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Paper instructions:

Apply Theories of Aging
For this discussion, refer to your text and the articles listed in the studies for this unit as you craft your post.
Consider the following scenario:

Maya is a 92-year-old resident of a care facility who lost her husband two years ago. Living alone for the first time in 64 years has been challenging for her. Many theories of aging and research could be applied to explain the challenges Maya faces.

Consider these challenges that Maya poses for the staff to face on a daily basis:

Frustration over nobody making the bed in the correct way.
Anger over the food that contains no homemade taste but is generic and of poor quality, resulting in missing two meals per day and drinking Ensure.
Lack of interest in going outside to sit with other residents and enjoying nice weather.
Loss of hearing requiring repetition for all those caring for her.
Refusal to be placed in a tub for cleaning and demanding hand washing by the staff.
Refusal to participate in therapy including the hot tub to ease the arthritic conditions she endures.
Anger at the aides who cannot put her window shades in exactly the spot she wants them.

Reading this from the perspective of a caregiver, we might just throw up our hands and just accept her behavior as who she is—or try to find a way to convince her to consider other options.

Questions: 
How would a different approach focusing on her needs, her acting out of her pain and sorrow, loneliness, and deterioration of bio-psycho social factors impact the way we perceive and apply our understanding of theories to support her challenges? How will differences among cohorts of aging individuals demonstrate a different response to these challenges? Consider those in their 50's now, who have had more experience in career fields, self-care, and so forth, as compared to someone in Maya's generation, dependent upon a spouse for care and using few marketable skills to aid in her personal development, or so she thought. These different cohorts may display vastly different responses to the situation that is viewed above.

How does reciprocal influence impact expectation of relationships within facilities, and among staff and residents?

(you must use at least two references from the readings to support your answer)