Children
As babies grow into children, they need to be kept occupied by playing with toys, learning from picture books, respond when being communicated to, getting encouragement from family members, meeting new people and learning to get into a certain daily routine which includes a nap time. Children do not need to be fed as often as babies do, but they do need to start trying different kind of foods. Also, children do not need as much sleep as babies do; they only need 1-2 hours of sleep in the afternoon and most of their time is watching television and playing. In order for a child to be involved with others, he/she should get enrolled into a playgroup or a nursery, this will give them confidence to communicate with others in the future.
Adolescents
As children become into young adults, many of these health needs change. Adolescents would not need as much attention and supervision as babies and children need. They start depending more on their peers and less on their family. They would also ask for their peers help instead of going to their parents and family. They start to drift away from their family and become independent. They also start to become interested in what they eat and start to look after their appearance. Their diets will may change as more adolescents decide what to eat themselves.
Adolescents would also be developing hormones and going through puberty, because of this change, adolescents would be taking regular showers to remain hygienic. They would also become moodier.
Adults
When starting your adult life, things may become difficult and very different. E.g. Adolescents would rely on their peers and family for support, but when starting your own family, your family will start to depend on you. You would also need a good job with a good pay so you would be able to feed your children and live in a good environment. As an adolescent, you would have got support from your peers and family, but as an adult, you would have to depend on yourself and will get support from your partner and your adult peers and work colleagues. Adulthood involves a lot of stress and responsibilities for yourself and others. As an adult, you will have a lot more responsibilities than you would have done when you were an adolescent. Also, you will be able to make your own decisions yourself unlike when you were an adolescent. Once you have settled into a stable life, you and your partner would decide to start parenthood. In addition to being an adult, you will have even more independence than you had when you were an adolescent. Also, you might want to change your eating habits and get rid of all the junk food and fizzy drinks, and start to eat the right amounts of fruit and vegetable and drink plenty of water. You may also start taking more responsibility in your health and start checking regularly with your GP.
Older Adults
As you head into older adulthood, you may start to prepare for retirement, and you will start to depend on your family and children to take care of you or you might want to move in with your family as they can take better care. This will give you a lot more free time to do what you want to do. This might involve activities and spending time with people who are your age. You will also start to rely on others because you would not be able to walk and move things around like you used to, also, you would have to make sure that you are financially secure.
You would need to be living in a safe environment. Your exercise routine may change because you would not be able to exercise like you used to. Additionally, you will come across some more illnesses, and you will become weaker and your hearing and eyesight will also get weaker.
As you can see, your health needs change as you get older. The needs of an baby and an older adult are similar but adolescents and adults are independent and have different needs.
