Social Factors

and old age

Group 301, May 6

Andrea Mancilla, Montse Soto, Ana Paula Torres, Sebastian Moreno

301/ English 6 class 154
Universidad La Salle
May 6th
How do social factors affect healthy aging?
• Half of an individual’s health can be explained by social factors
 Social factors
Income Access to medical care Inequality

Education Social support Race

Statistics
- Losing - Racial inequity - The less they earn, the more
teeth they spend in medicare

- Better education and finances - Vaccination covered - +18.5 years of life expectancy in
than 40 years ago average
Approaches and Solution
- Saving programs
- Nursing homes
- Affordable healthcare
- Preventive measures
- Reinforce social support
Country’s outlook for the future
- America= aging country
- Mental health problems
- Need to solve inequity
- Security= more expensive, less protected
- More active years
Conclusion
• Optimism=better life span
• More expensive things=better pay needed
• More privileged=more money=better life
• Traumatic events= worse health
References in APA
● Simpson, S. (2012). Research highlights: Social factors and healthy aging. The Hennepin County Aging Initiative.
Recovered may 6 2022,
https://www.hennepin.us/-/media/hennepinus/your-government/research-data/aging-research-findings/social-factor
s-healthy-aging.pdf?la=en#:~:text=Although%20it%20is%20not%20clear,predictors%20of%20health%20and%20mor
tality
.
● Michel, J. P., & Sadana, R. (2017). "Healthy Aging" Concepts and Measures. Journal of the American Medical Directors
Association, 18(6), 460–464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2017.03.008

● Russakoff, D. (2010, 21 julio). Old age in America, by the numbers. The New York Times, 1–3.