老人教育的生理學基礎之探討

Phygiological Foundations of Educational Gerontology

老人教育的活動設計，必須以老年生理學為基礎；瞭解老人生理的限制與需求，以提供完善的教育支持方案。本研究旨在探討老年時期人類生理特徵與功能之變化。首先廣泛蒐集有關老人生理學、醫學及生物學之文獻，再加以整理分析，並進而思考其對老人教育的啟示，提出具體建議。

This article analyzed in detai1 the 1imits and changes in physical structures and functions of aging by reviewing 1iteratures on physiology, medicine, and biology, three topics were discussed: (1)Thories of aging.(2) Changes in the cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinaI, genitourinary, and neurosensory system.(3)Implications on Educational Gerontology.It is convinced that educational planning for the elderly should based on physiological foundations.In concluding, suggestions of ways to cope with physical changes of aging were presented.