Sociology of Aging

AGING AND CULTURAL ATRIFACTS

Gerontology is the study of 'old people'. It tends to evaluate their social and genetic characteristics of aging. It does not restrict itself to the appraising biological health of an individual who is aging, but it also gives due emphasis on appraising their connection with the current societal norms. In the context of chronic diseases within an aging person, cultural artifacts play a vital role in keeping them mentally alive in the society. As an individual gets older and older, his views become unchangeable. They turn more rigid and rigid with time. In other words, one ...