Erikson's 8 Stages of Human Development: 10th Stage of Growth and Development Young-Old (75 - 84)

NUR1201 Week 9 Worksheet
“Topics: Erikson’s 8 Stages of human development: 10th stage of Growth and Development
Young-old (75 - 84)”
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Activity 2
Health services must be designed to safeguard dignity and self-reliance and minimize
distress in the elderly. Many healthcare practitioners maintain adverse and stereotypical
attitudes towards the elderly. The video “House Call” is an excellent lesson to those
healthcare professionals who are doing their jobs mechanically. The video has both
positive and negative aspects of healthcare. The negative aspects is a psychological one.
Mrs. Connie, the elderly lady, had a fall and broke her arms. She had nobody to look after
her as she was alone. She had a companion, Oscar, a cat, whom she loved most. She was
shifted to a retirement residence for round the clock care but cats were not allowed there.
She was devastated because of her separation from the cat. This shifting was done
without consulting her. The positive aspect was that Dr Mark, the doctor who was
attending her could understand her sentiments and arranged another care home where
pets were allowed and Mrs. Connie could stay comfortably with her cat, Oscar. Erik
Erikson (1902–1994) was a stage theorist who transformed Freud's contentious
psychosexual theory into an eight-stage psychosocial developmental theory. Two
competing thoughts must be effectively resolved during each of the eight phases of
Erikson's growth to make an individual trustworthy, contributing to a community. If these
duties are not handled, there are inadequate emotions. The conflicting ideas for stage
eight are integrity vs despair which is the underlining subject in the video “House Call”
("Integrity vs. Despair in Erikson's Psychosocial Development Theory", 2019). Value
statement 5 in the ICN code of ethics for Australia states that “Nurses value people’s
interests in making free and informed decisions. This includes people having the
opportunity to verify the meaning and implication of information being given to them

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when making decisions about their nursing and health care” ("Nursing and Midwifery
Board of Australia - Professional standards", 2009). The video has really given a new
twist to my concept in nursing and I could feel for particularly aged patients regarding
their helplessness and they should be given more patient personal care.
Reference:
Integrity vs. Despair in Erikson's Psychosocial Development Theory. (2019). Retrieved
15 September 2019, from https://www.verywellmind.com/integrity-versus-
despair-2795738
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia - Professional standards. (2009). Retrieved 15
September 2019, from https://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Codes-
Guidelines-Statements/Professional-standards.aspx