life expectancy

Life expectancy today has expanded in historically unprecedented proportions, greatly increasing the numbers of people who survive over the age of sixty-five. The instances of medical problems associated with aging, such as certain kinds of cancer and heart disease, have increase, giving rise to great consideration, both in research and in programs, for accommodating this increase. Even, if a single dramatic medical discovery were to suddenly come about doubling the life expectancy of a human …

…finds that the dominant morals, expectations, definitions of the quality of life, and roles of older people have changed considerably by the time they reach old age. Our society today is a highly technical society, with technology changing on a continual basis. Once a person reaches a certain age they tend to resist change. In a society like ours today, one must be able to keep up with the changing technology in order to survive.