Concept Analysis on Successful Aging

Optimization thus entails the maximization of an individual 's functional ability in life . Elderly individuals can still achieve optimization , amidst the deterioration of other physical capabilities . Such condition is what plasticity depicts , wherein an elderly individual improves his capabilities as he ages (Schaie , 1994

When an elderly individual 's ability to perform a certain task weakens he generally designs strategies that would compensate for any deficit he is aware of . Compensation may be in the form of using elements of behavior such as hearing aids , or elements of cognition such as

br mnemonics for the elderly individual to remember things or names . It has been observed that young and elderly typists can work with a typewriter with the same efficiency regardless of age because an elderly typist is has compensated in the ability of visualizing the text . It has been determined that compensation is related to intellectual functioning , which operates through either a passive control or a delegated control . The selective specialization with compensation model of successful aging has been criticized because of the exclusion of economic and social aspects in the concept .ADAPTATION AND STRESS IN THE ELDERLY

The capacity to adapt in the presence of obstacles and problems is an event that every individual faces at least once during his entire lifetime . Adaptation occurs as life continues to unfold right before the eyes of every individual , yet the capability of each individual to adapt depends mainly of any previous experiences he went through . Such notion is known as trajectory and this is the main origin for the differentiation among elderly individuals . Adaptation is associated with two forms of selection , structural and behavioral . The structural route of adaptation involves providing changes in the socio-educational level of an elderly individual . On the other hand , the behavioral route of adaptation involves active...