Theories of Ageing
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- Created on: 16-03-22 12:22
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- Theories of Ageing
- Social Disengagement Theory
- Proposed by Cummings and Henry
- Suggests older people naturally disengage socially as they get older
- Caused by changes in someone's role that reduces social interactions
- They are less concerned about others
- Activity Theory
- Proposed by Havighurst
- Older people adjust to effects of ageing
- Those who remained socially connected were less ill
- It is possible that social engagement is important in later adulthood
- Social Disengagement Theory
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