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