psychological effects of ageing.
- Created by: Ella Miles
- Created on: 03-12-19 13:49
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- Social change and their effect.
- Reduced mobility/ fitness.
- Inability to move around and continue to carry out physical tasks can result in cognitive decline and reduce well being.
- Loss of job and status.
- Retirement may reduce self-esteem because of a feeling of lack of purpose, but increases leisure time and opportunities to try new things, such as travel, enjoy grandchildren and hobbies.
- Losing own home.
- Affects contentment and security when forced to move e.g into smaller house, in with family or into residential care.
- Death of partner/friends
- Grief can cause a loss of sense safety and security, increased isolation and loss of intimacy.
- Reduced access to social network.
- Difficulty in meeting and taking part in social activity can development of the brain, cause or worsen depression and other mental conditions.
- Loss of independence
- Reliance on other people increases a feeling of helplessness
- Reduced mobility/ fitness.
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