Key Physical, Cognitive, and Psychosocial Changes During Midlife

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Table of Contents
Topic - Critically discuss and analyse the key physical, cognitive and psychosocial changes
which occur during midlife, placing this within a life course perspective......................................3
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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Topic - Critically discuss and analyse the key physical, cognitive and
psychosocial changes which occur during midlife, placing this within a life
course perspective
INTRODUCTION
Midlife is considered period of an individual life who are spanning near by age of 40 to
age of 65. The respective time is considered as stressful time because several people come to feel
discontented as well as restless as they are troubling with their ageing, mortality and holding
senses of purpose (Mishra and et.al., 2020). The respective age is considered as situation where
people experienced psychosocial as well as physical challenges. Moreover life course
perspective is also known as life course theory (LCT) which is considered as multidisciplinary
approach in order to understand the mental, social and physical health of a person. This will
incorporates or related to both life stage as well as life span which evaluate health trajectory. The
respective report is based on analyse the key physical cognitive and psychosocial changes which
occur during midlife placing this within a life course perspective.
MAIN BODY
Midlife is considered as life between the age of 40 to 60 in this time an individual go
through numbers of changes in their body due to which they experienced several physical,
emotional and cognitive issues. At this age a person required special care so that they can leave
their life in effective and appropriate manner. There are several symptoms through which a
person can experienced during respective age such as feeling unfulfilled in life, feel of boredom,
meaninglessness and emptiness, dramatic change take place in appearance and behaviour, feeling
weak, taking many medications and many more (Hope, 2020). In addition to this the issues or
challenges which are experienced by a person during midlife are mainly related to the physical,
cognitive as well as psychosocial change. These changes are directly or indirectly relate with the
life course perspective, which is considered as multidisciplinary factors which help in evaluating
and understanding the physical, social and mental health of a person. Along with this, it is
incorporated with the concepts of life stages as well as life span which determined health
trajectory. It a person's life, life course perspective is very essential as it not only help in
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