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5.5 The Adult
- Typical Changes
- Appearance and Physical Changes
- Noticeable around 40's
- Skin: dry and loose
- Hair thins and grays
- Extra weight
- Little time to exercise
with family and work
responsibilities
- Little time to exercise
with family and work
responsibilities
- Skin: dry and loose
- 60's: lose
muscle mass
- Caused by
sedentary
lifestyle
- Caused by
sedentary
lifestyle
- Involves
gradual
decline in
the
efficiency
of most
bodily
systems
- Decline in reserved
capacity for organ
systems
Nota:
- ability to respond to demands for extraordinary output
- Avg older
person tires
more quickly
after
vigorous
activity than
avg younger
person
- Noticeable around 40's
- Psychological Implications
- Ageism
- Elderly
internalize
them but
believe they
apply to
others and
not
themselves
- Elderly
internalize
them but
believe they
apply to
others and
not
themselves
- Most are able
to retain sense
of well-being
and ability to
function
independently
despite
increase of
impairments
- Ageism
- Appearance and Physical Changes
- The Reproductive System
- Men
- high levels of testosterone -->
more aggressive and sexually
active
- Highest levels in June & July
- Highest levels in June & July
- Andropause
- lower levels of testosterone, libido,
energy, erections, memory
problems, pubic hair
- over 50
- No clear connection with
testosterone levels
- changes are more
gradual,variable, and less
complete
- fewer psychological effects and
sexual activity
- fewer psychological effects and
sexual activity
- over 50
- lower levels of testosterone, libido,
energy, erections, memory
problems, pubic hair
- high levels of testosterone -->
more aggressive and sexually
active
- Women
- PMS symptoms
- Menopause
btwn 45-54
- Less feminine
hormone mixture
and more
masculine
- Hot flashes
- No effect on levels of anxiety,
stress, dissatisfaction
- HRT
Nota:
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- cure for menopausal
symptoms
- Increases risk in breast
cancers, heart attacks,
strokes
- Exercise and enough
sleep: good solution
- Less feminine
hormone mixture
and more
masculine
- PMS symptoms
- Men
- Slowing Down
- Perform
motor action
slower
- Brain slows
- NS slows
- NS slows
- Brain slows
- Trouble with new
and complex tasks
- Ability to produce
complex behavior
reduces with age
- NS slows
- NS slows
- Ability to produce
complex behavior
reduces with age
- Physical
and Mental
exercise
can speed
reactions
of the
elderly on
familiar
motor
tasks
- Perform
motor action
slower
- Disease, Disuse, or Abuse?
- Possible that
disease, not
age, accounts
for declines in
functioning
- But increased
vulnerability to
disease is
normal w/ aging
- But increased
vulnerability to
disease is
normal w/ aging
- Most body
systems thrive
on use but
many people
become
inactive as
they age
- Drugs
typically affect
older people
more than
younger
people
- Can interact
with the aging
body to
impair
functioning
- Can interact
with the aging
body to
impair
functioning
- Possible that
disease, not
age, accounts
for declines in
functioning
- Health and Wellness
- Exercise results in less stress and
enhancement in cognitive
functioning
- Less depression
- Cannot stop aging
- Less depression
- Frequent Diseases
- Osteoprosis
Nota:
- serious loss of minerals leaves bones fragile and easily fractured
- One fall can change an entire lifestyle
- Weight bearing exercises and nutrition w/ calcium
- Osteoarthritus
Nota:
- gradual deterioration of the cartilage that cushions bones from rubbing against each other
- deforming, painful and limits activities
- Osteoprosis
- Exercise results in less stress and
enhancement in cognitive
functioning
- Successful Aging
- Nun Study
- Level of education affected
longetivity and health
- Activity resulted in longetivity
- + attitude slows effects of aging
- Level of education affected
longetivity and health
- Nun Study
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