Social Theories of Aging and Optimal Aging

Social Theories of Aging and Optimal Aging

Aging is not just the passage of time, but a manifestation of the biological events that takes place over a period of time. Theories are sets of concepts and ideas inter related that have been tested scientifically and joined to magnify, clarify, enlarge and finally expand the understanding of people, their societies and behaviors (Davies, 2003p.23). Social theories of aging are concepts of psychological and social in older persons. The social theories of aging include activity expressed when adopting new roles and continuity, which includes social and physical activities retention from the middle years. The bottom line of social theories is that as people grow…