Care Plan for Aging Studies

Running Head: AGEING STUDIES
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Introduction
This essay is going to develop a care plan for an elderly women Lisa that is going to
keep an account of the theories of aging that are relevant in the process of ageing. In this
case, Lisa is a widow and is 86 years old. She used to live alone who is a hardworking
women who works in the farm. Both her son and daughter stays away from her and his son
Tom is 60 years old who is suffering from osteoarthritis (Aldwin and Igarashi 2015). Lisa is
suffering from the decrease of her health after the fall at her bathroom. Her past medical
history describes the fact that the patient is having osteoporosis, hypertension, and reduced
mobility due to fracture in her hip after she fell from bed (Currais et al. 2015; Hanson et al.
2017). Now she uses a walker to move outside the house and sometimes relies on the stick or
holds the furniture. She also suffers from the decrease in her memory that is a matter of
concern for her family members as she gets easily annoyed with her family members and
their children. Her children tries to keep her memory active by asking questions about the
recent activity so that she remembers the things about her family (Vandervoort et al. 2014;
Aldwin and Igarashi 2015). Recently she has developed a problem regarding the use of
certain words that makes it too difficult to communicate for her. She also forgets to keep a
check on her personal hygiene and thus her family feels that she is not able to stay on her
own. Thus, this essay is going to draw a care plan for Lisa that will help her to develop self-
management of the condition as well as the required assistance in performing her daily
activities (Aldwin and Igarashi 2015; Hanson et al. 2017).
Discussion
The process of aging is supported by the three different psychosocial theories of aging
that involves activity theory, disengagement theory, and the theory of continuity. The
disengagement theory referred to as the process which is inevitable and that represents the
relationship between the person and the other people of the society as well as with the

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remaining members of the society (Vandervoort et al. 2014). The theory also states that the
patient might experience withdrawal due to the process of aging or due to the society itself.
The theory also states that the older people are not much involved with the activities of life in
comparison to the times when they were young (Currais et al. 2015). This is time when the
older people distance themselves from the society and they develop a new type of relation
with the people and the society as well.
The activity theory describes the psychosocial process of ageing that emphasizes on
the fact that the social activity is an important part of the life of the individuals (Aldwin and
Igarashi 2015). This theory suggested that the concept of an individual is related to the roles
of that individual in the society. For instance, when an individual retires from the job it will
not be that harmful as that individual is very active in the recreational role, family role,
community roles or being a volunteer (Hanson et al. 2017). In order to maintain the positive
sense of the person the individual must replace for new roles that will be helpful for the
individual as his or her earlier roles are lost because of the process of aging (Aldwin and
Igarashi 2015). The theory of continuity states that the older population will maintain the
same activity and the behaviour as they used to maintain in the earlier times. As per the
theory, the older adults try to continue their lifestyle by adapting the various strategies that
are related to their past experiences (Vandervoort et al. 2014).
In case of Lisa, the theory of disengagement is applicable as she experiences the
withdrawal from the society and that changes the experiences the equation with the society
and with the family members. She used to very active and used to enjoy reading, music and
creative work (Hanson et al. 2017). After the fall she was unable to memorise the things
properly that affected the treatment process and that was making her away from the
community services. Thus as per the discontinuity theory she started having withdrawal