Health + social care

• What years does infancy live?

  0 - 2 years
• what years does early childhood live?

  3 - 8
• What years does adolsence live?

  9 - 18 years
• what years does early adulthood ?

  19 - 45
• What years is middle adulthood ?

  46 - 65
• what years for later adulthood?

  65+ years
• What are the physical changes for infancy ( 0-2 years )?

  • Do: walk, hold a spoon and point
  • Fine:the infant can start to control the smaller muscles in its body
  • Gross: he infant can start to control the larger muscles in its body
• what are the physical changes for a early childhood ( 3- 8 years )?

  • other : growth spurt , fine motor skill development
  • age 8: catch and throw, develop a good sense of balance and can use a bat and ball
  • age 5: walk up stairs unaided, can hold a crayon or a pencil to draw or write.
• What are the physical changes for physical changes for Adolscence ( 9 - 18 years)?

  • Capable of reproduction
  • Growth spurt
  • Both - change in body shapes and body hair
  • Boys - penis growth , sperm production
  • Girls - menstrual cycle , growth of breasts
• what are the physical changes for Early childhood ( 19 - 45)?

  • signs of aging appear
  • in the end of the stage- the physical capabilities start to decline
  • Fit and healthy
  • reaches maturity
• what are the physical changes for middle adulthood ( 45- 65 years )?

  • weight increase
  • menopause for women
  • physical changes: skins lose elasticity , wrinkles
• What are the physical changes in later adulthood ( 65+)?

  • Can be improve by regular exercise pattern
  • Changes in eyesight
  • Joints stiffen - loose height
  • Loss of skin elasticity
• what are the intellectual changes in infancy?

  • development of language
  • age 2: using language to ability to grasp some basic concept
  • respond to the world through their senses
• what are the intellectual changes in early childhood ( 3 - 8 years )?

  • learn read and write , organise and classify objects/thoughts
  • being to think in their own viewpoint
  • end of the childhood: no longer experiences world through their senses
• What are the intellectual changes in adolescence ( 9- 18 years)?

  • Ability to empathise – see from different peoples perspectives
  • Can think in a more logical way to solve problems
  • An ability to think about concepts and ideas - Abstract thinking
• What are the intellectual changes in Earrly Adulthood ( 19- 45 years)?

  • Further education for chosen profession
  • they often get promoted to
  • jobs where specialist training or education is needed
  • Continued professional development
  • Qualifications for career achieved
• what are the intellectual changes in Middle adulthood ( 46-65 years)?

  • decisions in life often based on wisdom
  • new learning can still occur
  • short term memory not so quick
  • memory still good
• what are the intellectual changes in later adulthood ( 65+)?

  • learn new things form retirement
  • wisdom achieved form life experience
  • enjoying activities like reading , keeping up with news