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john lives out the rest of his days living with his children. He is in the stage of his life were he knows that his life on this earth is coming to an end. He feels as if has no regrets and he is at peace with everything that has happened to him. while waiting for death to finally take him he just spends time with his grandchildren playing games and enjoying there company.

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John relates to patient with unstable homelife

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John relates to patient with unstable homelife

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-John and Audrey ( the patient in said article) have almost the same exact life events. They both started drinking at a early age and got into trouble with the law. All of that was caused by the abandonment of their mothers'. They both grew up and bettered themselves and had families and didn't repeat what their parents did to them. (Goldberg, 2008)

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- john deals with his decrease in ability to socialize effectively by moving closer to his kids (after wife has died) and continuously practices his social skills so he doesnt get rusty

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John and his wife before they got married was pregnant with a child and she had a miscarriage. And the loss of the child was very hard for the couple. But they went to therapy and got through it. And with John having experience with death before and going to therapy he was able to help his wife through it all. (Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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-generally speaking once people get to become an older adult like john they become more susceptible to emotions such as loneliness and feeling out of touch (Bailey, Henry, & VonHippel, 2008)
-There is a theory that the older one gets the more they lose the ability to become empathetic which in turn makes it harder for them to socialize and feel included (Bailey, Henry, & VonHippel, 2008)

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When John was a young child one of his close friends mother passed away from cancer and she would always look after John and his friend so at first John was very confused as to why he did not see her anymore but he began to grasp the concept of death and realize the finality, irreversibility, universality and biological causality of it. By having this death in his life it helped him know how to deal with the other deaths that came up in his life such as his wife death. (Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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John stayed home while his wife worked. And  him and his wife split the house work. John did laundry, washed dishes, and did yard work, while his wife cooked dinner once she got off from work. (Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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-John followed the basic stereotypes for ex. doing "boy things". During his time of being a child and through adolescent john would act out. He would do it so people wouldn't think that he had something going on in his homelife (Sigelman & Rider, 2018).

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- John grew up in a tough household, he was abandoned by his mother at a young age and his father was a hard working man so he was not around much
- Johns parents had a neglectful parenting style and it made John act out as he entered adolescents
- John had 2 kids and he was a very good father to them because he knew what it felt like to not have a good at home experience, so he wanted to make sure his kids did not have the same childhood as him (Sigelman & Rider, 2018).

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-John has to learn to cope with the death of his beloved wife Ellie Williams
-Ellie passed away by assisted suicide as all of her organs were failing from old age
-As John went through  Parks/Bowlby model of bereavement, he started abusing alcohol and smoking cigarettes to help cope with his loss
-He eventually stops practicing the negative coping habits he picked up about 2 years after her death
- He recieves amazing support from friends, family, and his children(Sigelman & Rider, 2018).

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John Williams has decent memory for his age. He tries to reinvent himself. He has not showed any signs of dementia, but he plays brain games and does things to work the brain to stay away from that. He play Sudoku, read the newspapers, and also plays crossword puzzles.(Sigelman & Rider, 2018).

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- john is resembling some intellectual challenges that some children confront in school for an example problem solving in his day to day life including  relationships (Sigelman & Rider, 2018).

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He uses his love for gardening and being outside as his creative component. He also uses it to stimulate his mind and try to keep learning different things as different techniques for his plants and even try to grow plants that he has never grown.

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-John's hearing is great for an 85 year old man. He can here the TV and conversations well. (Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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-according to Gardner's theory john is considered a naturalists. he loves gardening, being outside, and considers himself one with nature
-John does not have a significant change in IQ with his old age because he "exercises" mind with games to keep him sharp
(Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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-John is struggling with his eye sight getting worse as he gets older. This makes it tough for him to read but he wears glasses to help with this. (Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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Bailey, P. E., Henry, J. D., & Von Hippel, W. (2008). Empathy and social functioning in late        adulthood. Aging & Mental Health, 12(4), 499–503. https://doi-org.proxygsu- gamc.galileo.usg.edu/10.1080/13607860802224243

Goldberg, J.G. (2008). Modern Psychonalysis. Abandonment, Rejection and the Search for                       Union. Vol. 27 Issue 2, p205. 14p.

Sigelman, C.K. & Rider, E.A. (2018). Life-Span Development, (9th Ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

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-John does physical therapy every week to help with his osteoarthritis and also to keep in shape.
(Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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-john suffers from chronic osteoarthritis which is limiting for him on participating in physical activities
(Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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The combination of John's mother abusing drugs while pregnant and her influence on him from abandoning him as a child has caused him to act irresponsibly as a teen.

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Skinner's behavioral Theory is developed from learning from consequences of one's behavior. John learned from his mistakes of underage drinking and decided to change his life by moving and starting work.

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John Williams is 85 years old.
He was born in Houston, Texas.
John's mother was a drug addict and abandoned him and his father at age 9.
John got arrested 3 times as a teen due to underage drinking violations.
Moved to Fremont California at age 25 and start working as a high school art teacher.
Married at age 28. Had two sons. (Both have college degrees, one working in healthcare and one as a college professor; both living in Newark Ca.)
At 55 he became a grandfather.
Retired at age 67 with wife.
Diagnosed with kidney disease at 75 and moved with wife to Newark to be closer to kids and grand kids.
Erikson's Stage: Stage #8 (65 years and older) integrity versus despair- the elderly adults find a sense of meaning in their lives that will help them face death.