Successful ageing

Question 1

4 challenges faced by old people

Answer 1

1) Accepting a new, less potent sense of self prompted by physical changes resulting from the aging process
2) Accepting the loss of one’s peers through death, including the loss of one’s life partner
3) Losing one’s independence, often with a role reversal by becoming dependent on one’s children
4) Losing the sense of one’s identity through retirement and the loss of one’s occupation, and becoming oriented to the past as a
means of rationalising one’s continued existence

Question 2

Components of successful ageing***

Answer 2

Engagement with life
Absence of disease/ disability
High cognitive and physical function

Question 3

Positive ageing strategy goals (first 5)

Answer 3

1) Income
2) Health
3) Housing
4) Transport
5) Ageing in the community
6) Cultural diversity
7) Rural services
8) Positive attitudes
9) Employment opportunities
10) Opportunities for personal growth andparticipation

Question 4

Communication issues associated with normal ageing

Answer 4

Sensory loss
Poorer short term memory
Processing speed is slower
Fluid intelligence

With cognitive impairment (dementia) speech etc