Take Three – Personal Independence Versus Skilled Care Needs
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 by American Senior Fitness Association View This Issue of Experience!
In their publication Fitness Professional’s Handbook (fifth edition, 2007), co-authors Edward T. Howley and B. Don Franks credit distinguished researcher Roy J. Shephard for the development of a different classification system that links chronological age to the characteristics typical in large aging populations. It can be briefly summarized as follows:
Middle age (40-65) — 10-30 percent decline in biological functions;
Old age or young old age (65-75) — additional losses of function;
Very old age (75-85) — considerable impairment of function but can maintain independence;
Oldest old age (over 85) — nursing care or institutionalization often needed.
Howley, Franks, and Shephard deeply respect the complications involved in attempting to define or identify specific stages of the aging process. The Fitness Professional’s Handbook emphasizes that health-fitness personnel must be alert to the differences among their older adult physical activity participants.
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