الشيخوخة بين التدهور الجسدي والانهيار المعنوي دور الأسرة والمجتمع في حماية الشيخ

Abstract

Old age is a developmental and natural process which contains different changes. Although it is accompanied by a state of weackness on many levels, but it is not a disease, and the elder can live this period in security and hope, in the limits of his abilities. When the process of old age is exposed to a physical or/and psychological problems, this may complicate the life of the individual, and leads to maladjustment, through alleviating his independance, and affects negatively elder’s daily life. Througth the case of Ayoub, we tray to show that, when the process of old age is accompanied by physical and psychological illness, it subjects family life to increased amounts of stress, while it must deal to the specificities of this period and to be comprehensive to elder’s impairment. The role of both family and sociaty remain crutial in helping the elder to adapt to his difficulties.