Title: Are the Elderly a Vulnerable Population?
Headings: Are the Elderly a Vulnerable Population?
Are the Elderly a Vulnerable Population?
Content: It meant the end of one’s career, changes in lifestyle, and ultimately the end of one’s life. With changes in education and healthcare towards healthy living throughout one’s lifetime, these previous assumptions and stereotypes can be changed. Medical and technological advances will lead to longer lives of better quality. What society will be left with is a culture that celebrates it’s elders and puts emphasis on quality of life at any age. Retirement years can truly be thought of as a relaxing and wonderful time, full of vibrant, lively activity and good health and living into the later years of life. References
De Chesnay, M. (2008). Caring for the vulnerable: perspectives in nursing theory, practice, and
research (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.