Why do we need to learn about the life cycle and life events of a normal person as we are Occupational therapists?
Life varies from person to person. All human beings start their life cycle from birth.
The main stages of the human life cycle are ;
- pregnancy
- infancy
- early childhood,
- middle childhood
- adolescence
- adulthood
- middle age
- and old age.
A combination of all
these stages are called as “Life cycle".
The life cycle is the developmental stage that occurs during someone’s lifetime. The life cycle ends with the death of that person. In this life cycle, we all have life events.
The life cycle is the developmental stage that occurs during someone’s lifetime. The life cycle ends with the death of that person. In this life cycle, we all have life events.
Life events are
social experiences or change with a specific onset and course that has a
psychological impact on the individual. Every person experiences thousands of
life events throughout their lifetime. They differ from magnitude, duration,
etc. Life events that can make changes in our lives and change the direction
of our lives.
There are
three components of a life event, person, and context.
As human beings, we all practiced number of life events in our life cycle. The first day we started walking, the first day to the school, the birth of a sibling, some achievements these all are our life events. Even when we buy something when we met some person when we travel by bus are also life events. Life transitions are usually life-changing events. A life event can change the direction of our lives. They can affect our personal development. There are 4 types of life transitions; anticipated transitions, unanticipated transitions, nonevent transitions, sleeper transitions. There are predictable life events as well as unpredictable life events. Predictable life events are that can happen in the future, they are expected. Ex: starting school life, puberty, marriage, retirement, etc. Unpredictable life events are unexpected and are not usually planned for.we don’t know that they are going to happen. Ex: Accidents, Natural disasters, Wars, Sudden illness, Injuries, Disorders, Death of a friend or relative, Life-threatening, Loss of status, bereavement, etc.
As we are future Occupational Therapists, we have to deal with people with mental and physical illnesses. Some patients may have a normal life cycle but some may not. Most of them haven’t a normal life cycle. That’s why we need to learn about normal patient’s life cycle and life events. We should have the ability to understand the situation of the patient. Before understanding the abnormal life cycle of people we need to learn and we should have an idea about the normal people’s life cycle and life events.
As human beings, we all practiced number of life events in our life cycle. The first day we started walking, the first day to the school, the birth of a sibling, some achievements these all are our life events. Even when we buy something when we met some person when we travel by bus are also life events. Life transitions are usually life-changing events. A life event can change the direction of our lives. They can affect our personal development. There are 4 types of life transitions; anticipated transitions, unanticipated transitions, nonevent transitions, sleeper transitions. There are predictable life events as well as unpredictable life events. Predictable life events are that can happen in the future, they are expected. Ex: starting school life, puberty, marriage, retirement, etc. Unpredictable life events are unexpected and are not usually planned for.we don’t know that they are going to happen. Ex: Accidents, Natural disasters, Wars, Sudden illness, Injuries, Disorders, Death of a friend or relative, Life-threatening, Loss of status, bereavement, etc.
As we are future Occupational Therapists, we have to deal with people with mental and physical illnesses. Some patients may have a normal life cycle but some may not. Most of them haven’t a normal life cycle. That’s why we need to learn about normal patient’s life cycle and life events. We should have the ability to understand the situation of the patient. Before understanding the abnormal life cycle of people we need to learn and we should have an idea about the normal people’s life cycle and life events.
As future
Occupational Therapists; our goal is the development of maximum occupational
performance to cope with future living. If we don’t have a better idea and
understanding of normal person’s life events, it is very difficult to deal with
people with dysfunctions of their body parts (abnormal people).
If we have a better idea about normal people’s life cycle
then we can easily identify abnormal people and we can understand their
situation and their mind. It is very easy to do treatments for their illness.
When we think
about a patient who met with an accident, sometimes he/she can’t do his / her
day to day activities well. There may be having difficulties in toileting,
eating, washing, wearing clothes, etc. We have to make their life independent.
We have to train them. So we have a better idea about their past life and
normal person’s day to day life.
We should
have an ability to think roughly about their past life cycle; according to
their occupation, family background, culture, social status, age, etc. That’s
why we need to understand their past life cycle before we go for the
treatments. That’s why qualified Occupational Therapists builds on previous
learning.
