Gero 9

Question 1

Six-legged stool

Answer 1

Income in retirement will now require 6 legs as opposed to once considered 3: Assets Employment Medical coverage Pensions Social secuirty Public benefits

Question 2

Standardization

Answer 2

Treating all participants the same and handling all aspects of the study the same. Allows for consistency and strengthens the study’s validity and reliability and allows for replication: the ability to repeat all elements of a study with the goals of supporting/refuting the original findings.

Question 3

State’s role

Answer 3

Foster economic growth and private profit Maintain social harmony and legitimacy of social order (stern social unrest), faster democracy

Question 4

Stereotype

Answer 4

In social psychology, a stereotype is an over-generalized belief about a particular category of people. Stereotypes are generalized because one assumes that the stereotype is true for each individual person in the category.

Question 5

Salience

Answer 5

How relevant does the stereotype seem to the individual?

Question 6

Stereotype threat

Answer 6

When situational factors explicitly activate group stereotypes in members of low status groups who then confirm the behavior

Question 7

Vascular dementia

Answer 7

Vascular dementia is a decline in thinking skills caused by conditions that block or reduce blood flow to the brain, depriving brain cells of vital oxygen and nutrients.

Question 8

Frontotemporal dementia

Answer 8

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a group of related conditions resulting from the progressive degeneration of the temporal and frontal lobes of the brain. These areas of the brain play a significant role in decision-making, behavioral control, emotion and language. Irreversible, but symptoms may respond to antipsychotic medications and antidepressants.

Question 9

HRQol (Health related quality of life)

Answer 9

Multidimensional concept, includes physical, mental, emotional and social functioning. Well being - positive aspect of a person’s life

Question 10

Healthy people

Answer 10

Healthy People identifies our Nation’s health improvement priorities. For more than 30 years, Healthy People has established evidence-based national health objectives with clear targets that allow us to monitor progress, motivate action, and guide efforts to improve health across the country. With a focus on ambitious, yet achievable, 10-year goals and targets, the Healthy People 2020 initiative: Establishes 26 Leading Health Indicators selected from high-priority objectives — the majority of which are making positive progress toward achieving their targets Gathers and displays the best-available evidence and data to improve public health practices and strengthen existing health policies Provides user-centered tools for health professionals to improve the health of their communities Develops a platform for the public to give input and suggest additional objectives to ensure current public health priorities are represented

Question 11

Homeostasis

Answer 11

Any self-regulating process by which biological systems tend to maintain stability while adjusting to conditions that are optimal for survival. If homeostasis is successful, life continues; if unsuccessful, disaster or death ensues. The stability attained is actually a dynamic equilibrium, in which continuous change occurs yet relatively uniform conditions prevail. (blood pressure, blood gases, blood sugar)

Question 12

Homeostatic equilibrium

Answer 12

The body’s internal environment becomes more precarious as reserve capacity decreases with age. it is easier for it to be disrupted and once disrupted, it can be difficult to restore. Older adults are then more susceptible to illness, disease, and accidents as a result of this disequilibrium caused by lessened reserve capacity.

Question 13

Homeostenosis

Answer 13

The characteristic, progressive constriction of homeostatic reserve (functions in the body that aids in overcoming chronic illness) that occurs with aging in every organ system.

Question 14

Institutional bias

Answer 14

The tendency to use government and insurance funds to emphasize institutional care over home and community based care.

Question 15

Labor force participation

Answer 15

The percentage of the population in each age category who are in the labor force, fewer middle and late life workers than in previous eras.

Question 16

Lifetime distribution of health care costs

Answer 16

$300,000+ -65+ under $188,658 Per capita lifetime expenditure is $316,600, a third higher for females ($361,200) than males ($268,700). Two-fifths of this difference owes to women’s longer life expectancy. Nearly one-third of lifetime expenditures is incurred during middle age, and nearly half during the senior years. For survivors to age 85, more than one-third of their lifetime expenditures will accrue in their remaining years.