Unit 5 quiz Flashcards
Why the push for baby boomer retirement?
To make more room for the newer generation entering the workplace
Growing population retirement
Mandatory retirement ensures so that middle age workers can take place
Positive of empty nester
reduce work, less family conflict, time to reconnect with spouses more
negative of empty nester
a midlife crisis can occur, no motivation or purpose
Empty nester
When children leave. Hard time for the mom as their primary role is gone
Midlife transition
Daniel Levinson found it- when a couple rebuild their life accordingly
Phase one of retirement- one year
Vacation view
Phase two of retirement loose the big five;
routine, sense of identity, loss of relationships, a sense of purpose, lose of power
phase two of retirement three d’s;
divorces, depression, decline
phase three retirement
trail and error; how they make a meaningful life and start to do what they love
phase four retirement
reinvent and rewire: answering tough questions and how they can “squeeze the juice out of retirement.”
how to prevent elder abuse
Being educated, relife programs, community resources, training police to report it
neglect
failure to provide care for a person
elder abuse
a single or repeated act of an inappropriate action that leads them to distress
4 stages of death
denial, anger, bargaining, acceptance