29. AGEING (PART 1) Flashcards
1
Q
- What is the Demographic Transition?
A
- this is the change in the percentages of the population of age groups
- it is when the Demographic composition is changing
- we can go from a small percentage of one age group in a society, to a large percentage of that same group
2
Q
- What can be said about the median age of people in society?
A
- it is increasing
- the society is aging
3
Q
- Why is there an increase in the number of older people in a society?
A
- the babies born from the Baby Boom have now grown older
- there is a decrease in fertility rates
- there is a decrease in mortality rates
4
Q
- How have the babies from the Baby Boom growing up had an effect on the number of old people in Society?
A
- there were many babies born after the 2nd World War
- there was a dramatic increase in the number of births
between the year 1946 and the year 1964 - this increase was caused by:
- economic growth
- political stability
- feelings of certainty
5
Q
- Why has the number of births dropped in recent times?
A
- people delay child birth to attain a higher education
- they also do this to pursue a career
- children are also not the labour hands they used to be
- they stay with or are supported by their parents until
their late 20s - they leave the house to attain well paying jobs after
they finish their University studies
6
Q
- What has caused a decrease in mortality rates?
A
- infectious and communicable diseases have been
medically treated - there are better life conditions for many people
- they have access to more nutritious diets
- they have cleaner drinking water
- there have been advances in modern biomedicine
- this has turned life threatening diseases into chronic
conditions
7
Q
- What does a decrease in Mortality rates mean?
A
- humans are dying at much older ages
- there is a higher life expectancy in modern societies
8
Q
- What does this image represent?
A
- it shows the rectangularisation of the life curve of a sample of people
RECTANGULARISATION:
- a trend toward a more rectangular shape of the
survival curve
- this is due to an increased survival rate
- there has also been an increased concentration of
deaths around the mean age at death
9
Q
- What are people at the age of 65 and older likely to live with?
A
- they are likely to live 40% of the remainder of their
lives with some kind of condition or disability - they are also likely to have co-morbidities
10
Q
- In which fields do co-morbidities cause a challenge in?
A
- health care system
- economies
- the elderly who are suffering with them
- the families of the elderly with the co-morbidities
11
Q
- What are co-morbidities?
A
- they are the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions in a patient
12
Q
- What are some Chronic Illnesses among the elderly?
A
- Cardiovascular disease
- Stroke
- Cancer
- Osteoarthritis
- Diabetes
- Mental Illness
- Dementia
- injuries acquired from falling
13
Q
- What Social Conditions are the elderly likely to experience?
A
- poverty
- living alone
- discrimination
- ageism
- difficulties with transportation
- difficulties with access to social services
- social isolation
- rejection
- dependency
14
Q
- What are the negative effects of Social Disadvantages for the elderly?
A
- it worsens the elderly’s physical well-being
- it worsens their psychological well-being
- it worsens their management of health conditions
15
Q
- Should we assume that all the elderly are chronically ill and frail?
A
- no
- the elderly can be active
- the elderly can have a healthy lifestyle
- the elderly can socialise and keep busy
- the elderly have many roles in society
17
Q
- Read through this summary.
Does everything make sense?
A
- yes
