Social Adjustment in the Elderly: the GreatAGE Study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madia Lozupone
Keyword(s):  
Social Adjustment ◽  
The Elderly

Living Conditions and Everyday Needs of the Elderly with Particular Reference to Social Isolation

1973 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Behavior Patterns ◽  
Or Education ◽  
The Past

This paper is concerned with social isolation, its consequences, and the programs which may possibly combat it. We, as well as others, have located extremely isolated aged persons who reside in the community. In the past, our findings indicated that social isolation has a negative impact on the aged: it desocializes them, hampers social adjustment, and seems to reduce attitudinal independence. Isolation in the aged does not seem to be correlated with age, sex, mental status or education. It is not synonymous with mental disorder though it may result in some behavior patterns associated with mental disorder, specifically poor social adjustment and cognitive functioning. If not compensated for in time, the effects of isolation may lead to serious and, possibly, irreversible cognitive and other impairments. However, unlike senile mental disorders, the effects of isolation may be reversible through resocialization programs, such as friendly visiting, which are currently being developed for systematic evaluation.

scholarly journals A study of the prevalence of various psychosocial problems of geriatric population in urban area of district-Hapur

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 4947
Author(s):  
Madhulika Singh Sisodia ◽  
Upender Kumar ◽  
Gajendra Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Functional Dependency ◽  
Geriatric Population ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychosocial Disorders

Background: With advancing age, ill-health becomes a major hindrance for the well-being of the elderly. Therefore, not only physical but even psychosocial health is an important predictor for their living happily. Objective was to study the prevalence of various psychosocial problems, including dependence in study population.Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out in geriatric age group in the urban field practice areas of Department of Community Medicine, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, District-Hapur.Results: Out of 580 elderly the overall prevalence of psychosocial problems was 270 (45.6%). This includes psychosocial disorders in 34.8%, functional dependency in 12.4%, sad attitude towards life in 13.4% and low social adjustment in 8.3%.Conclusions: The psychosocial problems were higher in females as compared to males and were significantly associated with functional dependency, social adjustment and attitude towards life.

Dislocation and Relocation of the Urban Elderly: Social Networks as Mediators of Relocation Stress

1983 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Eckert
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Core Zone ◽  
Urban Core ◽  
Forced Relocation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

The elderly represent an ever-increasing percentage of the population in urban core areas. Such commercial zones are prime targets for urban renewal and redevelopment. This paper deals with one segment of the elderly poor—the occupants of single rooms in cheap hotels and rooming houses—who live in such an urban core zone (located in a West Coast city) being markedly changed through redevelopment. An ongoing study of the consequences of forced relocation utilized a quasi-experimental design comparing premove and postmove measures of mental and physical health status, social networks and supports, and psychosocial adjustment for two groups of older persons. The experimental group (N = 62) was forced to relocate to other accommodations (in most cases other urban hotels), while the comparison group (N = 75) was not subject to relocation. A central hypothesis was that the older residents of single-room occupancy hotels would be particularly vulnerable to the impact of urban change and forced relocation. This hypothesis was not supported. The lack of serious impact on relocatee's mental and physical health and social adjustment can be related to morphological and functional characteristics of their personal social networks and to the particular relationship of these networks to the urban core zone.

scholarly journals Permasalahan yang Dialami Lansia dalam Melakukan Penyesuaian Diri di Panti Sosial dan Implikasinya terhadap Layanan Bimbingan dan Konseling (Studi Deskriptif terhadap Lansia di PSTW Sabai Nan Aluih Sicincin)

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Fitri Febriani ◽  
Syahniar Syahniar ◽  
Zikra Zikra
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Psychological Condition ◽  
Personal Adjustment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Physical Changes

Changes that occur when entering old age requires a new kind of adjustment, that adjustments to themselves and to the environment. For the elderly who live in social institutions they require the ability to adjust to life in social institutions. In fact there are elderly people who do not have the ability to adapt in the social institutions. This study aims to determine the problems in the elderly make adjustments in social institutions. This research is descriptive. The sample of 31 people. The findings show that 1) 21.75% of elderly have problems in personal adjustment includes adjustments to the physical changes, and adjustments to the psychological condition, 2) 22.81% of elderly have problems in social adjustment includes adjustment of relationships with fellow residents, adjusting relationships with nursing board, adjustment of relationships with family, and adjustments to regulation of social institutions.

scholarly journals A Gender Based Study Of Socio-Economic Impact Of Pension Systems

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-50
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arshad ◽  
Nasreen Aslam Shah
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Sindh Province ◽  
Major Transition ◽  
Socio Economic Impact ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Questionnaire Method

Respect for the elderly has always been a prevalent social norm in Pakistani society. Retired People in Pakistan have recently become visible due to changing social values. Karachi is the mega city of Sindh province. It is occupied with peculiar issues that need to be addressed at local, provincial and federal level. The aim of this study is to highlight the salient features on the life of the retired personnel in Pakistan. Retirement is often the first major transition faced by the older people. The objective of this study is to explore different aspects of retired people. Two hundred retired persons both male and female are interviewed by questionnaire method. The results were tabulated and analyzed by simple frequency and chi-square method. Results show that Pakistan is one of such countries where retired ageing people are becoming apparent. The old age affects males and females differently in terms of social adjustment at this stage of life. In old age, they are more likely to suffer from disabilities and multiple health problems. Family structure and living conditions influence the lives of elderly people. The present situation for elderly women is also quite poor. There is needed to make gender specific policies and programmes that can encourage and facilitate the elderly to have more involvement in activities of life through greater social and economic participation.

Social Adjustment of the Elderly Residing in Institutional Homes: A Multivariate Analysis

1980 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert Dooghe ◽  
Lieve Vanderleyden ◽  
Francis Van Loon
Keyword(s):  
Social Adjustment ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Elderly Individuals ◽  
The Social ◽  
Degree Of Disability ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Main Factor

An attempt was made to determine the order of magnitude of a number of variables which a bivariate analysis had demonstrated to show some degree of correlation with the way in which institutionalized elderly individuals adapt socially. To determine the multivariate impact of all these variables on the degree of social adjustment to life in a home, a path model was developed that permitted detection of both the direct and indirect effect of the variables. It was found that loneliness was the main factor underlying failure to adjust. Furthermore, widowhood and being alone seem to have a considerable influence. The degree of disability and the age of the individual proved to have a smaller impact than we had assumed to be the case. The operationalized model explains 27 per cent of the variance of the social adjustment in a home for the elderly.

Cell surface changes during aging of human bladder epithelium examined by lectin probes and SEM

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 966-967
Author(s):  
J. Jacob ◽  
M.F.M. Ismail
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Ultrastructural Changes ◽  
Pokeweed Mitogen ◽  
Asymmetric Structure ◽  
Luminal Surface ◽  
Bladder Epithelium ◽  
Aldehyde Groups ◽  
Cell Surface Changes ◽  
Phosphate Buffered Saline ◽  
Surface Changes

Ultrastructural changes have been shown to occur in the urinary bladder epithelium (urothelium) during the life span of humans. With increasing age, the luminal surface becomes more flexible and develops simple microvilli-like processes. Furthermore, the specialised asymmetric structure of the luminal plasma membrane is relatively more prominent in the young than in the elderly. The nature of the changes at the luminal surface is now explored by lectin-mediated adsorption visualised by scanning electron microscopy (SEM).Samples of young adult (21-31 y old) and elderly (58-82 y old) urothelia were fixed in buffered 2% glutaraldehyde for 10 m and washed with phosphate buffered saline (PBS) containing Ca++ and Mg++ at room temperature. They were incubated overnight at 4°C in 0.1 M ammonium chloride in PBS to block any remaining aldehyde groups. The samples were then allowed to stand in PBS at 37°C for 2 h before incubation at 37°C for 30 m with lectins. The lectins used were concanavalin A (Con A), wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) and pokeweed mitogen (PWM) at a concentration of 500 mg/ml in PBS at pH 7.A.

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