Disability and Old Age: Or Why It Isn’t All in the Mind

2006 ◽  
pp. 84-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Priestley
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 84-95
Author(s):  
Dr. Surete

In this paper efforts have been made to show the mixed feeling that comes in the mind of an Indian woman when she realises her worth. The chauvinistic world is using woman as an object to fulfil the desires since ages. Indian women are brought up in such atmosphere that they find it difficult to face men and like a dumb cattle obey all the orders of man, be it their father in childhood, their husband after marriage or their son in old age. She is never asked or allowed to express her own will and when she tries to take the decisions in her own hands she is tortured and insulted with taunts. This paper highlights the feelings of women when she faces such situation. In this paper a deep study of three plays of Vijay Tendulkar has been done which are Kamala, Silence! The Court Is In Session and Kanyadaan .


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A Settersten

Abstract “Aging” and the “life course” are distinct but complementary phenomena that inform one another. Building on this insight, this essay conveys some lessons the author has learned about aging by studying the life course. These include that (1) age is a salient dimension of individual identity and social organization; (2) a reconfigured life course brings reconfigured aging; (3) old age is a highly precarious phase of life; (4) difference and inequality are not the same, but both can accumulate over time; (5) aging is gendered; (6) aging is interpersonal, and “independence” is an illusion; (7) “choice” and “responsibility” can be dirty words; (8) much of aging is in the mind—it is imagined and anticipated; and (9) history leaves its footprints on aging, and the future of aging is already here. These lessons culminate in a final insight: that to understand personal aging, gerontologists must look beyond the personal, for much of the relevant action is to be found in social experience.


1971 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-115
Author(s):  
Bentley B. Gilbert

Writing just before the outbreak of the Second World War, Joseph Schumpeter remarked that English socialism, in contrast to European socialism, was at bottom an ethical creed. For socialist intellectuals, the Fabians for instance, there was no difference between slums and the House of Lords. Both were bad things and ought to be eliminated. I do not suggest that by the time Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy was published in 1942 this was by any means a new idea. The briefest survey of the speeches or writings of George Lansbury or James Keir Hardie, not to mention those of the Webbs and Bernard Shaw, would show the same attitude. They dwelt less in terms of the people's need than of the people's rights. By and large, they talked not of what could be done, but of what should be done. Accordingly, they sneered at the social legislation of the New Liberalism as a plaster bandage which did nothing to heal the working man's wounds, but made them hurt less. They saw clearly that national insurance and old age pensions were prompted less by recognition of the moral imperative behind the public welfare than by fear on the part of the nation's rulers of a politically aroused working class which might effect a parliamentary revolution through the agency of the Labour party, or, indeed, after the war, a violent revolutionThe only criticism that need be made of Schumpeter's analysis of the extent of the permeation of English socialism is that he did not see by the end of the 1930s how far it had gone. My own research suggests that by the time of the outbreak of the second World War, socialism — or social justice in the sense that the physical and economic welfare of the ordinary citizen was the unquestioned responsibility of the state — had become the creed of the ordinary English citizen. He took for granted that it was society's business to support him when unemployed and that in old age the state should provide him with a pension. Sidney Webb's national minimum had become part of the ethical furniture of the mind of the working man.


2020 ◽  
pp. 125-133
Author(s):  
Ramesh Pokharel

This paper explores different roles and aspects of music, describes its value, power and essential role in our daily life. The main objective of this article is to highlight the overall musical power in different aspects. Music affects both our body and mind. So, whenever we get time, we listen to Music. This makes us feel fresh even in old age. Music provides exercises to the mind. This is the reason why music is being used as therapy in hospitals even today. It has been seen that patients who listen to music take less time to improve. There are different genres of music like classical, semi-classical, light, folk, and their varieties of compositions with a magical quality, which we can enjoy according to our needs and requirements. Musical composition plays a vibrant part in everybody's normal life. It keeps us busy in free time. The rationalized sound, which arises from the creation of aesthetic-rasa, is called music. In eastern philosophy, Nada-Brahma (sacred-sound) is the primary source of music. This sound is called AUM, in which the whole universe remains vibrant. The impact of music on the living world is not hidden from anyone. Music is also the best way to practice yoga and meditation because it improves physical and mental health. It can be used for a therapeutic purpose too. It gives us peace in our challenging times and further enhances our happiness in good times. We can always use it to be happy. It is also beneficial for all professionals in different fields of society.


2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.I. Melehin

Theory of mind is viewed as a cognitive mechanism of social cognition. Features of social cognition and theory of mind are differentiated. Studies of cognitive and affective components of theory of mind in old age are summarized. Heterogeneous changes of theory of mind show that the deficit in the ability to understand the mind of another is not total, but selective. Factors (neuroanatomical, cognitive, psychosocial, etc.) influencing the theory of mind in old age are systematized. Strategies of enhancing theory of mind in old age are described.


2011 ◽  
Vol 403-408 ◽  
pp. 318-322
Author(s):  
Jian Hua Zhong

The key and difficulty of Old-age care in China are in rural areas, so executing a proper old-age care mode will function well to solve the problem of that among our farmers. As China is at the primary stage of socialism, it determines that the new mode of farmer old-age care is to implement the policy of "the government, families, individuals, society." It should be striving to emancipate the mind and renew ideas to actively promote the modernization that makes the industrialization and urbanization as the core and deepen rural reform and strengthen institutional innovation to develop rural education to improve farmers’ quality. That to implement the new mode of rural old-age care creates a new situation in this area.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 58-73
Author(s):  
Syed V Ahamed

This paper deals with the development of personality in two parallel tracks as an infant evolves to be a unique individual in society. The primary track is based on the acquired knowledge that is appended to the genetic code or information that the infant inherits from both parents. This track is essential for survival and is the primary instinct to just live on from one moment to the next. It shapes a baby from an infant in the world, a child in a family, a person in a society. If this progression can be conceived as an evolutionary trail for the progress in an orderly fashion to enhance and grow in a knowledge domain, then a secondary, simultaneous and a parallel track also evolves to shape the emotions of the baby, the feeling of the child and the passion of the person. The feeling, emotions, and passions exist during every stage, however unperceived they might be. The baby smiles and cries, and is happy just as much as a child is joyful or sad, or is excited. As much as this parallelism exists, we extend the parallel evolution of the two tracks deep and prolonged into adulthood, maturity, and old age of the human being in the society. Whereas the knowledge trail enhances the child, adult, and mature human to become educated, knowledgeable, wise, and ethical, the passion trail deeply resident in the mind, makes the person (during all stages of life) realistic, honest, loving, and passionate.


Author(s):  
Kornieva S.Ye.

The article is devoted to the problem of extralingual information of the Ukrainian, English and French proverbs with a component “mind”. The result of the analysis is that the semantics of proverbs in three languages are determined and adjusting judgements which have the connection with the attitude of Ukrainians, Englishmen and Frenchmen toward intelligence are formed. The relevance of the topic is due to the fact that a proverb is a unique reflection of people’s beliefs, persuasions, system of values, culture, everyday activity and way of thinking. Modern linguists in their works pay attention to such features of proverbs, as: structuring, rhythm, semantics which is represented in both, direct and indirect meanings of the proverbs. For the research there are taken 106 Ukrainian proverbs with a lexeme «розум», 12 English proverbs with a lexeme “mind” and 12 French proverbs with a lexeme “esprit”. Analysis of the semantic meanings of proverbs and their comparison in three languages contribute to the selection of judgements that are common for: all three nations; Ukrainians and Englishmen; Ukrainians and Frenchmen; Englishmen and Frenchmen. It should be noticed, that judgements which are appropriate for each separate language are formed. The content of judgements shows that Ukrainians, Englishmen and Frenchmen, have similarities in some judgements, among which is the conviction that a clever man considers feelings. Among other peculiarities of Ukrainians such persuasion as the “mind” is God’s gift is distinguished. Comparing mind and wealth Ukrainians express hesitation concerning the necessity to clarify the interdependence of mind and incomes. The consequence of such hesitation is the existence of proverbs which have the contradictory meanings. From the one side, the incomes support the acquisition of knowledge, from the other side, the incomes prevent the person to become cleverer. As for the Englishmen, they are more confident in the idea that gaining incomes depends directly on person’s mind and knowledge. In the Ukrainian proverbs the other contradictory judgements take place. They have the connection with the interdependence of happiness and mind as well as mind and old age. Moreover, the majority of judgements about the mind in three languages is positive. This fact confirms the importance of developing of mind for representatives of three nations. Key words: paremiological unit, semantic meaning, adjusting judgement, mental abilities, culture, system of persuasions. Статтю присвячено дослідженню лінгвокультурної специфіки українських, англійських і французьких прислів’їв із компонентом «розум». У результаті аналізу визначено семантичне наповнення прислів’їв трьох мов і сформульовано настановні судження щодо ставлення українців, англійців і французів до розумової діяльності. Актуальність дослідження зумовлено тим, що прислів’я є унікальним відбиттям вірувань, переконань, системи цінностей, звичаїв, культури, повсякденної діяльності й способу мислення кожного народу. Сучасні лінгвісти у своїх працях звертають увагу на такі особливості прислів’їв, як структурованість, ритмічність, семантична наповненість, яка відбивається як у прямих, так і в переносних значеннях прислів’їв. Матеріалом дослідження для статті послугували 106 українських прислів’їв із лексемою «розум», 12 англійських – із лексемою “mind” і 12 французьких – із лексемою “esprit”. Аналіз змістового наповнення прислів’їв та їхнє порівняння в трьох мовах сприяло виокремленню суджень, що є спільними для: всіх трьох народів; українців і англійців; українців і французів; англійців і французів. Слід відзначити, що були також сформульовані судження, які притаманні окремо кожному народу. Зміст суджень показав, що українці, англійці й французи мають схожість у деяких судженнях, а саме стосовно переконаності в тому, що розумна людина зважає на почуття. Серед інших особливостей виокремлено таке переконання українців, за яким «розум» є подарунком від Бога, однак розвиток розуму залежить від людини. Порівнюючи розум із багатством, українці дещо сумніваються в необхідності вказувати на взаємозалежність розуму й статків, наслідком чого є існування прислів’їв, зміст яких суперечить один одному. З одного боку, саме статки сприяють набуттю знань, з іншого, – статки заважають людині ставати розумнішою. Щодо англійців, то вони значно впевненіше вказують на те, що здобуття матеріальних статків безпосередньо залежить від розуму й знань людини. В українських прислів’ях є й інші суперечливі судження, які стосуються взаємозалежності щастя та розуму, а також розуму й старості. Слід відзначити, що переважна більшість суджень про розумову діяльність у трьох мовах позитивна, що підтверджує важливість набуття цієї характеристики представниками всіх трьох народів.Ключові слова: пареміологічна одиниця, семантичний зміст, настановне судження, розумові здібності, культура народу, система переконань.


1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Kitwood

ABSTRACTA new theoretical framework for understanding and working with the dementing illnesses of old age is presented, and explicated with particular reference to senile dementia of the Alzheimer type. For several reasons the commonly accepted model, which assumes a simple linear causal relationship between neuropathology and dementia, is inadequate. A more comprehensive model, grounded in a monistic view of the mind-brain relationship, must take into account not only the psychological states that correspond to particular brain states, but also both developmental and pathological aspects of brain structure. Using this we can describe the dementing process, ‘normal’ psychological functioning in old age, pseudodementia and ‘benign senescent forgetfulness’. Further, the scope for some degree of ‘rementia’ is explored.


2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter DeScioli

AbstractThe target article by Boyer & Petersen (B&P) contributes a vital message: that people have folk economic theories that shape their thoughts and behavior in the marketplace. This message is all the more important because, in the history of economic thought, Homo economicus was increasingly stripped of mental capacities. Intuitive theories can help restore the mind of Homo economicus.


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