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Education Update. The Life Cycle VIII: Old Age

Education Update. The Life Cycle VIII: Old Age John Snowdon* and Henry Brodatyf INTRODUCTION Old age may last a long time - far longer than any other of Erikson's life stages. Of course, it depends what we mean by 'old age'. There is a grey area (forgive the pun) in the sixties; people become eligible for the old age pension and retire from paid work, yet most do not seem old to themselves or others. Some authors refer to two groups among the elderly, the young-old and the old-old. The old-old include those aged eighty or more, who are far more likely to have physical or mental disabilities which restrict their activities; far more require constant care and supervision. However, it must be realised that some people physically age faster than others, for constitutional, accidental or medical reasons, or because of a self-harmful lifestyle. Some look old at seventy while others appear amazingly youthful at eighty-five. Chronological age provides only a rough guide to physical and psychological developmental changes to be expected during late life. As well as this, elderly people may appear younger or older than they are because of their attitudes, posture or manner of dress. WHAT IS NORMAL AGEING? Various physical changes are http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy Wiley

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Wiley
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© 1986 Australian Association of Family Therapy
ISSN
0814-723X
eISSN
1467-8438
DOI
10.1002/j.1467-8438.1986.tb01171.x
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John Snowdon* and Henry Brodatyf INTRODUCTION Old age may last a long time - far longer than any other of Erikson's life stages. Of course, it depends what we mean by 'old age'. There is a grey area (forgive the pun) in the sixties; people become eligible for the old age pension and retire from paid work, yet most do not seem old to themselves or others. Some authors refer to two groups among the elderly, the young-old and the old-old. The old-old include those aged eighty or more, who are far more likely to have physical or mental disabilities which restrict their activities; far more require constant care and supervision. However, it must be realised that some people physically age faster than others, for constitutional, accidental or medical reasons, or because of a self-harmful lifestyle. Some look old at seventy while others appear amazingly youthful at eighty-five. Chronological age provides only a rough guide to physical and psychological developmental changes to be expected during late life. As well as this, elderly people may appear younger or older than they are because of their attitudes, posture or manner of dress. WHAT IS NORMAL AGEING? Various physical changes are

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy – Wiley

Published: Jun 1, 1986

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