Diversity among older adults
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Diversity among older adults
Resource 1
This resource explored the African American older adults and race-related stress with a focus on how aging and health-care providers can help. I have learned several facts from this resource, and one of them is that the population of African Americans age 65 and older is likely to reach 12 million from the current 4 million by 2060. However, African American older adults are more vulnerable than their white counterparts are because they encounter remarkable health discrepancies like lower life expectancies and more risks that link to chronic health situations like hypertension, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and dementia. Research-based findings also indicate that this group experience fine-drawn and unconcealed discrimination and progressive race-related stressors that affect their physical and mental health adversely. These race-linked stresses happen when a person encounters a racist episode that brings to mind the social and historical happenings of racism.
Aging and health-care providers can help resolve these issues by understanding the impact of racism and listen to the experiences of African American older adults with empathy. They can also engage African American older adults with dialogue revolving around race and gender, and sexuality to create safe spaces for them.
Resource 2
This resource has explored the gender differences in meaningful leisure following major later life events. One fact I have learned from this resource is that individuals in their later life develop leisure participation that freely engages them, although divergently depending on gender. Even though leisure occupation for individuals in their later life results mainly from long-standing participation, it also comes from later-life experiences like retirement and widowhood, which creates room for adjustment and, latest engagements. Meaningful occupations are those that allow older adults to develop present-day competencies and enjoyment and strengthened associations.
Concerning gender differences and meaningful leisure in later life, women are more creative and innovative, whether on retirement or widowhood, than men are who tend to carry on with their engagements in their long-term leisure pursuit.