Health Promotion Through the Lifespan

Health Promotion
Through the
Lifespan

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
BACKGROUND.............................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Development of a person during the life-span affects and gets affected by the health,
illness and psychological well-being of the person. When a person develops through their
complete lifespan i.e. from their childhood to adulthood and finally becoming old, they get
affected by many heath related issues which may be due to many reasons like economic well-
being of a person, proper diet in the childhood, pre mature birth, issues due to genetic problems,
past related issues etc. All these affect the health and well-being of a person which in turn affects
their relation with others in the society, their relation with themselves and also affect their
psychological heath and causes stress. In this report the old age stage of the life-span of a person
is focused (Baum, 2016). The experiences of a person and its impact on their health will also be
discussed along with explanation of the health issues that are generally faced during this stage of
life-span. Also various nature, nurture and cultural theories will be applied so that their impact
on the health of elder people can be studied.
BACKGROUND
During the later stages of adulthood people experience various life events that occur
during their life-span which in turn affect their health and well-being. These issues also affect the
way in which they behave and carry out the regular day-to-day activities. Both positive and
negative life experiences can be faced by an old person. The positive experiences are
development of new hobby, going on a world tour, relaxing etc. whereas the negative
experiences that are faced by old age people are loss of memory, deteriorated intellectual
functions, difficult to move easily, pain in joints and higher rates of diseases. These experiences
of the people affects their health and psychological well-being. These lead to decrease in the
immune system of the people which means their capability to fight with the disease decrease.
Their hearing and vision also decreases which leads to cataracts or cloudy areas of the eyes
(Eldredge And et. al., 2016). The older age people become prone to cancer, diabetes and other
mental and physical ailments. Changes in memory also affect their social lives as they become
forgetful about the events that are occurring in their life. These experiences thus create a negative
impact on their health and their life expectancy decreases. Other experiences that are faced by
the elderly people that affect their health are depression, loneliness, boredom, financial stress due
to non-productivity, tiredness. These factors affect their health and also isolates them from the
society due to which their willingness to live any further also decreases. Thus the study of the