GRT 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Romanian Orphans, Generation A, Disengagement Theory

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Gerontology
• Course: GRT 2100
• Professor: Louise Edmonds

Document Summary

Only need to know the theories that are on the slides. If it says list the three, you just need to name them, no need to write a paragraph. Old age was a time of disengagement. Not be as socially active but that wasn"t problem, it was quite normal. Would rely on peers to tell you whats going on as opposed to going out and finding out. Proposes that societies disengage from seniors, not necessarily in a negative way, seen as mutual withdraw. Positive: acknowledge the role of society with seniors, helps people to see aging as a gentle process. Theory was used up until the mid-eighties but is no longer used. People try to maximize the rewards and minimize the costs in their interactions with others. Older people end up with the short end of the stick because they don"t have stuff to exchange.