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| Why is median age increasing? And why do we have more old ppl? |
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Definition
- baby boomers are aging, and life expectancy is longer
- birth rate is declining (trend of industrialization) |
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| Old Age Dependency Ration |
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Definition
Ration of = Elderly people : Working Adults
-increasing
- too much for our health care? need more immigration or babies |
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Gerontology
(2 effects to study) |
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Definition
The study of again & elderly ppl
- Age effects - changes as a result of increasing age
-Period effect- differences as a result of living through a specific time (tough period in ones life, like a war for e.g.) |
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Definition
Integrity vs. Despair
- Integrity = assessing your life realistically |
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Definition
- think that all old ppl are... because they are in the category
- sick
- isolated
- ignored
- lonely
- there are positives too... traveller, marathon runner |
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Definition
The prejudice (generalization of a category) and discrimination (unequal treatment) against older ppl.
(not technically a minority bc it is not permanent however it does put them at a disadvantage) |
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Term
| Talcott Parsons (Cummings & Henry) |
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Definition
Disengaement Theory
- death from aging is disruptful for society
- we disengage old ppl and gradually transfer their roles to younger people, so that tasks are performed with minimal interruption
- disengaging OA, allows society to function in an orderly way
STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM |
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Definition
Society is age-graded
- each cohort must go through a system of expectations and rewards |
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Term
| Structural Functionalism Analysis of Age |
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Definition
- disengagement
- age -graded |
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Term
| Symbolic Interactionism Analysis of Age |
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Definition
Activity Theory
- high level of activity will increases personal satisfaction in old age
- need to replace old roles, with new ones
(volunteer ect..) |
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Definition
- access of opportunities differs for people of different ages
- because capitalism creates an age based hierarchy , that devalues people that are less productive (old)
- middle-age ppl have most opportunity
-young & old at highest risk for poverty |
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Definition
focuses on the weak bargaining position of older adults
- this theory sees change as a negotiation between parties |
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Term
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Definition
- most people confront their own death in 5stages
- Denial, Anger, Negotiation, Resignation, Acceptance |
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