Services SRMCC October 2008

  2. Session Objectives • Define ageing with reference to Feminist perspective • Discuss issues and concerns of ageing women • Discuss the physical and mental disorders among ageing women • Analyze the problems and issues related to health Care systems and policies regarding ageing women

  3. Ageing • Aging is a constant predictable process that involves growth and development of living organisms • Aging cannot be avoided but how fast we age varies from one person to another

  4. Healthy Ageing • Physical, emotional, and spiritual health • Adequate financial and health care resources to sustain the latter stages of life • A balance between independent living and social support • A place to feel safe and comfortable in living a dignified life

  5. Changes related to Aging – Gender Perspective • Infancy to adulthood • Physical • Emotional • Social • Spiritual • Mental

  6. Adopting to OLD Age • Adjusting to decreasing health and physical strength • Adjusting to retirement and reduced or fixed income • Adjusting to death of a spouse • Accepting self as aging person • Maintaining satisfactory living arrangements • Redefining relationships with adult children • Finding ways to maintain quality of life

  7. Factors that impact Healthy or Unhealthy Ageing of Seniors • Physical • Traditions from childhood to adulthood – Family , Community life • The workplace-retirement dynamics • Occupational role • Parenthood • Marriage

  8. Diseases related to Older Age Chronic Diseases /Multiple conditions • Cardiovascular disease • Stroke • Diabetes • Cancer • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • Musculoskeletal conditions (arthritis, osteoporosis) • Mental health conditions (dementia, depression) • Blindness and visual impairment

  9. Social Determinants of Health • The social determinants of health that are known to be among the worst causes of poor health and inequalities between and within countries in the world. • income and its distribution • social inclusion and exclusion • employment and unemployment • working conditions • economic conditions • early life • education • food security • poor housing

  10. Social Determinants • Socialdeterminants of health determine whether individuals stay healthy or become ill (a narrow definition of health). • Socialdeterminants of health also determine the extent to which a person possesses the physical, social and personal resources to identify and achieve personal aspirations, satisfy needs and cope with the environment (a broader definition of health). • Socialdeterminants of health are about the quantity and quality of a variety of resources that a society makes available to its members.

  11. Healthy Ageing • While the majority of older adults have a chronic condition, illness and disability are not inevitable parts of the aging process, and can be prevented or delayed.  • There is overwhelming evidence that older persons do indeed benefit from health promotion interventions. 

  12. Success in Ageing • Those individuals who age successfully generally have few health problems, adequate finances to support their current lifestyle, and minimal psychological stress.

  13. Psychosocial Changes • Changes in roles and relationships- parents become grandparents, adult children become caregivers for aging parents, or spouses become widows or widowers • Retirement • Social Isolation and loneliness • Sexuality • Housing and Environment

  14. OLD Age in Emergency • Special Needs • Injury prevention • Promotion of physical activity • Suicide prevention/ • Psychosocial counseling and physical support to reduce emotional crisis Hopelessness & Helplessness

  15. Areas for Focus • Reducing the cost of access to Health and other social services • Improving the quality of home and institutionalized care • Addressing the shortage of geriatricians • Increasing incomes of older adults • Increasing affordable rental housing • Reducing the rate of economic crime victimization • Abolish mandatory retirement at the age of 65 yrs

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