The Social Gerontology Textbook Was Great Supplemental Tool

The book Tuesdays with Morrie and how it relates to the Social Gerontology textbook was great supplemental tool. Tuesdays with Morrie also was enlightening to read during our group service learning project at the Amistad Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The two sources and the group service learning project were educational, emotional, and experiencing. Gerontology, the study of the biological, psychological, and social aspects of aging (Hooyman Kiyak, 2011). Aging is a process of life that those of us that are young are not educated enough to understand what are grandparents emotionally and physically are going through in life. When a person talks about getting old or referring to an old person, we immediately assume a person in their 50’s to 60’s. It is interesting to learn the differences in ages â€Å"young-old (ages 65-74), the â€Å"old-old† (ages 75-84), and the â€Å"oldest-old† (age 85 and over) (Hooyman Kiyak, 2011). The life expectancy of people is much longer today than before, according to the Census Bureau, it is expected to increase to 82.6 in 2050 (Hooyman Kiyak, 2011). In my opinion, people today have more resources to a better quality of life such as staying active also living a healthier life. Most elderly people continue to remain active live a longer life. Such as Morrie in the book Tuesdays with Morrie, he remained active dancing after retiring as a professor until he was diagnosed with ALS. Morrie experienced a compression of morbidity in his