Health practices

You are presenting a class on positive health practices to a group at a local senior center. At the end of the class, one of the older participants comments, No matter what you do, how you age is decided by your ancestors. My grandparents ate fatty foods, smoked and lived to their 90’s.” Another member of the group stated, “You’re wrong. I’ve been taking vitamin supplements that will override the problems you inherited and I’m much healthier than my parents were at my age.”
1. How would you react to these comments and guide the discussion? 2. What disease processes are caused by or related to factors believed to influence aging? 3. Think about your everyday life. What example do you see of opportunities to engage or disengage older adults? 4. What specific measures could you use to assist older adults in achieving ego integri