Chapter 13
Accusing people of DWE (driving while elderly) is considered a type of
Ageism
Supercentenarians people who are ___ and older
110
what is the approximate median age of the united states?
37
veterans are two to four times more likely to ______ as people who did not serve in the military.
Commit Suicide
what is the belief that the more an elderly person engages in the more they find fulfillment in life
Continuity theory
One elderly people are considered elders and leaders of a group of people, they are functioning under
Gerontocracy
Which of the following is NOT true about old age?
Elderly people lose all appetite and drive for sex.
Which is a social issue that many elderly females discover they are victims of
Sexual Assault
A symbolic interactionist may choose to senior study centers, and
Subculture of aging theory
Today in the United States poverty rate of the elderly is
Increasing
What is a dependency ratio?
It is the comparison of working people to non-working people.
Which three states allow some form of physician-assisted suicide?
Washington State, Oregon, and Montana
What causes some caretakers to abuse their elderly charges
Depression
As the baby boom generation reaches retirement
It will require more demand
which factor most increases the risk of an elderly person suffering mistreatment?
being frail to the point of dependency on care
For individual people of a certain culture, the life course is _______.
the typical sequence of events in their lives
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 old friends. His situation most closely illustrates the _____ theory.
disengagement
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.
Your grandmother is still very active and loves to get her friends together for bridge on Friday. They always talk about all those old-old people down at the senior center who like to play bingo. About how old are the old-old senior citizens to whom they are referring?
85
What is the basic idea behind disengagement theory
As people age, generally withdraw from all forms of society
According to Erick Erickson stare on aging, what is the final hurdle that most people who reach old age must overcome
Despair
How do elderly widows and widowers react to death of their significant other?
Differently: elderly widows often remarry while elderly widowers do not.
No one in the United States can watch the news without hearing about the struggle over Social Security. Which approach has been used in the past to avoid the programs collapse
Increasing age at which someone can start collecting Social Security
Some conflict theorist describe to the idea that as time and technology forward, elderly people are left behind and they lose social standing in power. Which specific. Does this describe
Modernization theory
While visiting your dad at his nursing home, you see an elderly lady sitting at the table with a full tray of food in front of her. She is in a wheel chair and seems depressed. You conclude that she is experiencing:
Secondary aging
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross's book On Death and Dying added much content knowledge to which field?
Thanatology
World population is growing and Aging. In an effort to collectively deal with some of the challenges facing the elderly, several countries gathered at a summit. Which plan was the result of the summit
The Madrid plan
Sociologists have adopted the phrase "the graying of the United States" What does this phrase mean?
The greatest part of the population is reaching the age of 65 and entering old age.
When your grandmother in law fell and broke her hip at age 72 you were concerned because she is still
Young old
