Due to all of these things this will make it harder for the elderly person to socialise and interact with other people close to their age or a family member.
Ms’ Cumming also put forward that people will experience social disengagement as they begin to mature they will begin to worry less about what people think about them and what people think they should do.
Elderly people may begin to have befriender’s who act as a friend to benefit them in ways such as keeping them company to make sure that they don’t become disengaged from the society.
Moreover, there are many physical, intellectual, emotional and social factors that can affect Michael Jacksons because of the disengagement theory. Michael Jacksons social and emotional due to the fact that his marriages will not last long term because of this he will begin to feel lonely , his self-esteem will decrease alongside his confidence. He may begin to be emotionally unstable and will not be able to socialise or interact with others because he will begin to have a lack of trust because he believes that people will hurt him like all his other wife’s did.
Even though he won’t be worrying about what people think of him and what they expect, making him disengage from others, If Michael Jackson may begin to start to feel depressed and stressed because of the lack of amount of activities he will be undergoing even though he is able to do activities. Jacksons physical development will become weak due to the fact that he may not want to join into games, exercise programmes and carry on with his preforming. His intellectual development will decrease due to the fact he will not enjoy reading books, If Michael became disengaged with the society and the people in it, he may have turned to reading books making his intellectual development increase. Michael will begin to face illnesses due to the lack of exercise he is doing. Due to the fact that Michael may begin to feel depressed and stressed he will not be able to cook for his self so he will have to have one of those service meals that get dropped off to their door every evening which will probably be is only interaction in a day. Therefore, it is more likely for them to get services coming to their house. So they would have health workers regularly visiting them in order to check on their health.
The activity theory
A theory that argues that older people will need to stay mentally such as; Studying and taking courses, Joining community activities, enjoying conversation, taking leisure activities and Physically such as; Walking, gardening, yoga, swimming etc. active in order to limit the risks associated with disengagement.
The Activity theory was put forward by Bromley in 1966 He believed that elderly people should stay active rather than accepting old age. This could lead to an inactive lifestyle Bromley argued that elderly people should maintain an active lifestyle so that they will have less of a chance suffering from illnesses so less of a chance of them going into hospital on a regular bases.
Bromley also believed and argued that if elderly people stay occupied and engaged with the society they will have less of a chance of becoming depressed or stressed.
Moreover there are many physical, intellectual, emotional and social factors that would affect Michael Jackson due to the activity theory.
Michael Jackson’s social development would be effected due to the activity theory he will still do thing such as socialising with friends and family, taking parts in club and doing activities such as; swimming, running and walking. Therefore if Michael Jackson retired later on in life he would have the freedom to do things such as going out with friends or joining evening clubs.
The emotional factors are that retirement may have made Michael Jackson feel lonely and depressed at times even though he would have been happy and engaged with society. Equally because he would have been active which will be making his heart a lot stronger because of the exercise he will be undergoing. Michael Jackson was known for his dancing which means he would have a lot more time to focus on his dancing which will keep him active throughout his life.
Michael Jackson would have met a lot of people in his life due to the fact he is a performer, making sure that he is socialising with others and he would have made some friends but other befrienders , However if Michael Jackson was active he could suffer from injury such as; breaking his legs, bruised skin, sprained limbs etc. due to the amount of activity. Due to this he may become less active and less sociable as he would not be able to travel to places so he can interact with family or friends or exercise.
