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| freedom from disability and disease; and intact mental capacity |
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| the study of the biological processes that cause mental and physical decline in old age |
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| the amount of success in compensating for functional limitations |
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| the distinctive experiences that shape cohorts throughout their lives |
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| the proportion of people in various age cohorts |
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| a gradual increase in the proportion of older people to younger people |
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| for every 106 males born there are 100 females=natures way of adjusting? |
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| others role changes that affect you |
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| ways of using age as a social category to group people by status |
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| change that occurs as a result of advancing age |
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| social change that occurs when one cohort replaces another |
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| impact of historical event |
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| The theory of Cumulative Disadvantage |
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| Inequity among people over 65 is the highest of all ages. Highlights the influences of earlier life experiences on the quality of life in old age |
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| keep disease and disability at bay until close to the end of life and die quickly |
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| What ethnic group has shortest life expectancy? |
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| Who lives longer, shorter or taller? |
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| Represents a more formal elaboration of activity theory using the life course perspective; personality plays a major role in adjustment to aging and that adult development is a continuous process |
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| elderly congregate and make their own culture |
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| interaction between old and young decreases because older people have fewer resources to bring to social exchange in interaction |
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| view that human beings are active creatures of their own social realities |
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| Age Stratification Theory |
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| all societies group people into social categories and that these groupings provide people with social identities: age is one principle of ranking, along with wealth, gender, and race |
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| a theory that recognizes that societies have both age-segregated and age-integrated institutions that can either impede or enhance participation of the aged |
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| highlights the structural influences on aging and emphasizes the relevance of social struggles embedded in power relationships for understanding how the aged are defined and treated |
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| illuminates the gendered nature of society, emphasis on the different ways aging is experienced by men and women |
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| destructive molecules that can damage the ability of the skin cells to function and reproduce |
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| the age related decline of skeletal muscle mass |
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| smooth, skeletal, cardiac |
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| no change in actual genes, just in conformation of DNA |
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| weak male hormone produced by the adrenal gland; thought to reduce the risk of cancer |
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| quivering of the ventricles making them unable to pump blood |
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| disorganized beat of upper heart chambers that prevent them from delivering blood to the ventricles |
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| temporary reduced blood flow within the coronary arteries |
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| narrowing of the arteries |
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| chest pain that precedes a heart attack |
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| when individuals vote as a group on the basis of some characteristics such as age |
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| the giving of votes based on promises made |
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| the withholding of votes based on a judgment of past performances |
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| all the government programs that serve objective |
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| provide minimal benefits for the very needy(contain eligibility criteria) |
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| to provide economic security over the life course and to prevent people from falling into destitution |
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| fiscal welfare/tax expenditures |
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| consists of indirect payments to individuals through the tax system (tax breaks) |
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| refers to the amount of pre-retirement pay that is replaced by the Social Security retirement benefit |
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| Supplemental Security Income |
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| a means-tested social assistance program for the aged, blind, and disabled poor but includes several features that make it inadequate for protecting the poorest elderly |
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| private insurance companies provide coverage for the gas in medicare |
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| provides a number of services intended to enhance independent living |
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