Chapter 13
which factor most increases the risk of an elderly person suffering mistreatment
being frail to the point of dependency of care
if elderly people suffer abuse, it is most often perpetrated by
caregivers
in most countries, elderly women___than elderly men
live a few years longer
America's baby boomer generation has contributed to all of the following except
medicaid being in danger of going bankrupt
which assertion about aging in men would be made by a sociologist following the functionalist perspective
men who remain active after retirement play supportive community roles
the "graying of the united states" refers to
the increasing percentage of the population over 45
the age discrimination in employment act counteracts which theory
age stratification
an older woman retires and completely changes her life. she is no longer raising children or working. however, she joins the YWCA to win every day. she serves on the friends of the library board. she is part of a neighborhood group that plays bunco on sturdy nights. her situation most closely illustrates the ___ theory
activity
what is the approximate median age of the united states
37
who wrote the book On Death and Dying, outlining the five stages of grief
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
veterans are two to four times more likely to ____ as people who did not serve in the military
commit suicide
in the united states, life expectancy rates in recent debates have
continued to gradually rise
thanatology is the study of
death and dying
an older man retires from his job, stops golfing, and cancels his newspaper subscription. after his wife dies, he lives alone, loses touch with his children, and stops seeing his old friends. his situation most closely illustrates the ___ theory
disengagement
today in the united states the poverty rate of the elderly is
increasing
what is the primary driver of modernization theory
industrialization
in Erik Erikson's developmental stages of life, with which challenge must older people struggle
overcoming despair to achieve integrity
the measure that compares the number of men to women in a population is
sex ratio
which action reflects ageism
speaking slowly and loudly when talking to someone over age 65
for individual for people of certain culture, the life course is
the typical sequence of events in their lives