Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Thoughts on my Living Funeral List
During this recent break, I made a list of people who i would like to attend, if I was in fact dying, a living funeral. Just some people who i would like to either clear the air with, or just some people i love and want to spend my last days with. I thought about my family. At first i was like "let me invite all of them because who ever i don't invite will feel bad", but then i was like fuck it. I'm about to die i should invite only people i want to be there. So i invited my close family and only my closest friends who have been there for me and who i can talk to. As i was making the list i kept stopping after each person and just thought about memories i had with them. it really made me think about who was my real friends.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Old People Questions wit Answers
1. At what age do people consider themselves "old"?
On Yahoo Answers most people claimed that they started to feel old between the ages of 55-65. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070802094957AA7i0b3
2. When do family members start to feel that the "old person" in their lives become a burden?
There's no straight answer on the Internet which i suspected because its so subjective to circumstance, but from personal experience i feel that when you have to start worrying if the "old person" at hand is incapable of taking care of themselves, and you must worry about them all the time.
3. How is our generation of old people different from past generations?
2005 life expectancy: 77.9 years old
1995 life expectancy: 75.8 years old
http://www.wholehealthcenters.com/blog/reports/life-expectancy-is-up-in-usa-by-almost-10-years-over-1955/comment-page-1/
4. Why is it considered "bad" to go old?
Why do people fear old age? It's the most natural thing in the world. Although one may look at old age as deterioration, its inevitable.
5. Is the process of aging different for women than it is for men?
At all ages, women had higher heart rates but lower BP than men. Pulse pressure, however, was lower in young women and higher in older women. Measurements influenced by body size, such as CCA diameter, compliance and systemic compliance, were lower in women. Those related to arterial wall properties, such as CCA and aortic distensibility, were the same. Although aortic PWV rose similarly with aging, PWV had more of an influence on PP in women than did mean BP. The reverse was true in men.
Despite lower mean BP and similar arterial distensibility, women develop a higher degree of pulsatility with aging, as compared with men. This is mainly due to their smaller physical characteristics, independent of the role of menopause and its related hormonal changes.
http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/37/5/1374
6. What % of old people are sexually active? (Gavin)
In 1998, the National Council On Aging conducted a survey of 1300 "older" (over age 60) Americans and their sexual activities. The results indicate that sexual activity plays an important role in relationships among older men and women. Forty-eight percent report that they were sexually active (sex at least once per month).
http://www.sexualityandu.ca/professionals/older-women-3.aspx
7. What do old people do for fun? (Gavin)
8. What is the most common illness among old people? (John Li)
9. What percent are married? (Elvis)
10. What is the top fear of the elderly? (Henry)
11. How long is the life expectancy for the average human? (Elias)
77.5 years old
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_average_life_expectancy_of_a_human
On Yahoo Answers most people claimed that they started to feel old between the ages of 55-65. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070802094957AA7i0b3
2. When do family members start to feel that the "old person" in their lives become a burden?
There's no straight answer on the Internet which i suspected because its so subjective to circumstance, but from personal experience i feel that when you have to start worrying if the "old person" at hand is incapable of taking care of themselves, and you must worry about them all the time.
3. How is our generation of old people different from past generations?
2005 life expectancy: 77.9 years old
1995 life expectancy: 75.8 years old
http://www.wholehealthcenters.com/blog/reports/life-expectancy-is-up-in-usa-by-almost-10-years-over-1955/comment-page-1/
4. Why is it considered "bad" to go old?
Why do people fear old age? It's the most natural thing in the world. Although one may look at old age as deterioration, its inevitable.
5. Is the process of aging different for women than it is for men?
At all ages, women had higher heart rates but lower BP than men. Pulse pressure, however, was lower in young women and higher in older women. Measurements influenced by body size, such as CCA diameter, compliance and systemic compliance, were lower in women. Those related to arterial wall properties, such as CCA and aortic distensibility, were the same. Although aortic PWV rose similarly with aging, PWV had more of an influence on PP in women than did mean BP. The reverse was true in men.
Despite lower mean BP and similar arterial distensibility, women develop a higher degree of pulsatility with aging, as compared with men. This is mainly due to their smaller physical characteristics, independent of the role of menopause and its related hormonal changes.
http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/37/5/1374
6. What % of old people are sexually active? (Gavin)
In 1998, the National Council On Aging conducted a survey of 1300 "older" (over age 60) Americans and their sexual activities. The results indicate that sexual activity plays an important role in relationships among older men and women. Forty-eight percent report that they were sexually active (sex at least once per month).
http://www.sexualityandu.ca/professionals/older-women-3.aspx
7. What do old people do for fun? (Gavin)
8. What is the most common illness among old people? (John Li)
9. What percent are married? (Elvis)
10. What is the top fear of the elderly? (Henry)
11. How long is the life expectancy for the average human? (Elias)
77.5 years old
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_average_life_expectancy_of_a_human
Questions About Old People
1. At what age do people consider themselves "old"?
2. What percentage of old people are sexually active?
3. Do old people feel like they still have a future?
4. What percentage of old people feel like they have something to live for?
5. Is it as easy/convenient to live in this country as an old person, as it is for a youth?
6. Is the process of aging different for women than it is for men?
7. Is aging as psychological as it is physical?
8. Why is it considered "bad" to go old?
9. How is our generation of old people different from past generations?
10. How will we be different as old people than nows generation?
11. How do old people keep themselves occupied?
12. When do family members start to feel that the "old person" in their lives become a burden?
13. Are old people a burden to society?
2. What percentage of old people are sexually active?
3. Do old people feel like they still have a future?
4. What percentage of old people feel like they have something to live for?
5. Is it as easy/convenient to live in this country as an old person, as it is for a youth?
6. Is the process of aging different for women than it is for men?
7. Is aging as psychological as it is physical?
8. Why is it considered "bad" to go old?
9. How is our generation of old people different from past generations?
10. How will we be different as old people than nows generation?
11. How do old people keep themselves occupied?
12. When do family members start to feel that the "old person" in their lives become a burden?
13. Are old people a burden to society?
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Old Folks Assignment
A paragraph about your current feelings about old people - how much you interact with folks that are old, some of your experiences and impressions and reactions to old people. How you think of them and how they think of you.
I actually used to be scared of old people. If you ask me I'll deny it but when I was a little kid I used to hold my breath whenever I passed one. My feelings toward old people have definitely changed as I've grown older and more mature. I rarely ever interact with old people but when I do it's usually okay. Old People, no matter who, always tell me how handsome I am. All old people do that. It's like their thing. The only old person i regularly interact with is my Grandma who's 87. She loves to talk on the phone and its nice because she does nothing but compliment me and always wants to hear about me; and of course I love talking about myself. Old people sometimes like me, but I'm not too social when I'm with them because i don't know what they want to talk about, but it can be fun because I sometimes treat it like it's a game. I feel like an asshole when i do it, but it's like they probably won't remember everything you say so I just try to make them laugh and make myself look better and it works a lot of the time. Personally I like old people now. They're funny and most of the times sweet.
I actually used to be scared of old people. If you ask me I'll deny it but when I was a little kid I used to hold my breath whenever I passed one. My feelings toward old people have definitely changed as I've grown older and more mature. I rarely ever interact with old people but when I do it's usually okay. Old People, no matter who, always tell me how handsome I am. All old people do that. It's like their thing. The only old person i regularly interact with is my Grandma who's 87. She loves to talk on the phone and its nice because she does nothing but compliment me and always wants to hear about me; and of course I love talking about myself. Old people sometimes like me, but I'm not too social when I'm with them because i don't know what they want to talk about, but it can be fun because I sometimes treat it like it's a game. I feel like an asshole when i do it, but it's like they probably won't remember everything you say so I just try to make them laugh and make myself look better and it works a lot of the time. Personally I like old people now. They're funny and most of the times sweet.
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