Late Adulthood:

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    Gradually getting older:

    This is the time where I moved back with my mom and re-enrolled in school and projection date of graduating from PA program.
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    Career Development

    I will have worked 25 years and will finanically be able to retire. I do some volunteer work at local senior citizen homes. I will teach one class a semester (Patient Care).
  • Second Marriage

    I will get married to "Mr. RIght". We will get married outside at sun down. A small family type of setting. On a beach of an island. Small and simple will be our target.
  • Children are gone from home

    Yougest daughter graduates from High School and moving on to college.
  • Late Adulthood; Psychosocial

    I will be very active. Going to senior activities at the community centers.
    Visting my grandkids and supporting my kids accomplishments.
    I will be traveling and vacationing with my grandkids, kids and husband more. Going places I have always dreamed of.
    I would be really active in church activities. Never missing a church service unless I'm out of town.
  • Late Adulthood: Biosocial

    My age (65) will not determine who I am. I will be healthy and active. I will probaly have "senior moment".
    I will be the elderly person who exercise daily. I have seen what it does by example of my 87 year old grandmother who still walks 3 mile a day.
    I will not have any neurological affects (reading and staying active
  • Late Adulthood Cognitive

    My memory will be mostly long-term than short-term.
    I will keep my brain active so I don't get dementia like my grandparents.
    I would be focused on what I can still learn about life and what new experiences I can still have and learn from.
  • Death and Dying

    I will be at home with my family around me. I will take a nap because I am tired from all of the visits. I will die peacefully in my sleep. The cause of death will be heartbreak because I recently lost my husband of 44 years 6 months prior of natural causes.