Aging Successfully

Homework Instructions

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Topic: Tweet Yourself – About Aging Successfully

Question/Prompt: An old proverb says, “We get too soon old and too late smart.”

To help remedy this situation, your challenge is to learn about successful aging and then provide some wise advice to yourself using one of the most popular forms of modern communication … the tweet.

After reading Chapter 8 in our textbook, you will compose a tweet with the best advice you can provide about aging successfully—in 140 characters or less!

If you are (ahem) of a more mature age you might consider directing your tweet to your younger self. If you have not yet experienced the joys of advancing maturity, consider directing your tweet to your older self.

Here are the rules: Your tweet must contain no more than 140 characters; it must be written in your own words; abbreviations are acceptable. Incorporate ideas from at least two domains (physical, cognitive, social/emotional, or spiritual). Note: a helpful tool for counting your characters is found at http://www.lettercount.com/

Note that you DO NOT have to post this to Twitter. We are simply using the style/format of a tweet. Your “tweet” will only be posted here as your initial thread in this discussion.

Replies Prompt: Select two of your classmate’s tweets and reply in one of three ways: 1) tell how your classmate’s tweet has changed your thoughts about aging, 2) tell whether or not you think his or her tweet is supported by evidence from our course textbook, and 3) discuss additional advice that might be helpful. Each reply must cite at least one item of information from our textbook (using current APA formatting).

Post-First: This course utilizes the Post-First feature in all Discussions. This means you will only be able to read and interact with your classmates’ threads after you have submitted your thread in response to the provided prompt. For additional information on Post-First, click here for a tutorial.

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Aging Successfully

Successful aging can be defined in a variety of different ways. In the 1990s, the academics John Rowe and Robert Kahn were the ones who came up with the word for the first time. They defined effective aging as the absence of disease and impairment, strong cognitive and physical competence, and an ongoing participation in life’s activities. Despite the fact that this idea has helped advance theory and research, it has also been the subject of some debate. To begin, it will be quite difficult to accomplish all of these goals. The natural process of aging can result in a decrease in certain aspects of our health.

There are some things that we are able to control, such as our eating habits and the choices we make about our health, but there are also some things that we are unable to control. Does the presence of a sickness or impairment indicate that a person has not aged successfully? Of course not. Also, it should not be used to define a person. Despite any form of decrease in health or disability, older people are still capable of living wonderful lives that are full of meaning.

The lack of disease is only one component of healthy aging; there are many additional factors involved. The manner in which it is regarded varies from person to person as well. It entails preserving the greatest amount of autonomy, well-being, and one’s own self and identity as feasible, despite the fact that one may be limited or lose some of these things.