Ageing

do wrinkles make a man look more distinguished than they do on women? Why do women spend so much money on anti-ageing products? Do women fear the ageing process? Do women secretly miss being objectified as they grow older? Does the loss of youth affect both men and women in the same way? These are some of the questions raised in the article by Susan Sontag’s’ The Double Standard of Ageing. For Sontag, men have, two stages of beauty (the boy and the man) while women only have the girl. Women…

aged 65 and above currently accounts for 13% of total population which is estimated to be projected around 25% by 2056. The group aged 85 years and over is estimated to expand from 1.6% to 7.3% by 2056 (Australian Bureau and Statistics, 2008). With ageing population the demographic pattern of death and disease will change and mental disorders could feature as prominent chronic conditions…

1.0 Introduction As Australia’s population is increasingly ageing, several challenges and opportunities are arising for organisations nation-wide (The Australian, 2016). Several potential problems in this business include the need for succession planning (D’Netto, 1995). As expressed in the article” Volunteering in Australia 2012”, by Volunteering Australia, this need is caused by the growing population and therefore increasing demand for volunteer-based organisations, “More volunteers are…

benefit and burden of "ageing-in-place" in an aged care community. Australian Health Review, 32(2), 356-65. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/231720119?accountid=6143 Location: ProQuest Purpose and Key finding: The purpose of this article is to explore the residents’ desire to age- in-place. The study showed that the residents considered aging in place as a critical element of quality of life and an important component of social connection. Ageing-in-place also gives…

of local governments do not have enough funds to support ageing education, which results in unbalance development of the UAs in China. Funds of British U3A are raised based on the projects of each U3A and the abilities of fund-raisers, which avoids the problem in China. However, according to The 12th Five-Year Plan for the Development of China’s Undertakings for the Aged (2011), Chinese government advocates civil capital investment on ageing education to make up for deficiency of fiscal…

to ongoing changes in health and lifestyle patterns for the aged population. Australia's population is ageing, due to lower fertility rates and increasing life expectancy. Between 1994 and 2014, the proportion of the population aged 65 years and over has increased from 11.8% to 14.7% and it is projected to increase more rapidly over the next decade. (Australia Bureau of Statistics 2014) An ageing population is creating new opportunities, especially in the area of personal communication devices.…

democrats. He likes to listen to classical music and believes in a family first lifestyle. Bob Klein is not your average stereotypical ageing man. He is mobile and able to communicate very well but this is not what sets him apart from other people of this age. It is his love of life and his ability to connect with others in his community that makes him embrace ageing and all the challenges that come with it. Bob and his wife met at Duke University where they were both attending medical…

structure and the increased proportion of the aged population, ageing-related studies have been extensively conducted and gained a lot of interests to investigate the factors that affect the human health trajectories. Ageing process was once described as “an unsolved problem in biology” by Medawar, but nowadays, collectively data from various sources proved that it is no longer unsolved now [1 in essay]. As Balcombe et al. described ageing and senescence as “progressive changes in the tissues or…

search for pastimes or a gloomy contemplation of their own helplessness’. Ageing affects everyone, it begins the minute each of us are born. Ageing is the process of growing old, which involves meanings, roles and identities associated with being a particular age (these characteristics of growing old vary from society to society). Many fear the passage from adulthood to old age because of how societies act to the elderly. Ageing is a product of three factors; Biology (wrinkles, frail and less…

Background Information Singapore is currently undergoing the setback of a rapidly ageing population. Invariably, the older generation aspires to age gracefully and successfully but, the truth is that only some are able to enjoy good health. Many suffer from incidents of acute exacerbation that requires hospitalization, followed by long episodes of recovery and rehabilitation for functional restoration. The geriatric care services in Singapore are wide and readily available, ensuring the…