Simone Roberts's 'Coming Of Age'

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Simone Roberts Writing Assignment #1 March 6, 2016 The Coming of Age Question #1 In The Coming of Age, Simone de Beauvoir reflects her interest in the process of aging and the examination of society’s insignificance towards the elderly. De Beauvoir tried to find greater understanding of other’s opinion of elders and the transitioning process of humans from a young age into old age. She provides accurate and interesting points about the disengagement theory of aging. She spoke about the cultural conditionings and influences that have a major impact on our society as we age. She included people’s personal thoughts and reactions, and analyzed their existence for the elderly. De Beauvoir revealed that banishment forces the elderly to feel a particular way by denying their feelings and wants to …show more content…

The life course perspective looks at our chronological age, certain roles and behaviors, experiences, and our characteristic. It is also analyzes the development of human behavior, physical contexts and social change that is shaped by our lifetime experiences. Human life is divided into numerous age spans, infancy, childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle age and older age which plays a significant role in the process and steps of how we mature. Question #3 Memo Date: March 6th, 2016 To: The Roberts-Wilson Facility of Nursing, Director of Nursing From: Simone Roberts, Director of Activities Re: Quality of Life of Residents Activities are considered to be a stress reliever. It is very important and meaningful when it reflects the importance of a person’s interest, making them feel useful and providing them with a sense of enjoyment. The facility must offer program of activities designed to meet the quality of life and interest of resident’s mental, physical and emotional need. It’s very important for the facility to conduct individual assessments of each resident to find out their needs and to build up their

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