What are key developmental tasks of late middle adulthood?
Many individuals during late middle adulthood may be diagnosed for the first time with a chronic health problem, such as arthritis, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or asthma. In addition, women generally experience a decrease in estrogen and progesterone production and undergo menopause during their late 40s or early 50s. Changes also occur during late middle adulthood in work, family, social, and civic areas. The nuclear family contracts, and parents rediscover being a couple and may acquire new roles such as becoming grandparents.
