Retirement Community

Retirement Community

Experience of Adult Females

The age of 50years is a period when women tend witness a broad range of external and internal physical changes. It is difficult to define this stage of life because it is a stage between middle-adulthood and late-adulthood. Physical developments such as the whitening of hair, facial wrinkles, and weight gain are common. The inner body also witnesses some radical changes with a reduction in the performance of the nervous and cardiovascular system. The sensory capacities of individuals also begin to deteriorate beginning with the eyesight and hearing capacities (Hewstone, 2005).

In terms of cognitive development, several ...