Middle Adulthood (46-65)

Social Development

• Retirement from work, more money to spend for themselves.
• High Employment
• Help with support for grandchildren
• Changing relationships with aging parents
• Changing relationship with own children, more time on their hands

Physical Development

• An increase in weight/decline in fertility, loss of fertility- The menopause
• Less muscle power
• Slower movement and reduced stamina
• Hair loss- Men become balder and greyer
• Reduced hand-eye co ordination
• Appearance of wrinkles- Due to skin…