Chapter 13

Question 1

Life Span

Answer 1

refers to the maximum length of life of a species

Question 2

Life Course

Answer 2

refers to various stages of one’s life from birth to death

Question 3

Life Expectancy

Answer 3

Number of years that an average newborn can expect to live

Question 4

Graying of America

Answer 4

a term that refers to the rising proportion of older people as a percentage of the US population

Question 5

Ageism

Answer 5

refers to prejudicie, discrimination, and hostility against people because of their age

Question 6

Age Cohort

Answer 6

people born at approximately the same time who pass through the life course

Question 7

Age Structure

Answer 7

refers to age compositions of a population, consisting of sex composition and age composition, usually illustrated by an age pyramid

Question 8

Dependency ratio

Answer 8

number of workers required required to support dependent members of 65+&

Question 9

Institutional death

Answer 9

death when patients are dying in a hospital

Question 10

Disengagement theory

Answer 10

the view that society prevents disruption by having the elderly vacate their position of responsibility so the younger generation can step into their shoes

Question 11

Activity Theory

Answer 11

the view that satisfaction during old age is related to a persons level and quality of activity

Question 12

Social Reconstruction

Answer 12

concept of aging is socially constructed and can be reconstructed by society

Question 13

Exchange Theory

Answer 13

as the old possess fewer resources, continued interactions with older people gets more costly. As a result, older people decrease their participation in social life and only those who have necessary resources to sustain a relationship with other age groups remain actively engaged in ongoing social affairs.

Question 14

The political economy of aging

Answer 14

drawn from Marxism that social programs directed toward the elderly more beneficial to capitalist interests rather than to the elderly. Focusing on the state and its relations to the economy in a capitalist society

Question 15

Aging

Answer 15

The percentage of the elderly 65 and above becomes bigger

Question 16

Genetic

Answer 16

changes in DNA

Question 17

Biological

Answer 17

decline in strength and vitality

Question 18

Psychological

Answer 18

changes in memory and emotions

Question 19

Sociological

Answer 19

changing roles and status

Question 20

political

Answer 20

changing power and conflict

Question 21

Elderly Abuse

Answer 21

17% say they have been abused
its mostly done by their children
they get abused because they now become dependent demanding and do not understand
includes verbal, emotional and physical

Question 22

Social Security Cost

Answer 22

average per month was $1,180.80 per month.

Question 23

Medicare

Answer 23

65 and above can and disabilities

Question 24

Medicaid

Answer 24

Based on income

Question 25

Intergenerational Conflict

Answer 25

complaints that the elderly are getting more then everyone else, it accounts for 1/3 tax dollar.

Question 26

Gray Panthers

Answer 26

encourages all people to work.
develops positive self conspectus
Macro- oppress the poor
helps old people fight back on their rights

Question 27

Nursing care

Answer 27

nursing care tends togged sicker and die sooner
most are understaffed and expensive. It brings a lot of isolation and about 1.5 million people are in nursing homes
about $58,000 per person

Question 28

Sociology of Death and dying hospices

Answer 28

5 Stages of death process
Denial
Anger
Negotiation
Depression
Acceptance 
More like a biological event
culture shapes the way people see this event

Question 29

Hospices

Answer 29

bring services into a persons home. Providing dignity in death and making people colorable
about 100,000 Americans