Social status of the elderly in American society

Social status of the elderly in American society

Introduction

The place of the elderly in today's society has changed over time and with changing attitudes. The social status of ancestors is weakened and the scars of old threaten to turn the elderly into a being "disposable". They feel overwhelmed, they think they had their time and now they are no longer anything. They are adaptive capacity of human beings as they age, decrease, becoming more sensitive to its environment, which becomes an obstacle in his life. The psychological well-being of the older group is associated ...