People approach late adulthood and the process of aging differently . In this chapter, we will look at the psychological state of persons in late adulthood and its impact on health behaviours and decision making.

This will be covered using the following lesson outline:

•Identifying psychosocial factors influencing health and help seeking behaviours in older adults;

•Understanding grief through Kubler-Ross’s Five Stages of Grief;

•Application of the Health Belief Model to seeking early diagnosis for Dementia.

• By the end of this week's lesson, you should understand the psychosocial  factors influencing health and help seeking behaviours in older adults 

• Be able to understand how these cognitive and psychosocial factors influence their  health and illness behaviour

• Learn to apply the Health Belief Model to understand patients' decisions that impact their health or illness.