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The aging process: what makes it successful?

Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management

| July 01, 1988 | Card, Jaclyn A. | COPYRIGHT 1988 Vendome Group LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Introduction

There are many reasons why an individual may or may not be successful in the aging process. But one thing is certain: The differences between a successful and an unsuccessful process are perceived in nearly every aspect of a person's life. The aging process begins the day of birth; and each person will experience biological, physiological, and social changes throughout life. Life experiences drastically affect how well one adjusts to the aging process.

In this article, two very similar individuals in terms of life history are compared. Both women-white, Anglo-Saxon Protestants-reside in a private, skilled nursing home, which manifests a very structured living arrangement.

Case history one

Mrs. Rider is an 88-year-old woman who has not adjusted well to old age. She has a very negative attitude toward life-living and aging. Her father died when she was 16 months old, and her mother could not support the family; as a result, Mrs. Rider and her sister, her only sibling, lived with various relatives throughout their childhood. Mrs. Rider has never recovered from the anger, bitterness, resentment, and feeling of rejection she developed at an early age. Her sister and she joined their mother when their mother remarried, and Mrs. Rider resided with her mother until her own marriage at age 30. Mrs. Rider was married for 57 years, but her husband and she had very little other than money to show for the marriage; she was a stenogapher, he was a printer. They worked hard and saved money, but they never traveled or bought anything other than necessities. They had no children.

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