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Aging
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Theorizing Later Life
For those who seek understanding of the elderly, there are three social theories that might help to understand the elderly and their later-life experiences.
Continuity Theory
claims that older adults maintain patterns in their later years which they had in their younger years.
Activity Theory
claims that the elderly benefit from high levels of activities, especially meaningful activities that help to replace lost life roles after retirement.
Disengagment Theory
claims that as elderly people realize the inevitability of death and begin to systematically disengage from their previous youthful roles, society simultaneously prepares the pre-elderly and elderly to disengage from their roles.
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What is Gerontology
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Social Gerontology
Its the sociological sub field of gerontology which focuses on the nonphysical and social aspects of aging.
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