FRHD 2060 Chapter 5: Chapter 5 - Person-Environment Interactions

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2060
• Professor: Scott Maitland

Document Summary

Stress and coping framework: schooler, 1982 applied lazarus a(cid:374)d folk(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s cog(cid:374)itive theory of stress a(cid:374)d. Page 6 of 18: everyday competence may be an indicator of health status de(cid:272)li(cid:374)e i(cid:374) olde(cid:396) adults" ability to handle everyday problems predicts mortality. 5. 2 the ecology of aging: community options: ecology of aging: field of environmental psychology which seeks to understand the dynamic relations between older adults and the environments they inhabit. I(cid:373)po(cid:396)ta(cid:374)t to u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)d ho(cid:449) s(cid:373)all (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges i(cid:374) a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s e(cid:374)(cid:448)i(cid:396)o(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:396)esult i(cid:374) major changes in behaviour can affect whether a person is able to live independently. Aging in place: reflects a balancing of environmental press and competence through selection and compensation, requires whatever necessary services and supports an older adult needs to live in the community to be provided or made available. Home modification: competence-environmental press model provides two options for people who experience difficulties dealing with the tasks of daily life.