Chapter 13 Flashcards
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Median age
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1
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Baby boomers contribute to
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Social security vulnerability. Improved medical technology and rising Medicare budgets
2
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Thanatology
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Study of death and dying
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With what challenge do older people struggle?
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Overcoming despair to achieve integrity
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Who outlined the five stages of grief?
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Elisabeth kübler-Ross
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Life course is
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The typical sequence of events in their lives
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The poverty rate in the elderly is
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Increasing
7
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Veterans are more likely to
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Commit suicide
8
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The age discrimination in employment act counteracts which theory?
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Age stratification.
