Living Arrangements of Older Adults Flashcards
Age-Friendly City
A city that optimizes opportunities for health,
participation, and security to enhance quality
of life as people age.
Age-Friendly Community
A community where the policies, services,
and structures related to the physical and
social environment are designed to help
older adults age actively. In other words,
the community is set up to help older
adults live safely, enjoy good health, and
stay involved.
Age-Friendly World
A place that enables people of all ages
to actively participate in community
activities; that treats everyone with respect,
regardless of their age; that makes it easy
to stay connected to those around you
and those you love; that helps people stay
healthy and active even at the oldest ages;
and that helps those who can no longer
look after themselves to live with dignity
and enjoyment.
Alternative Transportation for Seniors
Transportation provided to adults 65 years of
age and older outside of the public transportation
system.
Autonomy
The ability of individuals to make their
own decisions without being controlled by
anyone else.
Chronic-Care and Long-Term-Care
Hospitals
Establishments that provide continuous
medical, nursing, and professional healthcare
supervision for long-term patients who are dependent in all activities of daily
living and are unable to perform most or all
personal-care tasks.
Collateral
A property or other assets that a borrower
offers a lender to secure a loan. If the
borrower stops making the promised loan
payment(s), the lender can seize the collateral
to recoup its losses.
Collective Dwelling
A dwelling used for commercial, institutional,
or communal purposes.
Compensation
One of the three processes in Baltes and Baltes' Model of Successful Aging to help individuals manage their lives; for example, older adults can maintain a given level of functioning in the face of loss and decline by investing in compensatory means such as hiring a housekeeper to provide assistance with heavier housecleaning.
Competence-Environmental Press
Model of stress and adaption where adaptive
functions depend on the interaction between
external demands and an individual’s competence
to meet demands.
Continuing-Care Facilities
Hospitals with continuing-care beds, commonly
known as extended, auxiliary, chronic,
or complex-care beds, as well as residential
care facilities, commonly known as nursing
homes, personal-care homes, or long-termcare
facilities.
Downsizing
Moving from current dwelling to another
dwellin g, with a decrease in the number
of rooms, size of dwelling, and/ or value of
dwelling.
Ecological Model of Aging
A model of aging that stresses the importance
of the balance between environmental
demands and the individual’s capabilities.
Environmental Gerontology
A field of gerontology that seeks to describe
and explain the relationship between older
people and their socio-spatial surroundin gs.
Equity
The value of a piece of property (such as a
house) after any debts (e.g., the remaining
mortgage, if any) have been subtracted.
Freehold
Where the property is owned for an unlim ited
period.
Gerontechnology
An interdisciplinary field that links
existing and developing technologies to
the aspirations and needs of aging and
aged adults.
Green-Care Farm
A new model of care for older adults that
combines agricultural activities with care services.
These farms enable older adults to live
independently and to participate in society
for as long as possible.
Home-Equity Loan
A loan that is a single lump sum payment
based on the equity in your home.
Household
A person or group of persons who occupy the
same dwelling and who do not have a usual
place of residence elsewhere in Canada.
Household Wealth
The total value of real estate holdings and
other non-housing sources of financial wealth
such as savings accumulated in investment
funds and retirement savings plans, minus
outstanding debt.
Liquidated
The process of selling a property, business, or
other assets, par ticularly to pay off a debt.
Long-Term-Care Facility
A facility that provides a range of healthcare
services, from periodic assistance to regular
nursing care, for elderly residents.
Nursing Homes
A type oflong-term-care accommodation
that provides housin g, support, and direct
care to frail seniors who are unable to
function in dependently.
Optimization
One of the three processes in Baltes and Baltes' Model of Successful Aging to help individuals manage their lives; for example, older adults can acquire new skills to help manage their limitations due to aging.
Person-Centred-Care Approach
An approach that aims to see the person as
an individual, rather than focusing on the
person’s illness or on abilities that he
or she may have lost.
Private Dwelling
A separate set of living quarters with a private
entrance either from outside the building
or from a common hall, lobby, vestibule, or
stairway inside the building.
Refinancing an Existing Mortgage
Renegotiating the terms of one’s mortgage to
lower monthly payments and free up some
cash.
Residences for Senior Citizens
Residences that provide support services
(such as meals, housekeeping, medication
supervision, and assistance in bathing) and
supervision for residents 65 years of age and
older who are independent in most activities
of daily living.
Residential Care
Residential care facilities can include lodges,
assisted living, supportive housing, and longterm
-care homes. Other terms across Canada
are nursing and personal-care homes.
Reverse Mortgages
A mortgage where the lender advances a
lump sum to the borrower or provides a set
amount of money each month.
Selection
One of the three processes in Baltes and
Baltes’ Model of Successful Aging that refers
to an individual focusing attention on fewer, more important goals; for example,
some older adults may choose to downsize
to a smaller house to help manage their
physical limitations.
Smart Environments
A residence equipped with technology that
allows monitoring of its inhabitants and/or
encourages independence and the maintenance
of good health.
Social Environment
The immediate physical surroundings, social
relationships, and sociocultural context or
milieu in which people live and interact.
Supportive Housing
A type of housing that helps individuals in
their daily living through the provision of
a physical environment that is safe, secure,
enabling, and home-like. Assisted living is a
type of supportive housing.
