In the review of empirical articles, John and Nick talked about research that looked holistically at older adults. While many of you are or will work at a psychosocial level, an understanding of the aginge body can add to your practice. It might also give you some thoughts about your own aging process.
This week we look at why and how we age. We look at normal and disease-associated changes. For example, you will probably have trouble with near vision as you approach 50 years old. That is a normal age-associated change. You probably won’t have Alzheimer’s disease. That is not a normal age-associated change. Some of you may understand this very well, but some people assume that getting older inevitably means having a chronic disease or illness.
You can maximize your opportunities for a healthy older age by living well now. To encourage you to develop and maintain healthy habits, you are taking a longevity quiz and a real age quiz this week, then discuss what you might do to prevent Alzheimer's Disease.
For this week:Putting it into practice: Discuss ways to prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease. Get ready for next week by finding out your actual life expectancy and “Real Age.”
(1) Go to http://www.nmfn.com/tn/learnctr--lifeevents--longevity
or
http://gosset.wharton.upenn.edu/mortality/perl/CalcForm.html - 90.56
Post your Life Expectancy & list 3 things you will do to improve your LE.
(2) Go to Real Age at realage.com and find your real age. If you are under 30, ask a parent to try out this site. 42.6
(3) What are you doing to prevent the onset of Alzheimer's Disease? Does anyone in your family exemplify the healthy behaviors that prevent AD? Do you believe you have risk factors for AD?
(4). Outline of paper due Sunday, 9/23 at midnight. Please attach your paper to an email to me here in oncourse. There is a guideline for writing the outline and the paper under Resources/Other class resources.
