Unit 11: Women and Aging

Question 1

in the health care realm, differences of the aging of women (as compared to men) have been what??

Answer 1

mostly ignored by the medical community.

Question 2

Who made important studied towards aging women’s health being ignored?

Answer 2

Framingham

Question 3

How does the media portray the aging of a woman?

Answer 3

1) brittle bones
2) shortening stature
3) incontinence (which is apparently the #1 reason that women go into care)
4) forgetting and being forgotten
5) decline into disability and disease
6) increased burden on others

Question 4

An aging woman should be able to contribute more because her child bearing years are over, however if they cannot maintain the youthful feminine body, what happened to their future opportunities?

Answer 4

many doors will still be shut for them in business and other organizations because of the vision of age and uselessness.

Question 5

In aging, the bio-medical model does what to address women’s issues?

Answer 5

the bio-medical model really does not

address women’s specific concerns.

Question 6

Our society promotes the stereotype that elderly women become isolated?

Answer 6

women stop engaging in the world because many door are shut for them…adds to this idea of uselessness when aged.

Question 7

What is a limitation for aging women?

Answer 7

aged women’s fear of falling