Assignment on Gerontology - Eight Areas of Reporting

Assignment on Gerontology
Assignment on Gerontology
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Assignment on Gerontology
Question 1. Provide a thorough occupational profile on the person you are interviewing. You
must include information on habits, routines, roles and rituals as well as information on context
including personal, cultural, physical and social. Please use headings for each of these eight areas
when reporting.
Answer- The person Mr. Jack Hilfiger is a 71 year old senior man living with his wife.
Roles -He is retired lawyer who was working with a law firm. He is well to and lives in a double
storey house made in 1971. He is married and father of two.
Personal- He is type 2 diabetic and his wife is also type 2 diabetic along with mild arthritis.
Physical- He also has calcium deficiency and takes medicines as per prescription. He is slightly
bent and walks slowly.
Habits -He is a social person, everyday in the evening he takes 30 minutes walk in his locality
with his old friend Harry. He is a vegetarian and likes to drink occasionally.
Social -He loves to dance and enjoys parties when ever gets a chance to attend, with his wife. His
routines are very strictly followed and his wife keeps the track.
Routines -He has to eat after every 40 minutes and keep himself hydrated. He is diabetic so food
is prepared accordingly. He likes to take green tea early morning after waking up.
Cultural- He is a Christian and goes to church every Sunday. On weekends his children comes to
see him and his wife. They enjoy the day by cooking or playing indoor games like chess,
foosball.

Assignment on Gerontology
Question 2. Analyze your interview responses and discuss the positive behaviors and attributes
this person has which contribute to healthy aging and longevity.
Answer 2. He likes to make decision instantly. He does not likes to sit at home doing nothing so,
he helps his wife in kitchen chores. He tends to forget things and confuse easily. He is less
emotional. He is happy man who will not mind bad days or situations. He smiles a lot and talks
good things instead of lamenting on past (Cusack, 2018).
Question 3. How have their physical activities changed over the years? What physical,
psychological, social/societal influences precipitated any changes in activity? If they haven’t
changed what would you theorize has contributed to this stability?
Answer 3. As he is very old he likes to walk daily and help his wife in daily house chores. He
likes to dance in the local bar with his friends to keep his joints active. When he was young he
used to be very sportive but as he got into work in his 30s, 40s and 50’s his activity decreased.
He used to spend his days attending client meeting, sitting on chair for hours and hardly went to
walk or to gym (King, 2018). He was not conscious about his diet and generally skipped meals
or ate out. For now he is very conscious towards his diet, daily routine and also for other general
stuffs. The challenges that are associated with aging are that he is not able to walk and do
activities fast as a normal young person may do.
Question 4. Analyze your interview responses and discuss the behaviors they exhibit or
exhibited earlier in their life which may be/may have been detrimental to healthy aging.