Maintaining healthy relationships with family and friends helps in dealing with this syndrome and adjusting to this change.

Empty-nest syndrome- the feelings of sadness or loneliness that acompany seeing children leave home and enter adulthood

Mental activities strengthen the brain. To remain mentally active they could solve puzzles, read more and play some strategy games. Also, many adults begin new careers, return to school and learn new hobbies.

Solving puzzles, reading, playing strategy games, new career, returning to school, new hobbies etc.

There are few physical changes that might occur during the midlife of a female. Changes in vision, hearing, more joint pain and gaining weight could be some of them. Lifestyle has a strong impact on the health status of midlife adult females. By increasing levels of exercise, eating less and watching their nutrition they could maintain their earlier physique. Most midlife adult females experience general good health. The main change that occurs is menopause. It is a period of transition in which a woman’s ovaries stop releasing eggs and the level of estrogen and progesterone production decreases. It typically occurs between the ages of 45 and 55. After menopause, a woman’s menstruation ceases and they can’t be pregnant anymore.

The main physical change in middle adult females is menopause. See the explanation for some other possible changes and a brief explanation of menopause.

Financially planning for retirement is important because it can help you avoid running out of money in retirement. Nowadays, better health care is available and people can expect to live longer. But it cost money. In order to provide themselves security for a good health care, older adults should consider possibilities of saving money that are the best for them.

Good financial plan will provide security for good health care during retirement.

During older adulthood use of health care services increases, but many health factors that are connected with getting old are correctable and can be assessed through screening protocols. For example, those problems could be hypertension, cholesterol, hearing, vision, diabetes, etc. It is normal that activity level is falling along with energy needs and older adults eat less. So intakes of many nutrients also fall. In order to prevent that, a quality diet is essential. Maintaining such a diet can be difficult for them because food access and preparation are becoming more challenging. Because of that, older malnourished adults are more likely to have poorer health outcomes, longer hospital stays, and increased mortality. Changes in diet and exercise are most effective in the prevention of nutrition-related conditions, but even more, if they are instituted early in life.

Use of health care services increases during older adulthood. It is difficult for them to maintain a healthy diet. Because of that, older malnourished adults are more likely to have poorer health outcomes, longer hospital stays, and increased mortality.

The basic problem of Social Security lies in the math. More money is going out than coming in. That means that more people go to retirement and fewer younger people are entering the work force which supports them. And also, life expectancy is increasing (Social Security estimates that it will be more than 79 million Americans older than 65 by 2035.) The program started drawing down its assets in order to pay retirees all of the benefits they have been promised and this is leading to a potential cut of benefits up to 21 percent by 2034. The reductions of roughly 21 percent on average are just a starting point, and if the program has not been repaired, retirees will encounter much poorer Social Security. Those with the lowest income will be hurt the most. An agreement must be reached and the problem must be solved, otherwise, older adults will have to delay their retirement and work longer or just try to live with less income.

The basic problem of Social Security lies in the math. More money is going out than coming in. See the explanation for more details.

Research shows that people`s mind in middle adulthood is much calmer, less neurotic and that they have better ability to sort through social situations. Also, they have improved cognitive abilities. Middle adults may take pride in personal accomplishments. They could also experience some disappointments. Most common thing in this stage is to have a midlife crisis which typically occurs between 45 to 65 years old. It is a transition of identity and self-confidence. They usually have some questions and concerns about whether they have met their goals, feel loved and valued, and made a positive impact on others.

Some emptional transitions in middle adulthood are: pride in personal accomplishments; disappointments; midlife crisis.