Abstract
October 1 is the International Day of Older Persons, a recognition that has been in place for over 20 years now, but I must say very few stop to commemorate this day – myself included. The day is supposed to be celebrated by raising awareness about issues affecting the elderly and to appreciate the contributions that older people make to society. What is the one thing that most of us today are going to become? – get older. Populations around the world are rapidly ageing. Ageing presents both challenges and opportunities. Societies that adapt to this changing demographic and invest in Healthy Ageing can enable individuals to live both longer and healthier lives and for societies to reap the dividends. 80% of people over 60 will live in low- and middle-income countries by 2050. In Africa, old age is a social category experienced in relation to other generations, especially to youth while as in Europe old peoples’ homes have been established and more or less accepted as the living arrangement for the elderly. This is however without draw backs. Though moving into a nursing home is an individual experience, people who move into a nursing home experience different types of changes which they feel to a greater or lesser degree as stressful. The change in social status, the impact on autonomy, the feeling of having no place to call home, the change in social contacts, and the reduction of habitual activities rank first in the presentation of the results and endanger the people’s identity which they had before. Nursing home residents have experiences which they perceive as compulsive and degrading.
Highlights
It starts with us-envisage yourself as an elderly
Nursing home residents hardly make use of their own capabilities because they feel that their abilities will be insufficiently recognised [5]
Healthy Ageing is about creating the environments and opportunities that enable people to be and do what they value throughout their lives
Summary
Grandparents tend to be the encouragers, the faith power houses grandchildren and everyone turns to when life throws itself at us. Children and grandchildren faced by life storms often share them with grandparents and the assurance grandmothers give eg, by saying, “Let’s pray and I will continue to pray for you” has an indescribable effect on how one carries on despite the rain. When they meet during mothers union gatherings, one of the tasks on their to-do list is to pray for their children and grandchildren-making them role models as well as prayer champions. Devotion and determination that make the difference in our lives [12]
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