Disengagement_Theory

Disengagement Theory Disengagement Theory Book Def: Elaine Cumming and William Henry introduced this theory to explain the impact of aging during one’s life course. My Def: Turning away from the social norms of everyday life to embrace old age, terminal illness, and possibly death. Activity Theory Book Def: This theory argues that elderly people who remain active and socially involved will be best adjusted. My Def: Elderly persons who stay socially and physically active in the mainstream of society will be better off than withdrawing from society. Defending The Better Of The Two Personally, I feel that the Activity Theory is the better of the two. This theory is better for elderly persons because it doesn’t put up a barrier between generations socially or in the workplace. I argue that this theory is the better of the two because it pushes for a more healthy society. I feel that the “withdraw” of elderly persons from a society is harmful for both the elderly persons themselves and society as a whole. An example of this would be: Elderly persons withdrawing from a society’s workforce to embrace old age causes them to find another means of income, forcing that income to come elderly, theory, society, better, social, persons, workforce, society’s, feel, def, activity, withdrawing, two, socially, old, new, generations, due, because, away, assume, age, withdraw, trends, technologies, roles, role, reduced, previous, perspective, pay, move, money, means, life